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JerusaLENS International Photo Challenge Exhibition
The Jerusalem International Photography Challenge Exhibition will be held between June 6th to August 6th at the Ammunition Hill by KKL-JNF along with JNF USA, Ammunition Hill, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, Jerusalem...
June 1941: The Farhoud massacre remembered
On the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, June 1-2, 1941 (5701 on the Hebrew calendar), the Muslim residents of Baghdad carried out a savage pogrom against their Jewish neighbors. In this pogrom, known by its...
Limmud wins prize for Jewish unity
Next Wednesday, Limmud, the international network of Jewish learning communities, will receive the Jerusalem Unity Prize in the global category. It is a great privilege to be recognised for our positive impact in the...
Jewish communities to show solidarity with refugees by holding vigils in commemoration of the...
The debate over the entry of refugees into the U.S. rages on, and for good reason. Just this week, the State Department announced that it will “lift its restriction on the number of refugees...
Putin compares America blaming Russia to ‘Anti-Semitism and blaming the Jews’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday maintained the Russian government's innocence in the hacking of the U.S. presidential election by arguing that inventing IP addresses is so easy even a kid could do it....
Rivlin: Hebron is not an obstacle to peace
Jews will live together with Arabs in Hebron in any peace agreement, President Reuven Rivlin said Thursday night at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Six Day war.
“Hebron is not an obstacle...
Why so many people care that Wonder Woman is Israeli
In the epoch that has elapsed between DC’s announcement of the new Wonder Woman and its actual premiere this weekend, the film’s gender politics have dominated much of the discussion: Its female director, female...
World Jewish Congress praises EU lawmakers for backing measures to combat anti-Semitism
“It is high time that a concerted and strong effort is made across Europe to stamp out bigotry and hatred of Jews. If the Jews are forced to leave Europe because of anti-Semitism, it...
Jewish Israelis surveyed on Trump
A poll in Israel about President Donald Trump suggested his popularity among Jews there has declined since he first took office.
In the poll of 500 Jewish-Israeli adults conducted this week for The Jerusalem Post,...
Why there is still hostility when Jews and non-Jews fall in love
There are many different ways to complete the sentence “I cannot be antisemitic because… ”. All of them are dodgy. For the liberal left, the standard answer is “because I am a committed anti-racist”....