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German reform rabbi quits as report confirms allegations

Investigators concluded that abuse of power and sexual harassment occured at Germany’s liberal rabbinical seminary

New law: Israeli becomes 1st Jew to reclaim Austrian citizenship

New law allows those persecuted by Nazi regime and direct descendants to obtain Austrian citizenship without giving up current passports.

1 in 3 Bnei Brak residents tested positive for coronavirus

High percentage reported by Health Ministry compares to 6 percent in Tel Aviv and 10 percent in Jerusalem.

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Auschwitz museum does not want visitors from affected countries

Auschwitz Memorial and Museum calls on organizers of trips to site to refrain from bringing visitors from countries affected by coronavirus.

Belgian parade organizers print anti-Semitic caricatures

Caricatures featuring Orthodox Jews with red, hooked noses and golden teeth printed on ribbons intended for participants in annual event.

United Arab Emirates will build first official synagogue

Synagogue, slated to be completed by 2022, will be part of multi-faith complex called the Abrahamic Family House in capital Abu Dhabi.

Misquoting Rabbi Kanievsky caused Shabbat desecration

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky never actually permitted traveling on the Sabbath to escape Hurricane Irma.

At Auschwitz, a Jewish journalist confronts his anti-Polish bias

JTA writer with impressions from five-day journalists' seminar to Auschwitz.

College football just became more accessible for religious Jews

University of Maryland has developed a non-electronic system to allow Shabbat observant Jews to attend college football games on Saturdays.

Kosher bratwurst coming to former East German state of Thuringen

The kosher version of famed aromatic sausage to be introduced to public at festival taking place between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

How reporting about anti-Semitism changed my views of Belgium

JTA's Cnaan Liphshiz describes how reporting about an anti-Semitic cartoon changed his views of Belgium -- for the worse.

Sephardic-inspired sangria – two ways

Taste the rose water and orange blossoms in a Sephardic sangria.

New Jersey woman loses inheritance for marrying a Jew

A woman who alleged her father disinherited her for marrying a Jewish man lost her appeal in a New Jersey court.

IDF orphans organization joins briefing at the White House

US and Israel push joint efforts to help their respective military families, at a meeting at the White House.

Jewish drummer, 24, busking to stomp out Crohn's disease

Gideon Grossman will go busking up the California coast to raise money for promising research into cure for Crohn's disease.