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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

6.7 magnitude earthquake hits India’s Jewish community

JTA – A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northeastern India, inflicting damage on the infrastructure of the Jewish community of Churachandpur. The nonprofit Shavei Israel reported in a statement Jan. 4 that the homes and property of the Bnei … more

1/7/16

Record number visit Anne Frank House

JTA – The Anne Frank House had a record number of visitors for the sixth consecutive year. In 2015, some 1,268,095 people visited the Anne Frank House, located at the site in Amsterdam where the young diarist hid from the Nazis with her … more

1/7/16