A far-right party with a record of extremist rhetoric, including minimizing the Holocaust, will not be part of Germany’s government, despite coming in second during national elections earlier this year. The formation of a governing coalition on Wednesday made official what had appeared clear since the election: that Alternative for Germany, known as AfD, would […]
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Two Swedish teens tried to attack the Israeli embassy in Stockholm last year at the direction of Iran, Swedish police determined. A 15-year-old who was directed to travel to the embassy with a gun last May was arrested before he arrived, but the next day a 14-year-old fired shots near the embassy before being apprehended, […]
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A German woman who was convicted at age 97 of aiding in the murder of 10,500 people during the Holocaust has died at 99. Irmgard Furchner’s death was announced by the court in northern Germany that determined last year that she was an accessory to thousands of murders that took place at a Nazi concentration […]
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In 2009, Dennis Gaitsgory, an Israeli-American who was then a math professor at Harvard University, co-wrote a petition asking the two leading Israeli politicians — conservative Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist Tzipi Livni — not to include Avigdor Liberman, seen as a hardliner, in any governing coalition they would form. It didn’t work. When Netanyahu became […]
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Eighty years after Auschwitz was liberated from the Nazis, Jews who make a pilgrimage there can eat kosher food. A mile from the concentration camp, visitors will be able to buy packaged, shelf-stable kosher meals for the first time at the Auschwitz Jewish Center — now a museum and the only surviving synagogue in Oświęcim, […]
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A kiddush cup that may have been passed around the Friday night dinner table during the reign of Ghengis Khan will be available for auction this fall. The rare remnant of the Silk Road, the ancient Asian trading route that was home to vibrant Jewish communities, is the oldest known Jewish artifact from the Middle […]
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(JR) — A young woman rabbi attempts to guide others while grappling with her own questions and facing down a community’s utter bewilderment that she is in fact the rabbi. The situation makes a premise ripe for comedy and drama in the new Max series “Reformed,” or “Le Sens Des Choses” in French. It was […]
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When Shoshana Polakoff was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 at the age of 37, her life was suddenly turned upside down. With three young children at home and intense chemotherapy on the horizon, she felt overwhelmed. As Polakoff learned more about the road ahead, she realized that in addition to questions about her health […]
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Germany is moving to deport four foreign residents of Berlin over their alleged activity at pro-Palestinian protests, in a move that appears likely to test a foundational law enacted in the wake of the Holocaust. Three of the residents are citizens of the European Union, which normally allows free movement between member states. Kasia Wlaszczyk […]
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Amid the backdrop of immense challenges facing Israel and global Jewry, the Jewish Funders Network’s 2025 International Conference in Nashville brought together hundreds of Jewish philanthropists and changemakers from around the world to connect, collaborate, and explore bold visions for the future. A highlight of the annual gathering was the presentation of two prestigious awards […]
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