Jewish News (Page 170)


French official pans his country's UNESCO vote

French Interior Minister criticizes his country’s vote on UN resolution ignoring Jewish connection to Temple Mount.

French official pans his country's UNESCO vote

Activists picket Polish NY consulate over 'Holocaust whitewash'

200 demonstrators protest attempts by Polish government to 'deny Polish war crimes during the Holocaust.'

Activists picket Polish NY consulate over 'Holocaust whitewash'

At home in London, French Jews dread vote on leaving the EU

British Jews are split over referendum on EU membership; French Jews in UK brace for what a 'Brexit' might mean for them.

At home in London, French Jews dread vote on leaving the EU

Auschwitz survivor and longtime NY Jewish leader dies at 92

Ernest (Ernie) Michel, who survived Auschwitz and a forced death march, dies at 92.

Auschwitz survivor and longtime NY Jewish leader dies at 92

11-year-old charged in blaze outside Crown Heights Jewish school

11-year-old boy charged with setting fire to a school bus outside a Jewish school in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.

11-year-old charged in blaze outside Crown Heights Jewish school

Trump asks Jewish son-in-law for help on White House transition

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate asks Jewish son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to plan for a possible White House transition team.

Trump asks Jewish son-in-law for help on White House transition

Recalling Rabbi Lichtenstein's 'humanism'

Israel Democracy Institute marks a year to renowned religious Zionist rabbi's passing by praising his liberal modern humanism.

Recalling Rabbi Lichtenstein's 'humanism'

Israel warns against travel to Tunisia ahead of Lag B'Omer

Jihadist threat too high to risk making annual Lag B'Omer trip to ancient Jewish community, Israeli government says.

Israel warns against travel to Tunisia ahead of Lag B'Omer

Chabad rabbi building '1st mikvah in West Africa' in Nigeria

Chabad rabbi and Israeli company join forces to build ritual bath for Nigerian capital's growing Israeli Jewish community.

Chabad rabbi building '1st mikvah in West Africa' in Nigeria

Ceremony to memorialize Jews murdered in anti-Semitic attacks

Yom Hazikaron ceremony remembering victims of global anti-Semitism to be lead by family of Jewish teacher murdered in Yemen.

Ceremony to memorialize Jews murdered in anti-Semitic attacks

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Support the Israel Day Concert

Canadian Jews mount effort to help Alberta fire evacuees

Jewish groups in Alberta join the efforts to support victims of the wildfires that forced the evacuation of an entire city.

Canadian Jews mount effort to help Alberta fire evacuees

Mexican lawmaker uses expletive to describe Jew

Mexican congressman reportedly captured on tape calling the head of the country's Jewish umbrella organization "a f---ing Jew."

Mexican lawmaker uses expletive to describe Jew

London's new mayor pays respect to Holocaust victims

London's newly elected Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, attends Yom Hashoah ceremony as his first public engagement in office.

London's new mayor pays respect to Holocaust victims

Anne Frank's copy of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' sells for $50,000

Boston museum acquires Anne Frank's personal copy of "Grimm's Fairy Tales" for $50,000 at auction.

Anne Frank's copy of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' sells for $50,000

Synagogue condos: If you lived here, you could be praying by now

How can ancient historic synagogues in the Lower East Side stay afloat? A new Manhattan innovation: synagogue-condo hybrids.

Synagogue condos: If you lived here, you could be praying by now

'We're worried about the Labour Party, not a Muslim mayor'

Head of London rabbinic court emphasizes that his community fears Labour Party, not new mayor's religion.

'We're worried about the Labour Party, not a Muslim mayor'

Why did Aaron's sons die?

Thish week's Torah portion: What does the death of Nadav and Avihu teach us about the power of the Ketoret (incense)?

Why did Aaron's sons die?

Jewish-founded team wins Uruguayan basketball league

Hebraica Macabi wins its second championship in the country's professional league.

