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Amazon officially launches its service in Hebrew

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The online-retail giant Amazon officially launched a Hebrew-language website on Monday, the same date as the shopping holiday Chinese Singles Day, CTech reported. In August, it did so first for vendors. In addition to having access to Amazon services...
Israeli and Russian leaders attend the cornerstone-laying ceremony in Jerusalem of the Memorial Candle Monument, dedicated to defenders and residents of Leningrad during the German siege on the city during WWII, Nov. 12, 2019. Photo by Elisha Henkin.

Jerusalem hosts cornerstone ceremony for monument to heroes of Leningrad Seige

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The cornerstone of a monument commemorating the World War II Siege of Leningrad was laid in a ceremony in Jerusalem on Tuesday. The Memorial Candle Monument is dedicated to the estimated 600,000 to 1.5 million...
Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds. Source: Screenshot.

Trump recognizes US Army veteran who saved Jewish prisoners in World War II

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In his speech during the New York City Veterans Day Parade on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump recognized U.S. Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, who saved the lives of 200 American Jewish prisoners of...

U.S. Veterans

Prior to the founding of the State of Israel, a large number of veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces made great contributions to the struggle to establish a Jewish national home. Much of this crucial...
The "Tomb of the Kings" in Jerusalem, is believed to be the burial site of Queen Helena of Adiabene, a Mesopotamian monarch who converted to Judaism in the first century BCE. Credit: Library of Congress Catalog, Wikipedia Commons.

Jerusalem’s ‘Tomb of the Kings’ opens to the public for the first time in...

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French authorities have opened Jerusalem’s ancient “Tomb of the Kings” to the public for the first time in 10 years, the AP reported on Friday. Limited numbers of visitors are now being allowed to visit the site,...
Rabbi Yitshak Ehrenberg (left) of the Central Orthodox Synagogue of Berlin observes Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog light a memorial candle in memory of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, Nov. 7, 2019. Photo by Eliana Rudee.

At Kristallnacht memorial service in Berlin, Jewish leaders sound alarm on anti-Semitism

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It’s been 81 years since Kristallnacht (“The Night of Broken Glass”), when Nazis torched synagogues, vandalized thousands of Jewish homes, schools and businesses, and killed nearly 100 Jews on the night of Nov. 9-10,...
Song sessions, dancing and art workshops are part of the three-day American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) sixth annual Active Jewish Teens (AJT) Conference in Liev from Nov. 7-10, 2019, as they were last year (pictured). Credit: JDC.

Hundreds gather in Kiev for JDC’s Active Jewish Teens sixth annual conference

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More than 400 Jewish teens from around the world are gathering for American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) sixth annual Active Jewish Teens (AJT) Conference in Kiev this weekend to celebrate their growing role...
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StandWithUs opens legal-education resource center on Jewish people and Israel

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The legal department at StandWithUs has announced the opening of the Israel education group’s continuing legal education resource center. Attorneys who need to fulfill their CLE credits can do so in an easily navigable setting...
Erev Passover at the Sciesopoli House in Selvino, Italy. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

After seven-year campaign, Selvino Children’s Museum finally opens its doors

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Following a seven-year campaign, a museum dedicated to the story of some 800 child Holocaust survivors who were cared for in an Alpine resort town in Italy after World War II finally opened its...
Eileen Filler-Corn was elected on Nov. 5, 2019, as both the first female and first Jewish Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Source: Screenshot.

Virginia House elects first Jewish and female speaker

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Virginians elected Eileen Filler-Corn as both the first Jewish and female Speaker of the state’s House of Delegates on Tuesday. A Democrat, Filler-Corn, 55, has represented the Fairfax County suburbs of Washington, D.C., in the...