Larry Luxner
By Larry Luxner
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News Andorra’s 73 Jews worship from a community center they are barred by law from calling a synagogue
The tiny microstate nestled between France and Spain is home to 73 Jews, officially Catholic — and friendly with Israel
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Fast Forward Armenia recognizes Palestine, adding to its strained ties with Israel
Armenia’s ties with Israel have been long strained over Israel’s refusal to recognize the 1915 Armenian Genocide
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Culture Barbra Streisand is known for her songs and movies. But this proud Jew is also a powerhouse philanthropist.
Over the past 37 years, the Streisand Foundation has poured tens of millions of dollars into more than 2,000 causes
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News Russia’s invasion of Ukraine inadvertently sparks a Jewish renaissance — in Armenia
Jews from both Ukraine and Russia made their way to Yerevan, Armenia’s biggest city. Many are staying
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Culture French crooner Charles Aznavour loved Jews. A new museum in Armenia will tell that story.
Delayed by war in Nagorno-Karabakh and other obstacles, the Aznavour museum will document how his family saved Jews in Paris during WWII
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Fast Forward For one Jewish family, education about family cancer history pays dividends
Because they are in a heightened risk category, Jews have extra reasons to undergo genetic testing and research their family history
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Fast Forward Albania has long been a pro-Israel country. Will the Hamas war change that?
Albania is known as the only European country that had more Jewish residents after World War II than before it
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News A Serbian city’s Jewish community barely survived the Holocaust. Now it might die out.
Novi Sad, once a center of Jewish life in prewar Yugoslavia, is struggling to revive its Jewish community in a country threatened by far-right nationalism and beset by economic turmoil
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