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An avalanche of movies by or about Jews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival

An avalanche of movies by or about Jews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival

The ski resort town of Park City, Utah, plays host to one of the most prestigious gatherings of cinephiles in the world — and we’ve… Read More ›

ADL Chief Too Quick to Forgive Rep. Omar for Antisemitic Comment – Says ZOA

ADL Chief Too Quick to Forgive Rep. Omar for Antisemitic Comment – Says ZOA

Head of ADL Jonathan Greenblatt slammed for saying ‘hats off’ to Omar, whom ZOA still considers to be pro-ISIS   Head of ADL Jonathan Greenblat… Read More ›

Starbucks’ Schultz, Formed in Jewish Brooklyn, Mulls Presidential Run

Starbucks’ Schultz, Formed in Jewish Brooklyn, Mulls Presidential Run

Worth an estimated $3.3 billion, Schultz would presumably self-fund a campaign that would require him to earn name recognition across the country.   WASHINGTON –… Read More ›

Simon Wiesenthal Center Names Top 10 Antisemitic Incidents of 2018

Simon Wiesenthal Center Names Top 10 Antisemitic Incidents of 2018

First on the list is the October 27 massacre at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh.   Following the attack, Bowers said that “Hitler… Read More ›

A pastor who helped plot to kill Hitler is now the hero of a graphic novel

A pastor who helped plot to kill Hitler is now the hero of a graphic novel

Artist John Hendrix, himself a man of faith, immortalizes theologian and anti-Nazi activist Dietrich Bonhoeffer in ‘The Faithful Spy,’ a serious comic for teens and… Read More ›

New Ethiopian-israeli Party Joins Knesset Race

New Ethiopian-israeli Party Joins Knesset Race

The party is headed by former Member of Knesset Alali Adamso, a veteran of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor.   A new party… Read More ›

Israeli teen charged with terror in stone attack that killed Palestinian woman

Israeli teen charged with terror in stone attack that killed Palestinian woman

Manslaughter accusations against 16-year-old say he hurled 2-kg rock that caused death of Aisha Rabi ‘out of an ideological motive of racism and hostility toward… Read More ›

Daughter of Hitler’s War Minister to Be Honored with German-Jewish Award

Daughter of Hitler’s War Minister to Be Honored with German-Jewish Award

Hilde Schramm, who lives in Berlin, was a former Green Party politician in the city. In 1994, she founded the Zurückgeben Foundation, whose name can… Read More ›

In Jerusalem’s Old City, conflict means buyer and seller beware

In Jerusalem’s Old City, conflict means buyer and seller beware

Selling property to Jews in East Jerusalem is a lucrative but dangerous game when many Palestinians consider such deals treason   In an alley in… Read More ›

EU Parliament Calls to Recover Art Looted by Nazis in Holocaust & WWII

EU Parliament Calls to Recover Art Looted by Nazis in Holocaust & WWII

Resolution calls for comprehensive database for Jewish-owned artworks seized by the Nazis.   The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday calling on the European… Read More ›

Miami – Hitler Mug Found In Home Of Man Florida Cops Say Targeted Jews

Miami – Hitler Mug Found In Home Of Man Florida Cops Say Targeted Jews

Miami – A large knife emblazoned with a Nazi emblem. A giant flag with the logo of the dreaded SS stormtroopers. A mug featuring Hitler… Read More ›

Talmud-inspired learning craze sweeps South Korea

Talmud-inspired learning craze sweeps South Korea

Some think the key to unlocking academic success can be found in Jewish approaches to education, leading to the establishment of dozens of chavruta-themed institutions… Read More ›

Washington – One House Rep Voted Against A Federal Anti-Semitism Monitor, A Libertarian Palestinian American

Washington – One House Rep Voted Against A Federal Anti-Semitism Monitor, A Libertarian Palestinian American

  Washington – Chris Smith, the New Jersey Republican who is trying to push through a bill that would enhance the role of the anti-Semitism… Read More ›

Paris – Anti-Semitism Among Yellow Vest Protesters Demoralizes France’s Jews

Paris – Anti-Semitism Among Yellow Vest Protesters Demoralizes France’s Jews

  Paris – Four years ago, a heartbroken Bernard-Henri Levy found some solace in how more than a million Frenchmen marched through this city to… Read More ›

IDF officer, 4 soldiers arrested for allegedly beating Palestinian suspects

IDF officer, 4 soldiers arrested for allegedly beating Palestinian suspects

Servicemen from religious Netzah Yehuda battalion suspected of attacking detainees as revenge for terror attack in which two comrades were killed   Military Police on… Read More ›

Success of UK’s bestselling Jewish authors can’t mask huge decline in new titles

Success of UK’s bestselling Jewish authors can’t mask huge decline in new titles

Even as demand for literature is on the rise, online bookstores make it nearly impossible to sustain a fixed literary space for secular ‘Jewish’ works… Read More ›

Israel’s left wing must have the courage to tackle the big issue

Israel’s left wing must have the courage to tackle the big issue

Opinion: The left must clearly state, without obfuscating in the name of political correctness, what it believes is the long-hungered solution for good relations between… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Man Permitted To Marry Second Wife After First Wife Absconds With Child

Tel Aviv – Man Permitted To Marry Second Wife After First Wife Absconds With Child

  Tel Aviv – The Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court gave permission to a man to marry a second wife after his first wife absconded with… Read More ›

Meet the 27-year-old female rabbi leading a NY Jewish federation

Meet the 27-year-old female rabbi leading a NY Jewish federation

In an age when Millennials cherry-pick their charitable causes online, Rachel Rubenstein says donating to a local federation is counter-cultural — and constituents are responding… Read More ›

The Holocaust survivor who dresses up like Hitler

The Holocaust survivor who dresses up like Hitler

Artist Dov Or-Ner is an unusual figure in the Israeli art scene; after years of living with the fuhrer’s menacing voice in his head, he… Read More ›