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Emerging from lockdown, French Jews take stock of community’s ‘enormous losses’

( JTA ) — Regulars at the synagogue in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine call its main hallway “the traffic jam.” The term, often uttered with an eye roll, refers to the bottleneck … more

Cnaan Liphshiz | 5/13/20

Mariusz Matera (left) and Czeslaw Uszyński (right) at Kraków’s Tempel Synagogue.

Polish artist, activist and musician preserves the memory of Jewish life in Chelm

Among the 11 Poles recognized at the 2019 “Preserving Memory” awards ceremony for their role in protecting their country’s Jewish heritage were three men from Chelm: Zbigniew S. … more

SHAI AFSAI and ARIELA ALUSH | 5/3/20

London’s Jewish Chronicle saved from extinction

(JTA) – The Jewish Chronicle of London, the world’s longest-running Jewish publication, has been saved from liquidation and transferred to new owners.A consortium from the Jewish … more

CNAAN LIPHSHIZ | 4/30/20

Berlin Holocaust remembrance event hacked with anti-Semitic messages and images

(JTA) — An online Holocaust remembrance event coordinated by Israel’s embassy in Berlin was hacked with vulgar anti-Semitic images and messages.Monday evening’s memorial event, a … more

Toby Axelrod | 4/22/20

Businessmen, spin doctors and journalists make last-ditch bid to save UK Jewish papers

(JTA) – Two weeks ago, the owners of the United Kingdom’s top two Jewish newspapers described their plans to dissolve the publications as a sad, inescapable consequence of the coronavirus … more

Cnaan Liphshiz | 4/22/20

Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day torch-lighting at Yad Vashem held without audience

JERUSALEM (JTA) – The coronavirus couldn’t dim the annual torch-lighting ceremony in Israel for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, or Yom Hashoah. In a … more

MARCY OSTER | 4/20/20

Anti-Semitic hate speech has risen sharply since pandemic and must be rejected, UN official says

(JTA) – Anti-Semitic hate speech has risen dramatically since the start of the coronavirus crisis and must be rejected, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on freedom of religion or … more

MARCY OSTER | 4/20/20

Dominic Raab, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs arrives for the daily Coronavirus briefing at No.10 Downing Street on April 07, 2020 in London, England.

Dominic Raab, whose father was a Jewish refugee, is Britain’s acting prime minister with Boris Johnson hospitalized

(JTA) — The United Kingdom last had a Jewish prime minister in 1880, the final year of Benjamin Disraeli‘s service.Now, with the coronavirus sending Boris Johnson to the hospital, the … more

Cnaan Liphshiz | 4/7/20

Setting the stage for Passover with matzah, at the Wood River Jewish Community's Hebrew school.

Sun Valley, Idaho, a celebrity destination, is a coronavirus hot spot. Here’s how the local Jewish community is coping.

(JTA) — Even before the arrival of the coronavirus upended Passover plans across the world, the Wood River Jewish Community’s Seder was going to be different this year. For the first … more

Penny Schwartz | 4/7/20

Gov. Andrew Cuomo tells New York’s Orthodox Jews to abstain from large religious gatherings

(JTA) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the Orthodox Jewish community to refrain from holding large religious gatherings, saying on Tuesday that the New York Police Department will … more

Marcy Oster | 4/7/20