International
Gunman opens fire near Halle, Germany synagogue on Yom Kippur; kills two
Marcy Oster, JTAOct 10, 2019
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany said the state “must protect Jewish life” in the aftermath of a shooting attack near a synagogue on Yom Kippur. On...
Jews of Nice, France doubt their future there
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAOct 03, 2019
NICE, France — This sleepy Mediterranean city has been a haven for Jews for nearly 1,000 years. As recently as 15 years ago, this former trading hub with a tradition...
Boris Johnson: ‘Shofar so good’
JTASep 19, 2019
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempted, and failed, to blow a shofar while on a visit to northern England. During a visit on Sept. 13 to meet voters...
Unprecedented devastation
Marcy Oster, JTASep 05, 2019
PALM BEACH — The Israel-based humanitarian group IsraAID, B’nai B’rith International and Chabad are among those pitching in to help the Bahamas in the wake of...
The Robin Hood of Moldova
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTASep 05, 2019
CHISINAU, Moldova — Given enough vodka, some of Shimon Katz’s non-Jewish acquaintances here usually bring up a name that has complicated his relationship with them....
A twisted and complicated history
Sam Sokol, JTAAug 29, 2019
KIEV — The rabbi appears serious, with just the barest hint of a smile behind his long white beard. Standing beside him, a stocky, unremarkable man with a thick black...
Most Jews in Hong Kong are sitting out protests
Josefin Dolsten, JTAAug 29, 2019
HONG KONG — Since early June, protesters in Hong Kong have been gathering multiple times a week to fight Chinese attempts to encroach on their freedoms. The police...
Bibi tags ‘collaborators’ in Ukraine
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAAug 22, 2019
KIEV — Speaking in Ukraine this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the actions of the Nazis and collaborators at a killing site in the country...
Warsaw cemetery restoration aims to bring in Jews, non-Jews alike
JNSAug 22, 2019
By Eliana Rudee Michal Laszczkowski, CEO of Poland’s Cultural Heritage Foundation, spends a great deal of time discussing Jewish law with rabbis at various Jewish...
180º: Jews, Jobbik collaborating?
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAAug 15, 2019
BUDAPEST — In 2011, Hungary’s largest Jewish group called on the Justice Ministry to ban the far-right Jobbik party, describing it as “anti-Semitic” and...
