International
Mexico City mayor’s Jewish identity tenuous
JTADec 13, 2018
By Alan Grabinsky MEXICO CITY— It was during her ultimately successful campaign for Mexico City mayor that Claudia Sheinbaum made a rare reference to her Jewish...
Poll: European anti-Semitism growing
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTADec 13, 2018
AMSTERDAM — The last time that a stranger directed an anti-Semitic insult at me, I was carrying supplies for my son’s birthday party. It was on a Sunday afternoon on...
US media struggle to understand complex reality of Iranian Jewry
JTADec 06, 2018
By Larry Cohler-Esses NEW YORK — Several days after the Jewish Daily Forward published the first-ever report from the Islamic Republic of Iran by a reporter openly...
In Europe, Austria leads fight against anti-Semitism
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTANov 29, 2018
VIENNA — Less than one year after the election of Sebastian Kurz as Austria’s leader, he has taken his government to the forefront of the fight against Europe’s...
‘Baby Moshe’ ten years later, thriving in Israel
Marcy Oster, JTANov 21, 2018
JERUSALEM — “Everything is good.” Sandra Samuel is riding on a bus from Afula in northern Israel to the city apartment in Jerusalem that she shares with four other...
80 years after Kristallnacht, Kaliningrad synagogue rebuilt
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTANov 15, 2018
KALININGRAD, Russia — Walking to school and back, Michael Wieck twice a day would pass by one of Europe’s largest and most spectacular Jewish places of worship:...
Merkel ‘gets it’ on Israel, Germany
JTANov 15, 2018
By Toby Axelrod BERLIN — Israeli author Eldad Beck regards Angela Merkel’s engagement with Israel and Judaism as “spectacular.” Germany’s chancellor has...
Saudi-Kushner tie
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 18, 2018
WASHINGTON — In March, Saudi Arabia was on the brink of a new age of modernity. At the epicenter of the transformation were Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Jared...
Denmark commemorates 75th anniversary of remarkable rescue
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAOct 18, 2018
COPENHAGEN — Danish Jews celebrated their community’s rescue 75 years ago in a ceremony Oct. 11 at the country’s main synagogue, the packed sanctuary filled with...
Denver native wins Nobel
JTAOct 11, 2018
NEW YORK (JTA) — William Nordhaus, a Yale University professor with Jewish roots, will share the 2018 Nobel Prize for Economics with Paul Romer, a Denver native, who...
