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Germany sees 15% rise in politically motivated anti-Semitic crimes

BERLIN (JTA) – The number of politically motivated crimes rose to record levels in Germany last year and include a 15% rise in anti-Semitic offenses. The annual report by the Federal … more

5/9/21

New peace institute

(JTA) – Jared Kushner has launched an institute to promote his major accomplishment when he advised his father-in-law, former President Donald Trump: the normalization agreements between Israel … more

5/9/21

Longtime radio journalist Walter Bingham sits in his office behind a wall filled with memorabilia, including a telegram regarding an award he won from the United Kingdom's King George VI.

Walter Bingham is the world’s oldest journalist

JERUSALEM (JTA) – When Walter Bingham moved to Israel following a long career as a host on British radio, he applied for a job at Kol Israel, one of the country’s leading … more

SAM SOKOL | 5/9/21

Your donations help Jews in R.I. – and across the globe

In “Pirkei Avot,” it states, “Your house should be open wide, and you should make the poor members of your household.” For many of us, our inclination is to help our … more

JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF | 4/9/21

Australian music giant dies

(JTA) – Michael Gudinski, an Australian music executive hailed as the public face of his country’s music industry has died. He was 68.Gudinski died March 1 in his sleep of a heart attack, … more

3/5/21

The Jewish Council of Amsterdam, a body set up by the Nazis to have Jews oversee preparations for the extermination of their own minority throughout the Netherlands during World War II.

In Amsterdam, the personal card of every Holocaust victim returns to Jewish hands

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Sonja Levy was a positive person who made an excellent first impression and whose important position exempted her from deportation, according to the personal card that the … more

CNAAN LIPHSHIZ | 1/26/21

Jewish life in 2020: A year in pictures

(JTA) – For the Jewish community, 2020 has been historic, turbulent and revelatory. The year began with 25,000 people, Jews and non-Jews, marching across the Brooklyn Bridge to take a stand … more

SHIRA FEDER | 1/7/21

The global proportion of Jews living in Europe is as low as it was 1,000 years ago. And the future there doesn’t look bright.

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Jews’ share of the population of Europe is as low now as it was 1,000 years ago and is declining even further, according to a landmark new demographic study. The study … more

Cnaan Liphshiz | 10/22/20

What I’ve learned about Emirati culture as the chief rabbi’s wife

(JTA) — Jews around the world are rightfully celebrating the historic and euphoric peace agreement between Israel and the UAE — and so are the Emiratis. In particular, Israelis are looking … more

Michelle Waldman Sarna | 10/21/20

Israel has more per capita deaths from the coronavirus each day than US

(JTA) – Israel’s daily number of deaths from the coronavirus is higher than the United States on a per capita basis, according to a new report.Israel’s daily rate over the last week … more

MARCY OSTER | 10/2/20