Jewish-founded team wins Uruguayan basketball league

Bank settles $40M lawsuit over compulsory Hitler parody video

BNP Paribas settles lawsuit with employee who was penalized for complaining about a training film featuring Hitler.

Bank settles $40M lawsuit over compulsory Hitler parody video

Jewish high schoolers picket Polish consulate in NY

200 demonstrators outside the Polish consulate in New York protest “attempts to deny Polish war crimes during the Holocaust.”

Jewish high schoolers picket Polish consulate in NY

Obama calls for solidarity with European Jews

In Yom Hashoah message, President Barack Obama calls for solidarity with Jews facing anti-Semitism.

Obama calls for solidarity with European Jews

Interview: Are children ready for Holocaust books?

Survivor Tzipi Cohen explains why she told her story in a children's book, after many years of hiding her tribulations.

Interview: Are children ready for Holocaust books?

Watch: We lost so much in the Holocaust, don't lose God too

Survivor and ex-Chief Rabbi Lau gives a powerful talk during the March of the Living ceremony.

Watch: We lost so much in the Holocaust, don't lose God too

Watch: Telling the story of the spirit of the victims

Director of Shem Olam Institute, Rabbi Avraham Krieger, discusses the organization’s mission.

Watch: Telling the story of the spirit of the victims

Shaked: 'Europe cannot free itself from its ghosts'

Justice Minister addresses March of the Living, recalling how the entire world abandoned the Jews in the Holocaust.

Shaked: 'Europe cannot free itself from its ghosts'

March of the Living 2016 - pictures

10,000 people marched from Auschwitz to Birkenau, led by survivor and ex-Chief Rabbi Lau, as well as ministers and MKs.

March of the Living 2016 - pictures

On Holocaust Memorial Day: Stolen tefilin set on fire

Yeshiva students camping at Kinneret discover their religious belongings were horribly desecrated on the day commemorating the Holocaust.

On Holocaust Memorial Day: Stolen tefilin set on fire

Watch live: March of the Living begins at Auschwitz

Nearly 10,000 participate in annual march from Auschwitz gates to crematorium, in memory of 1.1 million murdered there.

Watch live: March of the Living begins at Auschwitz

Study reveals rise in 'institutional anti-Semitism' in Europe

2015 annual report on anti-Semitism reveals beefed security may have lowered assaults, but Labour party and others lead a new war on Jews.

Study reveals rise in 'institutional anti-Semitism' in Europe

UK Chief Rabbi comes out swinging against far-left anti-Semites

British Chief Rabbi Efraim Mirvis decries leftists who presume to lecture Jews on supposed 'differences' between Judaism, Zionism.

UK Chief Rabbi comes out swinging against far-left anti-Semites

Israel Day Concert 2016 Poster--the Concert With A Message

Top Performers and Speakers will arrive in Central Park on June 5 to spread important messages. Click here to view entire Poster.

Israel Day Concert 2016 Poster--the Concert With A Message

Labour inquiry professor linked to leftist group

The man helping to lead Labour party’s inquiry into anti-Semitism revealed to support Independent Jewish Voices.

Labour inquiry professor linked to leftist group

Jewish school enrollment in NY up by 4.4 percent in one year

Enrollment in New York State’s Jewish day schools and yeshivas increased by 4.4 percent last year.

Jewish school enrollment in NY up by 4.4 percent in one year

Smuggled out of ghetto, photos turn out to be famous US family

Photos from Lithuanian ghetto turn out to be family of America's most prominent Yiddish scholars.

Smuggled out of ghetto, photos turn out to be famous US family

Italy grants $29M to enable completion of national Jewish museum

Museum under construction for over a decade finally to be finished.

Italy grants $29M to enable completion of national Jewish museum

Prominent scholars blast theory tracing Ashkenazi Jews to Turkey

Controversial study claiming all Jews have Turkish roots a 'canard,' scholars say.

Prominent scholars blast theory tracing Ashkenazi Jews to Turkey

Model of Oskar Schindler's gold ring donated by jeweler's son

Gold ring Jewish workers made as a thank-you gift to Oskar Schindler donated to Melbourne's Holocaust Centre.

