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Filmmakers constructed an acre-sized shtetl for a Ukrainian WWII film. Now they want to preserve it as a museum.

August 11, 2021Jesse Orine

(JTA) — In the woods of northern Ukraine, construction workers have built an island in time: a shtetl. That’s the Yiddish word for the type of old-fashioned Jewish towns that existed throughout Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. This new shtetl, comprising 18 buildings on more than an acre of land near the lakeside town of […]

French police detain woman for poster deemed antisemitic at COVID protest

August 10, 2021Jesse Orine

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Norwegian imam who has promoted interfaith dialogue said Jews should be killed

August 10, 2021Jesse Orine

Norwegian imam who has promoted interfaith dialogue said Jews should be killed – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Russian scientist, 82, beaten on Moscow bus by assailant seeking to ‘finish Hitler’s job’

August 10, 2021Jesse Orine

Russian scientist, 82, beaten on Moscow bus by assailant seeking to ‘finish Hitler’s job’ – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Ukraine grave of Rabbi Nachman’s daughter destroyed and desecrated with pig parts

August 10, 2021Jesse Orine

Ukraine grave of Rabbi Nachman’s daughter destroyed and desecrated with pig parts – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

British podcaster sentenced to nearly 3 years in jail for antisemitic remarks

August 10, 2021Jesse Orine

British podcaster sentenced to nearly 3 years in jail for antisemitic remarks – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

This rabbi is tweeting his unusual 3-week Jewish heritage road trip through Turkey

August 9, 2021Jesse Orine

(JTA) — Few Jews know Turkey like Mendy Chitrik, a rabbi who oversees kosher certification in dozens of factories across the country. Over the past 20 years, Chitrik, a Chabad emissary who was born in Israel, has been logging thousands of miles annually across that country, which is larger than Texas and whose 12,000 Jews […]

Irreplaceable Messi Scored 672 Goals in 672 Appearances for Barcelona

August 8, 2021David Leibermann

Lionel Messi with FC Barcelona Team 2,_2011 / Wikipedia Will he sign a new deal or not after months of back and forth? – Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, is likely to depart Barcelona after spending his entire professional career there. Argentina made his first-team debut for […]

Gymnast Linoy Ashram wins Israel’s 3rd Olympic gold medal, over a Russian appeal

August 8, 2021Jesse Orine

Gymnast Linoy Ashram wins Israel’s 3rd Olympic gold medal, over a Russian appeal – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols

August 6, 2021Jesse Orine

18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement