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BEIJING, March 21, 2017 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Beijing, capital of China, March 21, 2017. (Xinhua/Rao Ainmin)

Breaking China: A rupture looms between Israel and the United States

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel’s announcement last week that an Israeli consortium would build Sorek 2, the world’s largest desalination plant, surprised many who had been watching the deal: The … more

Ron Kampeas | 6/3/20

2 major Brooklyn Reform synagogues in merger talks as COVID-19 pandemic cuts into revenue

(JTA) – As the COVID-19 pandemic forces businesses and organizations to lay off employees and close up shop, two historic Reform synagogues in Brooklyn are entering merger discussions to … more

Shira Hanau | 6/2/20

Sharon Heinrich, left, and Gali Hadari run Paris Chez Sharon.

From artwork to babka, Jewish Parisians are struggling to weather the COVID-19 storm

PARIS (JTA) — It has been a turbulent five years for the French capital’s residents. From the Charlie Hebdo and November 2015 terrorist attacks to the upheaval caused by the yellow vest … more

Lindsey Tramuta | 5/19/20

Rabbi Michael Azoulay, second from right, reading the Torah with congregants at the synagogue of Neuilly-sur-Seine, a Paris suburb, Dec. 11, 2017.

Emerging from lockdown, French Jews take stock of community’s ‘enormous losses’

(JTA) — Regulars at the synagogue in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine call its main hallway “the traffic jam.” The term, often uttered with an eye roll, refers to the bottleneck … more

Cnaan Liphshiz | 5/13/20

Mariusz Matera (left) and Czeslaw Uszyński (right) at Kraków’s Tempel Synagogue.

Polish artist, activist and musician preserves the memory of Jewish life in Chelm

Among the 11 Poles recognized at the 2019 “Preserving Memory” awards ceremony for their role in protecting their country’s Jewish heritage were three men from Chelm: Zbigniew S. … more

SHAI AFSAI and ARIELA ALUSH | 5/3/20

London’s Jewish Chronicle saved from extinction

(JTA) – The Jewish Chronicle of London, the world’s longest-running Jewish publication, has been saved from liquidation and transferred to new owners.A consortium from the Jewish … more

CNAAN LIPHSHIZ | 4/30/20

Berlin Holocaust remembrance event hacked with anti-Semitic messages and images

(JTA) — An online Holocaust remembrance event coordinated by Israel’s embassy in Berlin was hacked with vulgar anti-Semitic images and messages.Monday evening’s memorial event, a … more

Toby Axelrod | 4/22/20

Businessmen, spin doctors and journalists make last-ditch bid to save UK Jewish papers

(JTA) – Two weeks ago, the owners of the United Kingdom’s top two Jewish newspapers described their plans to dissolve the publications as a sad, inescapable consequence of the coronavirus … more

Cnaan Liphshiz | 4/22/20

Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day torch-lighting at Yad Vashem held without audience

JERUSALEM (JTA) – The coronavirus couldn’t dim the annual torch-lighting ceremony in Israel for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, or Yom Hashoah. In a … more

MARCY OSTER | 4/20/20

Anti-Semitic hate speech has risen sharply since pandemic and must be rejected, UN official says

(JTA) – Anti-Semitic hate speech has risen dramatically since the start of the coronavirus crisis and must be rejected, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on freedom of religion or … more

MARCY OSTER | 4/20/20