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Beef and corn on the cob on a charcoal barbecue grill. Credit: Brian Chu via Wikimedia Commons.

Backyard barbecue, kosher-style

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Barbecuing is primal, even dangerous. It’s looked on as a guy thing—all that fire, smoke, sharp implements and mountains of meat. But hold on, folks! Women are drawn to that fire and smoke, too. Besides...
Female survivors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945. Credit: No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Oakes, H (Sgt).

Negotiations with Germany result in increased welfare for Holocaust survivors, payment for surviving spouse

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The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (also known as the Claims Conference) announced on Monday the results of the organization’s negotiations this year with the German government on behalf of Jewish Holocaust...
“Through the Lens of Faith” works to present the experiences of Holocaust victims and survivors, and how faith helped them persevere, June 2019. Photo courtesy of Daniel Libeskind.

Auschwitz exhibit examines faith as a mechanism for survival during the Holocaust

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An exhibition that offers the public a glimpse into the role of faith as a mechanism for survival during the Holocaust opened at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland on Monday. “Through the Lens of...
A new online course on the teachings of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson will begin on Tuesday, July 2, as part of the worldwide commemoration of the 25th anniversary of his passing. Credit: Courtesy.

New online course to explore the Rebbe’s approach to Torah study

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A new online course on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson—will begin on Tuesday, July 2, as part of the worldwide commemoration of the 25th anniversary of his passing, corresponding this year...
The 2019 ROI Summit in Jerusalem this past week to reflect, ideate and collaborate. Credit: ROI via Facebook.

Jerusalem summit brings international young Jews to mobilize for positive change

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A collection of 152 of the Jewish world’s leading, young innovators from 30 countries and six continents convened in Jerusalem this week to reflect, ideate and collaborate at the 2019 ROI Summit. The summit, which...
Erika and Sandor Horvat moved from Budapest to Israel in June 2019. Credit: IFCJ.

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews brings first Hungarians to Israel

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The first new immigrants (olim) from Hungary to move to Israel through the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews arrived on Wednesday. Sandor and Erika Horvat, a young couple in their 30s from Budapest, moved...
Croatian Parliament. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Croatia ignores charges by Jewish leaders of rewriting history of Holocaust

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Rabbi Kotel Dadon, leader of Bet Israel Jewish community of Croatia, has alarm regarding the decision of the city assembly of Zagreb to dedicate a memorial to 6 million victims of the Holocaust without...
The Star of David logo of the Jewish Agency on Keren Heyesod Street in Jerusalem. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Adopt the definition of anti-Semitism, urges Jewish Agency to governments

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Members of the Jewish Agency board of governors, along with hundreds of Jewish community and organization representatives from all over the world, called on governments worldwide on Tuesday to adopt the widely accepted definition...
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Wiesenthal Centre to UNESCO re World Heritage Committee Document: “Cave of Patriarchs is not...

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“UNESCO cannot be a platform for distortion and hatred.” Paris In a letter to UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, expressed dire concern at “the forthcoming World Heritage Committee...

The Colours of Judaism in Italy at the Uffizi Gallery

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Running until October 27, The Colours of Judaism in Italy shines a light on the Jewish community in Italy through the art of weaving, which has long played a vital role in the decoration of homes, palazzi and...