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Hungarian Jews split on Soros
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAMay 18, 2017
BUDAPEST — On a recent Sunday, eight far-right activists filmed themselves on what they called a “raid” on the Aurora Jewish community center in Budapest. Sporting...
Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi
Chris LeppekMay 18, 2017
Twenty seconds. That’s the average length of time a resident of Sderot, Israel has between the sounding of a siren, warning of an incoming rocket strike, and reaching...
Ramat HaNegev Mayor Eran Doron
Andrea JacobsMay 18, 2017
Eran Doron, the new mayor of Ramat HaNegev, JEWISHcolorado’s partnership community in Israel, notices a photographer in the background and tugs uncomfortably at his...
Upon arrival in Israel, Friedman visits Kotel
TPSMay 18, 2017
JERUSALEM — The new US ambassador to Israel, David M. Friedman, presented his diplomatic credentials to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in a ceremony held on Tuesday,...
Swastikas at DU; police investigating possible hate crime
Chris LeppekMay 11, 2017
Although swastikas and the letters “KKK” were scratched into the surfaces of six cars on the same block as a Denver Hillel house last week, the Anti-Defamation...
Jews, Macron, on collision course
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAMay 11, 2017
PARIS — French Jews may have voted en masse for Emmanuel Macron in the final round of France’s presidential elections, but that doesn’t make him their dream...
Belgian body bans ritual slaughter
JTAMay 11, 2017
BRUSSELS — A committee of the Walloon Parliament in southern Belgium has voted to ban the slaughter of animals which have not been stunned, which violates both kosher...
Comey fired, reviled, yet liked by Jewish leaders
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 11, 2017
WASHINGTON — “You make us better,” James Comey told the Anti-Defamation League in his final public speech as FBI director. Judging from the applause in the...
Jewish leaders pay tribute to Prince Philip
JTAMay 11, 2017
LONDON — Jewish leaders in Great Britain paid tribute to Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, who announced that he will retire from public engagements...
Hunger striker cheats on the side [VIDEO]
JTAMay 11, 2017
JERUSALEM — The Israel Prison Service released a video that shows Marwan Barghouti, the high-profile Palestinian prisoner leading a hunger strike, secretly eating in...
