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The colorful homes and buildings in Willemstad, the capital of Curaçao, in the Dutch Antilles. Credit: Fokke Baarssen/Shutterstock.

Curaçao or bust: A destination bat mitzvah scheduled for Israel goes Caribbean

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When the Hamas terrorist attacks occurred in Israel on Oct. 7 and war immediately broke out, the plans of hundreds of b’nai mitzvah students worldwide intent on traveling to Israel to celebrate their major...
From left: Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria; Bavaria’s Minister-President Markus Söder; and Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt. Credit: Conference of European Rabbis.

Conference of European Rabbis to open new Munich headquarters

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The Conference of European Rabbis, which represents about 1,000 Orthodox European rabbis, will open a new Center for Jewish Life in the Bavarian capital of Munich. The German state will fund the new building,...
Dublin Hebrew Congregation. Credit: Courtesy of Dublin Jewish community.

Ireland’s Jewish community is declining

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Of about 5.3 million Irish citizens, some 800 (.015%) are Jewish. Including Jewish expats in Ireland, that number rises to about 2,500. But however one runs the numbers, Jewish life in Ireland is disappearing. In...
Stockholm, Sweden. Credit: Pixabay.

Sweden undertakes measures to address Jewish life, anti-Semitism in country

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Sweden is appointing an official to examine the obstacles to Jewish life in the Scandinavian country and make proposals on how to strengthen Jewish life there, according to the European Jewish Congress, which praised...
A concert at Judafest in Europe. Credit: Judafest/JDC.

JDC European leaders survey: Anti-Semitism, communal sustainability top concerns

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Key findings of a new survey were released on Thursday by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s International Center for Community Development (JDC-ICCD). The Fifth Survey of European Jewish Community Leaders and Professionals was conducted between April and...
Volunteer Ali Tuchman, 39, was photographed in “lifestyle snapshots,” such as celebrating a birthday, participating in a Torah-study group, and socializing and engaging with other women. Credit: Laura Ben David.

Encouraging inclusion: Creating a photo bank of Orthodox Jewish women

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The Jewish Life Photo Bank is releasing what they call the first-of-its-kind photo bank representing Orthodox Jewish life, including positive images of Jewish women and families. Chochmat Nashim, an organization that challenges trends in Jewish...
A rendering of the new Hille Center at the University of California San Diego. Credit: Hillel.

After series of lawsuits, Hillel breaks ground for new Jewish center at UC San...

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The Hillel of San Diego has started construction on a new Jewish center across from the University of California San Diego campus after facing several lawsuits that challenged the project. The Beverly and Joseph Glickman...
Lili Erdos (far right) and her family at the Cholent Festival in Budapest, Hungary, on Aug. 27, 2021. Photo By Eliana Rudee.

‘Cholent Festival’ brings Jewish culture to Hungary via food, music, traditions

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Thousands of people took part in the Sixth Hungarian ‘Cholent Festival’ (“Sólet” in Hungarian) at the Újbuda outdoor theater in Budapest before the start of the High Holidays, organized by the Chabad Lubavitch organization...
A new outdoor exhibition displays 30 murals from various places in Poland and tells the story of aspects of Jewish history there. Source: Screenshot/Instagram.

Outdoor exhibit about history of Polish Jews travels to Eastern European cities

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A new traveling outdoor exhibition about the history of Polish Jews is making its way through five cities in Poland following a successful showing in Croatia and Norway. Titled “They Fill No Space: Reviving the...
Teens are invited to #JumpOnTheBus as part of the Virtual College Road Trip. Credit: Courtesy.

Virtual College Road Trip offers tours, webinars for teens and parents

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High school students and their families can explore college and Jewish life on campus on a Virtual College Road Trip, the second annual month-long series. Each day in June, it offers student-led college tours, virtual information...