Dutch museum will pay $240K to owners of Nazi-looted painting it won’t return
The approach is unique among countries that say they are interested in resolving ownership issues among Nazi-looted art.
Hasidic sailor does not have to shave his beard, federal judge rules
Beards may interfere with a gas mask’s seal, leading to frequent opposition by the armed forces to allow conscripts to wear them.
Macron calls for change in law after killer of French Jewish woman avoids trial
A high court recently ruled that the killer Kobili Traore should not stand trial for beating Sarah Halimi to death and throwing her out a window.
This alleged Capitol rioter is dangerous for NJ Jews, prosecutors say
Timothy Hale-Cusanelli had asked to be released pending the outcome of his trial, which is ongoing. A federal judge ordered otherwise.
Dutch soccer fans chant ‘Hamas, Jews to the gas’ before match against Ajax
Ajax, an Amsterdam-based team is known for its history of Jewish supporters.
2 more historians quit Auschwitz museum board over right-wing politician’s appointment
Following the resignation of Jewish philosopher Stanislaw Krajewski, historians Marek Lasota and Krystyna Oleksy announced they would resign too.
Polish Jewish leader quits Auschwitz museum board over right-wing politician’s appointment
“I understand it as a politicization of the Council,” Krajewski, a philosopher and former leader of Polish Jewry, wrote.
French top court upholds decision not to try Muslim man who killed his Jewish neighbor while high on marijuana
Relatives of a Paris woman who was killed by her neighbor while he spewed anti-Semitic slurs have lost their final appeal to have him tried.
Earliest evidence of kosher diet in UK found in 800-year-old animal bones from Oxford
Fish bones comprised only species such as herring, the archaeologists said.
Prince Philip, who opposed Nazis and was first British royal to visit Israel, dies at 99
Philip’s support for Jewish and pro-Israel causes ran deep. His mother, Princess Alice of Greece, sheltered a Jewish family during the Holocaust.