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‘Game of Thrones’ welcomes Israeli actress-singer

JTA – Russian-Israeli actress Ania Bukstein recently joined the cast of the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones.” Bukstein, a Moscow native who immigrated to Israel at 8, plays Red … more

5/27/16

BDS is anti-constitutional and discriminatory, Spanish tribunal rules

JTA – Citing anti-discrimination laws, a Spanish constitutional tribunal recommended scrapping a municipality’s motion calling for a boycott of Israel. The Ministerio Fiscal, an … more

5/27/16

Amsterdam to pay Jewish community $11M for Holocaust survivor taxes

JTA – The city of Amsterdam will give its Jewish community $11 million as compensation for taxes imposed on Holocaust survivors who returned home to the Dutch capital following World War II. … more

5/27/16

Romania expected to pass Holocaust restitution bill

JTA — Legislation that will make it easier for Holocaust survivors to press restitution claims is expected to pass in Romania’s parliament next week. Lawmakers said on April 26 that … more

4/28/16

Nazi-looted painting sequestered in Geneva

JTA – A Nazi-looted painting by the Jewish artist Amedeo Modigliani is being sequestered in Geneva after its ownership was revealed in the Panama Papers. The ownership of the 1918 painting … more

4/15/16

North of Paris, a beleaguered Jewish community dares to seder

SAINT-DENIS, France (JTA) – After three firebombs hit the synagogue in this poor and heavily Muslim suburb of Paris, municipal authorities advised the local Jewish community to lower its … more

CNAAN LIPHSHIZ | 4/15/16

Israeli companies to build smart city in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – Three Israeli companies won an international competition to build a pilot smart city in Brazil to house 20,000 residents of low socioeconomic status. The startups … more

4/13/16

In real-life Anatevka, Ukraine’s Jewish refugees build a community

ANATEVKA, Ukraine (JTA) – At the age of 53, Sergey and Elena Yarelchenko fled their native city of Lugansk with three suitcases and moved into a wooden room in a muddy refugee camp outside … more

BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ | 4/13/16

Brussels: A frightening place

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 … more

BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ | 4/13/16

Brazilian publisher backs off new printing of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’

JTA – A Brazilian publisher canceled the release of a new printing of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” after strong pressure from the Jewish community and scholars. Edipro reportedly decided on Jan. 14 to call off a first printing run of 1,000 … more

1/22/16