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Warsaw Jewish community buries damaged Torah scrolls

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Warsaw's Jewish community on Wednesday held a burial of damaged Torah scrolls in the Polish capital, an ancient ritual that some believe had not been carried out since the war. Poland's chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich...

Palestinians removed from greece flight after israeli passenger protest

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Two Israeli passengers of Palestinian-Arab descent were removed from an Aegean Airlines flight from Athens to Tel Aviv on Sunday, after a group of Israelis protested their presence on the plane and repeatedly called...
Adolf Hitler and Porsche company founder Ferdinand Porsche (left) ogle a model of the original Volkswagen Beetle. File photo.

Neighbors ‘stunned’ after ex-SS soldier found living in sleepy English suburb

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A British newspaper has revealed the hidden past of a 97-year-old gardening enthusiast living in a quiet Nottingham suburb, who was once a member of Hitler’s notorious Waffen SS Galizien. The man, who now lives...

Au Vel d’Hiv, une cérémonie qui fera date

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Quai de Grenelle, sous l’œil d’une foule nombreuse, une cérémonie officielle s’est tenue soixante-quinze ans après la rafle du Vel d’Hiv où furent arrêtés puis déportés vers les camps de la mort 13152 juifs...
IAEA director general Rafael Grossi at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria on Sept. 14, 2020. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Dean Calma/ IAEA.

Report: European powers scrap US-backed plan for IAEA rebuke of Iran

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Britain, France and Germany have withdrawn their support for a U.S.-backed plan for the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board to criticize Iran for curtailing its cooperation with the agency, Reuters reported on Thursday. The three countries were...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon addresses the U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Mideast. Credit: U.N. Photo/Loey Felipe.

Danon to UN Security Council: Iran spends $7 billion a year on terrorism

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon warned the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday about Iran’s terror network in the Middle East, spending $7 billion annually to threaten Israel. “Iran is exploiting the regime...

Fire breaks out in Beirut port as city recovers from Aug. 4 explosions

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A large fire broke out on Thursday at the port of Beirut, one month after a massive explosion killed nearly 200 people, injured as many as 6,500 and left hundreds of thousands in the city homeless. The...

US: Palestinian state should arise through direct negotiations

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The Biden administration supports the creation of a Palestinian state via direct negotiations between Ramallah and Jerusalem and not unilateral moves at the United Nations, State Department Spokesman Matt Miller said on Wednesday. “I am...
Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Jonathan Sacks at a National Poverty Hearing in 2006 at Westminster, London. Now emeritus chief rabbi, he left the position in 2013 after holding it for more than 20 years. Source: cooperniall/Flickr.

Former Chief Rabbi Sacks of United Kingdom is diagnosed with cancer

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Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2013, has been diagnosed with cancer, announced a spokesperson on Thursday. “Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has been recently diagnosed with cancer and...
Kanye West. Source: Twitter.

Kanye West named ‘2022 Antisemite of the Year’

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Watchdog group StopAntisemitism on Sunday named rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye, as the “2022 Antisemite of the Year.” “Kanye West’s threats of violence, hateful conduct and hate speech all led him to winning...