International
Fall of Wall revived Judaism in Central, Eastern Europe
JTANov 14, 2019
By Liam Hoare “Neither ox nor donkey can block the path to socialism,” the East German leader Erich Honecker boldly declared on Aug. 14, 1989. Less than three months...
Never too late: Holocaust survivor celebrates Bar Mitzvah at 91
JTANov 14, 2019
By Marcus M. Gilban RIO DE JANEIRO — At 91, Holocaust survivor Andor Stern no longer fears the Nazis who imprisoned him in Auschwitz. Living in his native Sao Paulo,...
For Ukraine’s Jews, Jewish president is source of pride, fear
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTANov 14, 2019
ODESSA — Arkady Kesselman, a 20-year-old Jewish student, was set on leaving his native Ukraine for the West last winter. In a war-torn nation losing about 1.2 million...
Is Corbyn an ‘existential threat’?
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTANov 07, 2019
LONDON — After nearly a decade in power, Britain’s Conservative Party is in tatters. Years of failing to negotiate a deal with the EU to follow through with Brexit...
Germany is rethinking Jewish security
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAOct 24, 2019
BERLIN — In the aftermath of the shooting outside a synagogue in the German city of Halle, local authorities are rethinking their approach to securing the country’s...
Smoke and mirrors: PA hoodwinks World Bank
TPSOct 24, 2019
By Baruch Yedid International aid transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) through the World Bank’s Palestinian Recovery and Development Program (PRDP) Trust Fund...
Denverite survives Halle synagogue attack
Shana GoldbergOct 17, 2019
is every Jewâs nightmare, and Denverite Talya Feldman lived it. The daughter of Dr. Steve and Barbara Feldman, and graduate of the Denver School of the Arts, was in...
Democrats diverge on Middle East, but all criticize Syria pullout
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 17, 2019
WESTERVILLE, Ohio — The fourth Democratic presidential debate revealed fissures among the candidates on whether to keep US troops in the Middle East. The 12 hopefuls...
Attack in Halle was the first in decades by the far right
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAOct 17, 2019
The identity of the German synagogue attacker may have sounded familiar to American Jews, who have endured multiple attacks by far-right extremists over the past year....
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...
