Shira Li Bartov
By Shira Li Bartov
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Culture Amateur detectives are invited to join search for a lost Jewish library looted by the Nazis
The Library of Lost Books project is trying to collect items looted from the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies in Berlin, known as the Hochschule
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Fast Forward Bestseller ‘Who is Taylor Swift?’ comes out with its first international edition — in Israel
Some of Swift’s fans are frustrated she hasn’t spoken out on the Israel-Hamas war. Israelis are relieved
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Fast Forward French conservative leader embraces Marine Le Pen’s far-right party with history of antisemitism
One founder of the National Rally, Le Pen’s father, is a convicted Holocaust denier; another was a former Nazi
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News European students are calling on their colleges to divest from Israel. In many cases, they’re winning.
European students have been far more successful than the U.S. activists from whom they drew inspiration
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Fast Forward Norway, Spain and Ireland will all recognize Palestinian state
Although 140 countries and the United Nations have already recognized Palestine, most Western European countries had not
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Fast Forward Israeli minister addresses convention hosted by Vox, Spanish far-right party criticized for neo-Nazi ties
Until recently, officials in Amichai Chikli’s Likud party were discouraged from promoting alliances with Vox
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Fast Forward Eurovision and Sweden brace for protests as Israeli contestant Eden Golan takes the stage
Golan drew both cheers and boos during a dress rehearsal on Wednesday
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News A German soldier looted postcards from doomed Jews in Poland. 80 years later, his granddaughter brought them back.
“These cards are neither a gift nor a donation. I am simply bringing home Holocaust loot,” Karla McCabe said after driving the postcards back to Lublin
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