International
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...
Jew vs. Jew in Cracow, as established community clashes with Chabad
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAJul 18, 2019
CRACOW — When burly guards working for the Jewish Community of Cracow blocked the entrance to a Chabad-run synagogue, it was the culmination of a series of clashes...
In Switzerland, locals, haredi visitors, try to understand each other
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAJul 03, 2019
AROSA, Switzerland — A calmer, safer and more beautiful place than this Alpine skiing town is difficult to imagine. In summer, cyclists abandon their unlocked mountain...
Trump’s Iran policy questioned; explained
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 27, 2019
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he is “very prepared” for Iran. “We’re looking at Iran,” he said June 18 when a reporter asked him what he had...
The end of a Swedish Jewish community?
JTAJun 27, 2019
STOCKHOLM — The Jewish Community of Malmo, Sweden, may need to dissolve itself by 2029 unless its circumstances change. Community spokesman Fredrik Sieradski...
First person: Corbyn’s Labour is an existential threat to British Jewry
JTAJun 06, 2019
By Gideon Falter On a recent speaking tour in North America, I was asked repeatedly about anti-Semitism in the Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn’s Labour has...
Sobibor’s last survivor dies
JTAJun 06, 2019
JERUSALEM — The last living survivor of the Nazi death camp Sobibor has died. Semion Rosenfeld died on Monday, June 3, at a hospital in central Israel at the age of...
Greece elects its first Jewish mayor
JTAJun 06, 2019
ATHENS — A city in northwestern Greece elected the country’s first Jewish mayor. Moses Elisaf was elected mayor of Ioannina on Sunday, June 2, in the second round...
Son of Holocaust hero Chiune Sugihara wants to set record straight on his father
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAMay 30, 2019
MINSK — After decades of relative obscurity, the tale of the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara has become one of the best-known Holocaust rescue stories, rivaling...
