International
More Schiele paintings returned
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAOct 12, 2023
For decades, the heirs of Viennese Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum have sought the restitution of his extensive art collection, which was pilfered by the Nazis.
Armenian-Azeri conflict casts shadow on rabbinical conference
JNSOct 05, 2023
A conference of European rabbis that will be held in Azerbaijan next month has sparked a divisive debate among European Jewish student groups and Azerbaijani Jewish...
Yom Kippur observed in Odessa amidst a war and kapparot
Steve LipmanSep 28, 2023
After[/dropcap] a relatively quiet Rosh Hashanah — in other words, only a few sirens blaring at night, and no Russian missiles falling on their city itself — the...
Bibi focus at UN: Saudis and Iran
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 27, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu used his address to the UN on Sept. 22 to tout the prospect of a diplomatic agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, to warn of the threat posed by...
Pope Pius XII and Nazi camps
JTASep 21, 2023
A newly uncovered letter provides the strongest evidence yet that Pope Pius XII knew about the Nazi extermination of the Jews as it was happening
Zelensky meets Jewish leaders
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTASep 21, 2023
Volodymyr Zelensky met with 15 Jewish soldiers and 32 Chabad rabbis on Sept. 14, a day ahead of Rosh Hashanah, marking the Jewish president of Ukraine’s first official...
Food relief program delivers to Ukraine ahead of Rosh Hashanah
JNSSep 14, 2023
A food-relief program to manufacture, produce and bake kosher foods within Ukraine will help Jews will have a sufficient supply of items when they sit down to their Rosh...
Christie’s cancels second auction
JTASep 07, 2023
By Asaf Elia-Shalev NEW YORK — Christie’s has announced that it will not follow through with plans to hold a second auction of jewelry from an estate that was...
In’s and out’s of the Libya flap
JNSAug 31, 2023
It was certainly historic: An Israeli foreign minister and his Libyan counterpart met for two hours in Italy and discussed a comprehensive series of issues: diplomatic...
Israelis arrive home after stop in Saudi Arabia
TPSAug 30, 2023
The 128 Israelis whose flight from the Seychelles was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Monday night, Aug. 28, arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport on...