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18 Year Old Spanish Fascist Receives German Nazi Scholarship

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Paris, 27 October On 13 February, the Wiesenthal Centre noted the march of Fascist tribute to Franco’s Blue Division, sent to Hitler to fight in Russia. A young woman took the podium on that occasion...
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus being stripped of rank in the French military (“Le traître : Dégradation d’Alfred Dreyfus”), on Jan. 13, 1895. Credit: Henri Meyer, National Library of France (Bibliothèque Nationale de France).

New museum dedicated to falsely accused Capt. Alfred Dreyfus opens in France

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French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated on Tuesday the first permanent museum dedicated to Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish captain in the French army who was wrongly convicted because of anti-Semitism, reported France’s RFI. The Maison Zola-Musée Dreyfus museum in...
A 3D illustration of flags pertaining to the Iran and Azerbaijan relationship in crisis. Credit: Open Art/Shutterstock.

Israel plays center stage in Azerbaijan-Iran tensions

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Azerbaijan freed two Iranian truck drivers on Oct. 21 after their arrest last month in a sign of thawing relations after tensions spiked, in part due to charges by Iran that Israel had a...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a meeting of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in Jerusalem on Oct. 19, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Iranian hackers leak ‘Israeli Defense Ministry files’ online

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An Iranian hacker group on Thursday released data allegedly stolen from the Israeli Defense Ministry that contained sensitive information about Israeli soldiers, Ynet reported. The group, which calls itself “Moses Staff,” leaked, among other details, information related...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan addressing the Security Council. Oct. 19, 2021. Credit: Screenshot.

Israeli ambassador urges UN to adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

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Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations and the United States, Gilad Erdan, met on Wednesday with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)’s anti-Semitism envoy Miguel Moratinos to encourage the...
Construction works in Efrat, in Judea and Samaria, Oct. 25, 2021. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Israel approves construction of 3,000 homes in Judea and Samaria, despite US pressure

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Israel moved ahead on Wednesday with plans to construct thousands of homes in Judea and Samaria, despite strong U.S. objections, Israeli media reported. A Civil Administration committee approved the construction of 3,144 new housing units,...
The Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, Sept. 1, 2010. Credit: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center spokesperson via Wikimedia Commons.

Chinese hackers believed responsible for cyber attack on Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

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There is growing certainty in Israel’s defense establishment that the cyber attack against the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera two weeks ago had a financial motive, according to Israeli media reports. It is believed...
Israeli currency. Credit: Pixabay.

Shekel hits highest mark against dollar in 10 months

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The Israeli shekel is increasing in value against the dollar and euro, with the dollar equal to less than 3.2 shekels this week—the first time since January it fell below 3.2. “Excessive surplus supply of...
A student writes “Hello, First Grade” greetings in Hebrew. Credit: ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock.

Enrollment in Jewish day schools continues to see increase as pandemic lingers

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A Jewish day-school enrollment boost that began during last year’s COVID-19 school shutdowns is continuing, according to a new study from Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools. In the last two years, the report found...
Musician and composer Wynton Marsalis, who was presented the Albert Murray Award at the “Fighting Anti-Semitism and Racism Together” conference in New York, Oct. 24-25, 2021. Source: Twitter.

Jazz brings Jews and blacks together against anti-Semitism and racism

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A two-day cultural event in New York this week brought together members of the Jewish and black communities in an effort to take a stand against anti-Semitism and racism in the United States, organizers...