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Anti-Semitic incidents in US surging in ’17, rose by a third in ’16

JTA – Anti-Semitic incidents in the United States soared 86 percent in the first three months of 2017 after rising by more than one-third in 2016, according to the Anti-Defamation … more

MARCY OSTER AND BEN SALES | 4/27/17

Amos Oz, David Grossman shortlisted for Man Booker prize

JTA – Two of Israel’s most renowned authors and an Argentine first-time novelist are among six finalists for the Man Booker International Prize for fiction. David Grossman’s … more

4/27/17

Holocaust survivor, 91, celebrates her Bat Mitzvah in Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) – Eugenia Unger, who usually displays the number tattooed on her arm by the Nazis, covered it with her Shabbat clothes and her tallit as she celebrated her Bat … more

4/7/17

Jewish descendants can sue Germany for return of Nazi-looted collection, US court rules

JTA – A U.S. court has cleared the way for descendants of Jewish art collectors to sue Germany in the United States over objects allegedly obtained from their ancestors under duress during the … more

4/7/17

Most Jewish British students say they have been targeted for their religion, study finds

JTA – Two-thirds of Jewish British university students believe they have been targeted due to their religion and more than a quarter worry about being the victim of an anti-Semitic attack, a … more

4/7/17

Father of teen accused of JCC bomb threats apologizes to US Jews

JERUSALEM (JTA) – The father of the Israeli-American teenager arrested on suspicion of calling in more than 100 bomb threats to JCCs and Jewish institutions has apologized for his son’s … more

4/7/17

Latin America’s largest synagogue welcomes first female rabbi

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – Latin America’s largest synagogue, the 2,000-family Congregacao Israelita Paulista in Brazil, has inaugurated its first female rabbi. Some 200 people attended the … more

3/16/17

A visit to Jewish Spain

My husband Ira and I very much enjoyed our recent trip to Spain. It’s amazing how three religions – Judaism, Islam and Christianity – overlap in this nation. A building may have … more

KAREN ASHER | 1/5/17

Uruguay’s $20 million video surveillance monitoring center near the tourism capital of Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Uruguay opens $20 million security center fueled by Israeli technology

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – Uruguay opened a $20 million video surveillance monitoring center near the tourism capital of Punta del Este with major support from Israeli technology. Those on … more

1/5/17

News Briefs

American wins International Adult Bible Contest in Jerusalem JTA – Yair Shahak of New York City was one of two winners of the International Adult Bible Contest in Jerusalem. Shahak, … more

1/5/17