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Adolf Burger, last of ‘Hitler’s counterfeiters,’ dies at 99

PRAGUE (JTA) – Adolf Burger, a Holocaust survivor who was forced by the Nazis to counterfeit British banknotes during World War II, has died in Prague at 99, his family said. Burger, a … more

12/23/16

WJC’s Lauder praises outgoing U.N. chief for admitting to body’s anti-Israel bias

JTA – World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder praised outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for publicly admitting that there is an anti-Israel bias at the international … more

12/23/16

Cancer patient finds bone marrow donor following worldwide search

JTA — After a highly publicized search, a Jewish man with a deadly cancer has found a bone marrow donor. On Dec. 6, Adam Krief, a 31-year-old father of three living in Los Angeles, … more

12/9/16

In Uman, Hebrew letters cover store fronts and the sides of buildings so that from a photograph it looks more like Bnei Brak than Eastern Europe.

Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine

I was hoping for a significant religious encounter in Uman, the central Ukrainian city that on Rosh Hashanah is inundated by thousands of Jewish men who journey to the tziyun hakadosh (holy grave … more

SHAI AFSAI | 12/9/16

Jewish Oberlin professor’s house vandalized

JTA – The home of a Jewish professor at Oberlin College was vandalized and a note reading “Gas Jew Die” was left at his front door. The professor has been identified by police … more

11/25/16

Chabad in Berlin receives $2 million in federal funding

JTA – The Jewish Museum and Chabad-Lubavitch in Berlin have received $2.15 million from a $1.75 billion pot intended for cultural institutions and projects in Berlin, it was announced the week … more

11/25/16

Israeli army conscription rate drops 3.5% since 2010

JTA – The rate of enlistment into the Israel Defense Forces has dropped by 3.5 percent over the past five years, army sources said. In 2016, the IDF saw the conscription of 72 percent of … more

11/25/16

Dutch workers discover Jewish graves thought relocated decades ago

JTA – Construction workers in the Netherlands discovered bodies at a former Jewish cemetery that were believed to have been relocated in their entirety decades ago. The 11 bodies, which … more

11/11/16

French, Dutch towns commemorate Alfred Dreyfus

JTA – A French municipality has honored the persecuted Jewish soldier Alfred Dreyfus with a statue and a Dutch town honored the Holocaust survivor and writer Jules Schelvis with a street sign. … more

10/28/16

Havana then and now

HAVANA – It took less than an hour to get here from Miami, but the flight catapulted me 58 years back. In fact, I felt a tie to something even deeper in the mists of time. I spent a day … more

M. CHARLES BAKST | 10/13/16