JNS.ORG – At a time when many archaeological sites and antiquities throughout the Middle East are being looted and destroyed, the City of David Foundation on Sept. 4 hosted its annual conference to enable the general public to experience some of …
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Sean Savage
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9/11/14
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(JTA) – Cuban Jewish leaders who met with Alan Gross said the imprisoned American-Jewish contractor “was in better spirits.”
Havana community President Adela Dworkin and vice president David Prinstein met with Gross on the last day of …
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12/19/13
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled plans to speak in person to the biennial meeting of the Union for Reform Judaism. The announcement was made Tuesday, a day before the start of the conference, which was scheduled …
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12/19/13
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JTA – Political turmoil, terror attacks and natural disasters around the world: 2017 had plenty of people feeling down, for good reason.
But there were also notable moments of …
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JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
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1/4/18
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JTA – Authorities in Bologna, Italy, have announced the discovery of the site of the city’s medieval Jewish cemetery, which was destroyed in 1569.
They said archeological excavations …
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11/9/17
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PARIS (JTA) – On the surface, at least, Europe has not changed much over the past 12 months.
In fact, when it comes to European politics, this year may appear mild in …
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CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
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1/4/18
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LUGANSK, Ukraine (JTA) – In an unheated synagogue with no running water, a dozen Jews are trying to keep warm as temperatures here veer toward the single digits.
Not moving too much helps keep the warmth under their thick coats, they say, a …
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Cnaan Liphshiz
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12/18/14
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JTA – Growing up, trips to stay with my Jewish family in Brussels were a taste of freedom. In my native Israel, waves of Palestinian terrorist attacks kept me under constant maternal …
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BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
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4/13/16
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(JTA) – The European Union has published what it called a strategic plan for combating anti-Semitism.
The 26-page document that the European Commission, the executive branch of the European …
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CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
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10/9/21
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This story originally appeared on The Nosher .
This may be surprising, but Jews have a long and very influential history in the alcohol industry spanning Europe, Israel and North America.
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Joel Haber
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7/10/20
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