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Here I am, Haim
It’s dark and nearing midnight in Denver. On the way into the city from the airport, the mountain air flows through the open windows of the taxi, fresh and crisp until we approach a...
On Catalonia, Jewish umbrella group opposes independence
Breaking with its policy of neutrality on Catalan independence, the main umbrella group of Spanish Jews blamed separatists for the kingdom’s crisis and declared allegiance to the constitution.
The Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain,...
Holocaust hero who saved children, shot Nazi, to be honored in Orange
Arnie Pritchard of New Haven and his two brothers knew in a general way growing up that their mother, Marion Pritchard, had sheltered Jews in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.
But it wasn’t until 1981...
Dutch red cross apologizes for failing to protect Jews from the Nazis
The Dutch Red Cross offered its “deep apologies” for failing to act to protect Jews during World War II following the publication of a research paper on its inaction.
“The war years are undoubtedly a...
Italian MEP Martusciello: 70 years after the establishment of the State of Israel, Jews...
70 years after the establishment of the State of Israel, Jews are still victims of displays of anti-Semitism around the world, an Italian Member of the European Parliament deplored during an interparliamentary meeting with...
Every language is a Jewish language
RAFI ELLENSON BEGAN his provocative and thoughtful article in this publication, “Hebrew as the Language of the Progressive Jewish Future,” with this statement: “In learning Yiddish, the language of our past, we should not neglect the language...
Teen indicted for anti-Semitic vandalism of New York Jewish cemetery
A teenager was indicted for the anti-Semitic vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in upstate New York more than a year ago.
On Monday, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office charged Eric Carbonaro, 18, of Warwick,...
Former Archbishop of Canterbury: Anti-Semitism still ‘an urgent issue’
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has said that anti-Semitism is still “an urgent issue” because Jews are still seen as “guilty, dangerous and polluting”.
Williams, who was head of the Church of England from...
A Jewish-themed beard balm for hipsters and Hasids
On a recent Friday, Eitan Press stood in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Market offering to apply balm to the beards of passers-by.
Press was hoping they would get hooked on his product, an ointment that comes...
Anti-Semitic Anne Frank stickers appear in Germany in copy of Lazio ultras’ behavior
German football ultras have posted anti-Semitic stickers depicting Anne Frank wearing the jersey of top flight club FC Schalke 04 in an apparent copy of recent behavior by hard-core supporters of Italian team Lazio.
The...