Shira Li Bartov
By Shira Li Bartov
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Culture Peacock’s ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ tackles a Holocaust love story based on real events
'Any kind of love at first sight is surprising, let alone in a context like this,' said lead actor Jonah Hauer-King
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Fast Forward First Jewish sheriff of Nottingham, office of Robin Hood fame, is sworn in at his synagogue
The role of high sheriff is Britain’s oldest secular office under the Crown, although today it is largely ceremonial
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Fast Forward In the Spanish town of León, locals toast Easter with a ‘Kill Jews’ cocktail
“It’s strange to foreigners,” said a server rushing plates and glasses to customers at a local tapas bar. “Here it’s normal.”
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Culture Hulu’s ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ uncovers a Jewish family’s buried past under the Nazis
Georgia Hunter is co-executive producer of a miniseries based on her bestselling novel.
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Fast Forward What’s behind Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ‘firm’ support for Hamas?
Erdogan has engaged in several high-profile diplomatic spats with Israel since coming to power more than 20 years ago
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Fast Forward Faculty at Italy’s University of Turin vote to exit an Israel research pact amid Gaza war protests
The university’s rector said most academic collaboration with Israeli university’s would continue
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian protesters target Dutch Holocaust museum opening ceremony attended by Israeli president
Amnesty International activists installed “detour” signs directing Israel's president, who spoke at the opening, to the International Court of Justice.
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Fast Forward How Jewish journalist Ruth Elkrief wound up in the middle of France’s debate over antisemitism and Islamophobia
A far-left leader called the 30-year broadcast veteran Islamophobic for asking tough questions of a pro-Palestinian lawmaker
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