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    Yad Vashem releases rare photos of Kristallnacht pogrom

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    A newly discovered photo album recently donated to Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Museum, features rare photos of the events of the November Pogrom of 1938, termed “Kristallnacht” by the Nazis. The museum released the photos...
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    Modern anti-Semitism on agenda as Europe’s Jews mark Kristallnacht at Auschwitz

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    The European Jewish Association (EJA) on Wednesday visited Auschwitz-Birkenau to mark the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or “Night of Broken Glass,” a Nazi pogrom that took place on Nov. 9-10, 1938. Conference attendees discussed measures...
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    Israeli actor Michael Aloni is a hero in ‘Plan A’

    Jewish People
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    Alan Zeitlin
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    Though he wears no cape and has no superpowers, Michael Aloni’s character in the film “Plan A” has only one shot at preventing the deaths of millions and making sure the Jews’ hopes of...
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    ‘Communities in Conversation’ learning initiative to commemorate Rabbi Sacks

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    More than 200 Jewish communities and day schools spanning six continents have signed up for a global initiative of learning and Torah study to commemorate the second anniversary of the death of Rabbi Lord...
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    BBC apologizes for ‘unacceptable’ handling of complaints of anti-Israel bias

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    Jewish News SyndicateThe BBC has issued a rare apology acknowledging its years-long failure to properly address complaints concerning its Arabic-language coverage of Israel following CAMERA Arabic’s submission of dozens of correction requests. “We apologise for the unacceptable delay and will ensure formal responses are issued as soon as possible,” a BBC spokesperson told the Jewish Chronicle. The London-based newspaper has initiated a petition calling for an inquiry into the corporation’s coverage of Jews and Israel. Since the May 2021 aerial war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, CAMERA Arabic submitted 26 complaints to BBC regarding the taxpayer-funded Arabic service’s factual errors and other failures to adhere to the corporation’s own standards. “Only seven received a proper, timely response and resolution,” a spokesperson for CAMERA Arabic told the Jewish Chronicle. “The BBC’s complaints system is unable to meet its own standards when it comes to content in Arabic about Israel and Jews.” The BBC Charter calls for “transparent, accessible, effective, timely and proportionate methods” to evaluate the 250,000 complaints it receives annually and to address reporting errors or other shortfalls. Subscribe to The JNS Daily Syndicate by email and never miss our top stories Your email When the Jewish Chronicle reached out to the BBC for comment last week, the corporation upheld 14 of CAMERA Arabic’s 26 complaints, with some corrections delayed for many weeks. While the BBC did not reject any of the watchdog’s complaints, it neither answered nor corrected most of the rest. The BBC Arabic corrections elicited by CAMERA included amended coverage of the gruesome murder by Palestinian homophobes of a Palestinian gay man that had noted irrelevant and inaccurate criticism of Israeli society; removal of the mischaracterization of Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount as “foreigners” and “settlers;” and deletion of references to Jewish prayer as “Talmudic ritual,” an Arabic dog whistle inciting against Jews. “Even when the Arabic-speaking BBC audience is trying to step in and do the management’s work for it, we still face insurmountable obstacles,” CAMERA said of the BBC’s Arabic service, which enjoys a global audience of more than 36 million. “That the BBC’s foreign language content is inadequately overseen by its management is a well-documented fact.” The BBC issued its apology days before a highly anticipated ruling tomorrow by independent broadcast regular Ofcom concerning a December 2021 BBC English-language broadcast that claimed teenage Jewish victims of anti-Semitic violence had shouted “dirty Muslims” before they were attacked. While the targeted teenagers vehemently deny the accusation, and forensic experts engaged by the Jewish community’s Board of Deputies concluded that a teenager called for help in Hebrew and did not utter a racist slur in English, the BBC dismissed complaints from the Jewish community and issued only a partial apology.
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    The BBC has issued a rare apology acknowledging its years-long failure to properly address complaints concerning its Arabic-language coverage of Israel following CAMERA Arabic’s submission of dozens of correction requests. “We apologise for the unacceptable delay...
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    Uzzi Ornan, linguist and former Irgun member, dies at age 99

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    Avi Kumar
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    Uzzi Ornan, Irgun fighter, linguist and a follower of the Canaanite movement, died on Thursday in Nofit, in the Lower Galilee, at the age of 99. Born Uzziel Halperin in Jerusalem in 1923 to a...
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    Judaism and Israeli heritage front and center on Netflix show

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    ALAN ZEITLIN
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    When it comes to finding your soulmate, putting all your eggs in one basket on a reality TV show seems like a recipe for disaster. But for Alexa Alfia, who is appearing in the...
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    La Jolla Exhibition to Mark 175 Years of Jewish Life in South Africa

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    LA JOLLA, Calif. — On Tuesday, Nov. 8, from 6:30-9 p.m., South African Jewish American Community (SAJAC) San Diego will hold the gala opening of “The Goldene Medina: Celebrating 175 Years of Jewish Life...
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    Jewish organizations celebrate Los Angeles adopting IHRA anti-Semitism definition

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    The Los Angeles City Council’s 11-0 vote on Tuesday to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s Working Definition of Antisemitism has drawn widespread praise. Rabbi Meyer H. May, executive director of the Los Angeles-based...
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    New York Jewish voters divided on governor’s race

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    New York Jewish voters appear roughly divided on whom to back in the state’s hotly contested gubernatorial race next week. Numerous recent surveys have shown Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Suffolk) closing the gap with his opponent,...
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