Jews from Warsaw and Israel are among the forces that have stepped in to support relief efforts as Poland battles its worst floods in decades. Poland has deployed 14,000 soldiers to hard-hit areas in the country’s southwest, where water levels are expected to peak on Thursday. Torrential rain from Storm Boris has pounded large swathes […]
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BERLIN — The latest effort to craft a path to survival for Germany’s beleaguered rabbinical schools is underway — with help from thousands of miles away in California and Jerusalem. An American Conservative rabbi and an Israeli Reform rabbi have been tapped to lead seminaries associated with the University of Potsdam. The Los Angeles-based American Jewish […]
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Two new schools, named for the rabbis Regina Jonas and Abraham Joshua Heschel, are opening alongside two scandal-ridden ones. BERLIN (JR) — The latest effort to craft a path to survival for Germany’s beleaguered rabbinical schools is underway — with help from thousands of miles away in California and Jerusalem. An American Conservative rabbi and an […]
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An American Jew is facing the death penalty for his involvement in an attempted political coup in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in late May. Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun — a Washington, D.C.-area native and father of three — was one of three Americans and 37 people total sentenced to death Friday in the DRC […]
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BUENOS AIRES — Argentina experienced a 44% increase in reported antisemitic incidents in 2023, mostly after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to a report issued Monday by the country’s Jewish umbrella organization.. The report makes Argentina the latest country to record a spike in antisemitism following the attack and the subsequent Israel-Hamas war […]
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Several prominent columnists have resigned from the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper amid allegations that the paper ran fabricated news stories that advanced the Israeli government’s narratives about the war in Gaza. The London Jewish Chronicle deleted nine stories under the byline Elon Perry after criticism that his stories, which were based on anonymous sourcing in […]
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KYIV, Ukraine — Dozens of Jewish soldiers and civilians, together with many non-Jewish Ukrainians, gathered Thursday at Kyiv’s Brodsky Central Synagogue to bid farewell to the son of a prominent rabbi who died on the front weeks after being drafted into the Ukrainian army. Anton Samborskyi, 32, was the adopted son of Moshe Azman, one […]
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ELBASAN, Albania — Isaac Herzog’s visit to Albania Thursday marked the first time an Israeli leader set foot in the only European country that ended World War II with more Jews than it started with. Albania’s role in saving Jews during the Holocaust was a key theme of the Israeli president’s brief visit, which included […]
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A new documentary about Benjamin Netanyahu premiered at a major film festival this week, at a moment when he is facing intense global scrutiny. But filmgoers in the Israeli prime minister’s own country may never get to see it. That’s because “The Bibi Files,” produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, makes extensive use of leaked […]
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A prominent Ukrainian rabbi has announced that his adopted son has been confirmed dead in battle against Russian forces. Anton Samborskyi will be buried in Kyiv’s Jewish cemetery on Thursday, Rabbi Moshe Azman announced on Wednesday. Azman and his wife adopted Samborskyi at age 11 after the boy was orphaned, Azman said in a post […]
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