Model of Oskar Schindler's gold ring donated by jeweler's son

Michigan JCC, day school evacuated following bomb threat

Ann Arbor JCC evacuated Monday after anonymous threat made.

Michigan JCC, day school evacuated following bomb threat

Study: Online anti-Semitism reaching new heights

Hate posts against Jews, Israel spiked as wave of terrorism targeted Israel.

Study: Online anti-Semitism reaching new heights

Peres: My grandfather's will to me was simply 'Be a Jew'

Former President talks about his grandfather, who was murdered in the Holocaust. 'Hitler murdered us because of Mount Sinai.'

Peres: My grandfather's will to me was simply 'Be a Jew'

Ardent atheist - and staunch Zionist

One of Israel's most famous lawyers, Yoram Sheftel is a strong advocate for Zionism - and a total atheist. A look into his unique worldview.

Ardent atheist - and staunch Zionist

Orthodox business event to offer entrepreneurs help, feedback

Have a promising business venture? Up to $1,000,000 in US investment funding could be yours.

Orthodox business event to offer entrepreneurs help, feedback

Ohio Jewish leader cited for Holocaust memorial role dies at 68

Joyce Garver Keller who helped establish a state Holocaust memorial in Ohio, dies at 68.

Ohio Jewish leader cited for Holocaust memorial role dies at 68

Jewish tennis player takes first ATP title in Turkey

Jewish-Argentine player Diego Schwartzman wins first Association of Tennis Professionals tournament.

Jewish tennis player takes first ATP title in Turkey

Holocaust commemoration begins at home

After Dutch woman discovered that Holocaust victims used to live in what is now her home, she thought about them constantly.

Holocaust commemoration begins at home

Orthodox activists ask NY to change sex abuse reporting laws

Activists and victims to lobby New York's state capital demanding statute of limitations be lifted for child sex abuse.

Orthodox activists ask NY to change sex abuse reporting laws

Nuremberg lessons: Stand up to hate, and remember hate's victims

Op-ed: Holocaust Memorial Day falls 80 years after Nuremberg Race Laws, 70 years after Nuremberg Trials. What have we learned?

Nuremberg lessons: Stand up to hate, and remember hate's victims

50 Holocaust survivors have a delayed Bar Mitzvah

In a moving ceremony at the Kotel, 50 survivors denied their Bar or Bat Mitzvah by Nazis finally get the opportunity to do so.

50 Holocaust survivors have a delayed Bar Mitzvah

Posters of the Israel Day Concert in Central Park

The annual Concert in Central Park has been held for the past 22 years. View the detailed, artistic posters from 2005-2015.

Posters of the Israel Day Concert in Central Park

Who funds the group 'driving a wedge' between US Jews?

NGO Monitor report reveals the well-hidden sources of funds for JVP, a divisive group 'demonizing Israel.' Who foots their bill?

Who funds the group 'driving a wedge' between US Jews?

Will fugitive Rabbi Eliezer Berland evade justice again?

Chief Rabbi of Migdal HaEmek flew to Johannesburg in an attempt to release Rabbi Eliezer Berland from prison.

Will fugitive Rabbi Eliezer Berland evade justice again?

Album: Photos from the Annual Israel Day Concert in Central Park

View photos from previous years' Concerts.

Album: Photos from the Annual Israel Day Concert in Central Park

Selling synagogue to Muslims 'better than seeing it desecrated'

Jerusalem-area rabbi quoted as supporting selling a synagogue to become mosque in time of great need.

Selling synagogue to Muslims 'better than seeing it desecrated'

Police seize illegal kosher wine in Montreal

Two men facing charges of illegally importing kosher wine after police seize 650 cases in Montreal.

Police seize illegal kosher wine in Montreal

Rumor resurfaces: Maimonides turned Muslim

Disputed claim says he saved his life by acknowledging Mohammed. Researchers don't accept it.

Rumor resurfaces: Maimonides turned Muslim




























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