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Sunday Times apologizes for cartoon
JTAFeb 07, 2013
JERUSALEM The Sunday Times of London apologized for publishing an editorial cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu building a wall on the bodies...
Anti-Israeli cartoon in London’s Times
JTAJan 31, 2013
LONDON Londons Sunday Times published an editorial cartoon showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu building a wall on the bodies of Palestinians and using...
UK students: 6.6 million matchsticks
JTAJan 31, 2013
LONDON Students at a school in England are working to collect 6.6 million burnt matchsticks to remember the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The students at Chilton...
Israel’s Carmel forest rejuvenates after fire
JTAJan 24, 2013
By Brian Blum, JTA CARMEL FOREST, Israel — The rabbi’s yarmulke fluttered in the wind, his hand holding it to his head, as he recited E-l Malei Rachamim, the...
European Union adopts January 27 as Holocaust Day
JTAJan 24, 2013
BRUSSELS The European Union has incorporated International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27 into its official calendar. It is an honor for the institution...
‘Jew’ is the new ‘cool’ in Dutch, linguist says
JTAJan 17, 2013
THE HAGUE Dutch teenagers are using Jew akin to cool or awesome in English, according to a linguist from Leiden University. Professor Marc van Oostendorp...