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US jewish groups condemn Trump’s withdrawal from Paris agreement
Jewish groups joined Israeli environmentalists in slamming President Trump’s announcement on Thursday that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Soon after the decision was made, Director of the Religious...
89-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Celebrates Bar Mitzvah
WILMETTE, IL — More than three quarters of a century ago, Nazis robbed a 12-year-old Harold Katz from a chance to have a normal bar mitzvah, the Jewish coming of age ceremony.
This Memorial Day,...
Cutting-edge films from around the world
The Sydney Film Festival gets under way on June 7 and will feature 288 films from 59 countries over 12 days. Don Perlgut looks at some of the films and documentaries with Jewish connections.
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EU Parliament votes in favor of adopting antisemitism definition
The European Parliament on Thursday voted in favor of a resolution endorsing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, drawing praise from Jewish groups.
The resolution calls on EU Member States and...
Alberto Nisman and Sarah Halimi: the shared fate of 2 very different Jews
This is a story about the shared fate of two quite different Jews.
They were separated from each other by continents and oceans. His native tongue was Spanish and hers was French. He lived in...
Israel, jewish group provide emergency aid to flood-stricken Sri Lanka
The American Jewish Joint Distribution is providing emergency aid to victims of the devastating flooding and mudslides that killed hundreds of people and displacing hundreds of thousands more in Sri Lanka this week.
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Al Jazeera tweets antisemitic meme
The following was tweeted from the Al Jizz English Twitter account – before being summarily deleted after the ensuing uproar.
.@AJEnglish appears to have taken down a heinously anti-Semitic tweet about climate change denial.
Cuz deleting...
Trump’s goals for peace in the Middle East
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Former Israeli ambassador to Japan wants Japan to oversee peace in the Middle East
The Founding Father of Israel awakened to Zionism while in Japan
The Japanese and Jews...
The moment that changed everything, captured on film
During the 1967 Six-Day War, against all odds, Israel fought for her life on all borders with Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Not only did the fledgling Jewish state survive the onslaught, but it also...
Lowey, holocaust survivor honored by Jewish identity group
Holocaust survivor Roman Kent, who has been a leading voice for the rights of Holocaust survivors, was honored last month in Westchester by an organization that promotes Jewish identity and education among young Jews...