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Netanyahu Is Trying Hard To Court Putin. Is It Working?

MOSCOW (JTA) — The story behind the huge Victory Monument that was unveiled in 2012 in the Israeli city of Netanya is not exactly common knowledge even there. Featuring two stone slabs each 50 feet high and shaped like wings, the seaside statue honors the Russian Army’s enormous contribution in defeating Nazism. It is known…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Jan 30, 2018 | 4 min read
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What Role Did Finland Play In The Holocaust?

(JTA) — Finland will investigate evidence suggesting that soldiers of its army were involved in killing Jews during the Holocaust, the office of Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said. The announcement about the initiation of the probe, the first of its kind in Finland, came Wednesday in a letter to Efraim Zuroff, a hunter of Nazis for…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Jan 24, 2018 | < 1 min read
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When Muslim Albanians Risked Everything To Save Jews From The Holocaust?

TIRANA, Albania (JTA) — Most anywhere else in Nazi-occupied Europe, an encounter with police would have likely sealed the fate of Jewish refugees like Nissim and Sarah Aladjem and their 10-year-old son, Aron. Instead, when the family was detained by police in the Muslim nation of Albania 75 years ago, it was the key to…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Jan 16, 2018 | 6 min read
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U.S., Israeli, Saudi Policies On Iran ‘Would Lead Us To War’: French President

(JTA) — French President Emmanuel Macron said the policies concerning Iran of the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia may lead to war. Macron, who in November said France wished to counter “Iranian hegemony” in the region, made the remarks on Jan. 3 in Paris during a talk with media outlets and diplomats, the Russian…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Jan 7, 2018 | 2 min read
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France’s Foremost Female Rabbi Faces Flak Over Jerusalem Stance

PARIS (JTA) — When Delphine Horvilleur, France’s best-known female rabbi, began appearing regularly in the media, her friends and relatives feared it would expose her to threats or attacks by anti-Semites. Several years later it appears they were only partially wrong. Horvilleur’s media profile does invite hate speech and abuse online – but mostly from…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Jan 4, 2018 | 5 min read
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This Jewish Woman Is Creating The World’s First Vagina Museum

BIRMINGHAM, England (JTA) — Nine months after announcing that she is creating the world’s first vagina museum, Florence Schechter is confident that she has heard every joke on the subject. Schechter, a Jewish comedian and communications professional in her 20s, is preparing to open the museum in Brighton, 50 miles south of London. When the…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Dec 31, 2017 | 3 min read
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Krakow, Poland Opens First Kosher Hotel Since The Holocaust

(JTA) — Seventy-five years after the Nazis deported Krakow Jews to concentration camps, descendants of survivors opened the Polish city’s first post-Holocaust kosher hotel. Hotel Polin opened last month but will have an official launch on Saturday. The 38-room hotel has an in-house synagogue and elevators programmed for use on Shabbat without breaking Jewish Orthodox…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Dec 15, 2017 | < 1 min read
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For Israelis In Japan, The North Korea Nuclear Threat Is Business As Usual

TOKYO (JTA) — Outside this city’s largest synagogue, a wailing siren drowns out the sounds of traffic. The cacophony alarms a boisterous group of students headed to the nearby United Nations University. Fearing an earthquake, they instinctively run into the middle of the small street in the busy, upscale neighborhood of Shibuya. But they relax…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Dec 10, 2017 | 5 min read

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