Boquete, Panama is a small town in the Chiriqui province in Panama’s interior, little more than thirty miles away from the Costa Rican border. Known for its abundant natural beauty, steady mountain climate, and a currency linked to the American dollar, it is a popular destination for tourists, and North American retirees.
Mrs. Barbara Rabkin moved to Boquete back in...
In honor of World Refugee Day, the WJC has launched a social media campaign dedicated to the millions of refugees displaced from their homes.
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German authorities in Frankfurt are asking for witnesses to come forward after two sculptures of Jewish athletes who were persecuted by the Nazi regime were destroyed at an open air exhibit in a city square.
The Plexiglas renderings of Lilli Henoch and Walther Bensemann, part of a touring display temporarily on show in Frankfurt’s Rathenauplatz, were targeted on two successive...
Dozens of demonstrators were injured over the weekend in Kiev, Ukraine in violent protests against the decision of the city council to replace the name a main street to that of an officer who was one of organizers of an anti-Polish ethnic cleansing.
The street was named after General Nikolai Vatutin, who liberated Kiev from the Nazis, but now it...
Sa mission : stimuler l’innovation dans tous les secteurs de l’économie, des industries traditionnelles aux startups du numérique. Avi Hasson milite pour davantage de partenariats entre la French Tech et la Silicon Wadi, deux écosystèmes qui ont beaucoup en commun, mais qui s’ignorent toujours. Il explique à La Tribune les défis de la scène startup israélienne pour les deux...
The deadly van-ramming attack at a mosque in London is “a painful illustration of why we must never allow hatred to breed hatred,” Britain’s chief rabbi said Monday, as faith leaders came together to condemn the attack.
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said his thoughts were with those affected by the attack just after midnight Sunday, in which a van drove into...
Greek-Jews thanked the residents of the village of Amarantos in Karditsa on Sunday who protected them or their relatives from the Nazis during World War II, during the unveiling of a monument of “eternal gratitude and recognition” to commemorate the event.
“Those residents who are still living and those of you who have passd, have a special place in our...
Le président du Crif, Francis Kalifat, a rencontré la semaine dernière Gérard Collomb, nouveau ministre de l’Intérieur du premier gouvernement Philippe, pour évoquer « les inquiétudes des Français juifs »
En tête de celles-ci figure l’affaire Sarah Halimi. Mais aussi « l’antisémitisme du quotidien » qui alourdit la vie de beaucoup de juifs habitants des quartiers réputés difficiles.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu honored the Greek Jewish community lost during the Holocaust at the dedication of a site to build a Holocaust museum in Salonika.
Netanyahu, who is in Greece for a tripartite summit with that country and Cyprus, attended the dedication with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, as well as the son...
A prominent religious leader who said homosexuality becoming more accepted was “a fantastic development for humanity” has stepped down after facing fierce criticism.
Rabbi Joseph Dweck, the head of the Sephardi movement – one of two main branches of Judaism in the UK – made the comment during an online lecture last month.
Gay sex is forbidden in stricter strands of...
