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Angela Merkel honored for fighting anti-Semitism

BERLIN (JTA) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel was honored by the World Jewish Congress for her role in fighting anti-Semitism. The annual Theodor Herzl Prize recognizes individuals who … more

TOBY AXELROD | 10/31/19

Left to right: Anne Franklin, Rabbi Wayne Franklin, Betsalel Laurent Elouna and Professor William Miles at the Franklins’ home (along with their standard poodle, Ziggy).

Founder and leader of Cameroon synagogue visits Rhode Island

In late August and early September, Betsalel Laurent Elouna, founder and leader of Beith Bnei Yeshouroun synagogue in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, visited Providence, staying for a week at the home of Rabbi Wayne and Anne Franklin. more

SHAI AFSAI | 10/2/19

Jewish groups provide help to the Bahamas

JTA – The Israel-based humanitarian group IsraAID, B’nai B’rith International and Chabad are among those pitching in to help the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian’s … more

9/19/19

Lucky Jew pictures and other souvenirs for sale at Plac Nowy in the former Jewish district of Krakow.

The ‘Lucky Jew’ of Poland

Among the memorabilia sold in Kazimierz’s Plac Nowy, or New Square – as well as in other parts of Krakow and throughout Poland – are pictures and figurines of the “Lucky … more

SHAI AFSAI | 9/19/19

Niro Abekasis (center) and members of the Piyut Ensemble.

Cultural understanding

Prior to World War II, about one-tenth of Poland’s population was Jewish, and Jews made up almost a quarter of Krakow, Poland’s residents. By the end of the war, 90% of Poland’s Jews had been killed by the Nazis and their accomplices. Many of the Jewish structures in Kazimierz, an area that the Polish King Casimir the Great invited Jews to settle in during the 14th century, still stand in Krakow, though they remain largely emptied of Jewish occupants. more

SHAI AFSAI | 9/19/19

Chabad opens its first center in Rwanda

JTA – Chabad has opened its first center in Rwanda, which becomes the African nation’s first synagogue served by a permanent rabbi. Rabbi Chaim and Dina Bar Sella, and their … more

9/19/19

Overhead view of a row of damaged structures in the Bahamas.

Jewish groups provide emergency help to the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian

(JTA) — The Israel-based humanitarian group IsraAID, B’nai B’rith International and Chabad are among those pitching in to help the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian’s … more

Marcy Oster | 9/4/19

Israel gives new hope to patients with multiple myeloma

TEL AVIV — Shlomit Norman was only 42 when doctors diagnosed her with multiple myeloma — a bone marrow cancer with no known cure that rarely strikes people under the age of 65. At the time, … more

Larry Luxner | 8/26/19

Buenos Aires to host 2023 Pan American Maccabi games

BUENOS AIRES (JTA) – Argentina will host the 15th Pan American Maccabi games in its capital city Buenos Aires. Every four years, the Maccabi World Union organizes the Pan … more

JTA STAFF | 7/5/19