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In Remote Kyrgyzstan, Jews Secure Ties With Local Elite Amid Political Turmoil

By Josh Tapper

In Remote Kyrgyzstan, Jews Secure Ties With Local Elite Amid Political Turmoil
Josh Tapper travels to Kyrgyzstan to report on the precarious situation of the nation’s 1,500 Jewish residents, who have been the target of a series of anti-Semitic incidents during the past year.Read More


Polish Jews Embrace Job of Cleanup and Restoration

By Josh Tapper

During a 1988 visit to Nowy Dwór Mazowieck, the town in central Poland where his Holocaust survivor father grew up, David Wluka found a child’s skull lying, unearthed, at the site of what was once the town’s Jewish cemetery. He picked up the skull and smuggled it into the United States.Read More


Canadians Detained in Auschwitz Theft

By Josh Tapper

Canadians Detained in Auschwitz Theft
Just months after three men were convicted of stealing the Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Sets You Free) sign from the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial, two Canadians were detained June 26 for allegedly pilfering two spikes from the railway tracks that run through the compound.Read More


Eco-Friendly Nuptials

By Josh Tapper

Eco-Friendly Nuptials
Kate Harrison and Barry Muchnick knew that when they got married, their wedding ceremony would need to reflect their environmentalism. After all, they had met at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.Read More


Stanford Gets $12 Million for Jewish Studies

By Josh Tapper

Stanford University will introduce a new doctoral concentration in education and Jewish studies, thanks to a $12 million grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation.Read More




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