International
PA to sue UK over Balfour Declaration
JTAJul 28, 2016
JERUSALEM — With the 100th anniversary of a key Zionist declaration approaching, the PA said it plans to sue Britain for issuing the edict. The PA’s foreign...
Seventy-five years since massacre at Jedwabne
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAJul 14, 2016
JEDWABNE, Poland — As German army troops invaded eastern Poland, Ichak Lewin’s family fled their town of Wizna. On July 10, 1941, the Lewins approached the nearby...
Myanmar’s lone synagogue once the focus of 2,500 Jews
JTAJun 16, 2016
YANGON — Myanmar’s only synagogue was recognized by a Yangon historical organization. The Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue in Yangon, formerly Rangoon, installed a blue...
Whither Israel if Britain leaves the EU?
Sean Savage, JNSJun 16, 2016
London — Once controlling an empire spanning every continent, the UK has been undergoing an identity crisis in recent years. In 2014, Scotland, which has been part of...
Conversion comes to Madagascar
JTAJun 09, 2016
By Deobrah Josefson Antananarivo, Madagascar — A nascent Jewish community was officially born in Madagascar last month when 121 men, women and children underwent...
Ukraine honors nationalist whose troops butchered Jews
JTAJun 02, 2016
KIEV — Amid a divisive debate in Ukraine on state honors for nationalists viewed as responsible for anti-Semitic pogroms, the country for the first time observed a...
Muslim mayor of London sets out to build bridges
JTAMay 12, 2016
LONDON — The newly elected mayor of London, the first Muslim to hold the position, attended a community program commemorating the Holocaust as his first official...
Cameron: Corbyn must renounce ‘friends’
JTAMay 05, 2016
NEW YORK — British Prime Minister David Cameron called on Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to renounce his past indication of friendship with Hamas and Hezbollah....
Corbyn’s bluster infuriates Jews
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAApr 21, 2016
LONDON — Even before he was kicked out of Britain’s Labour Party for saying that Israel runs the Islamic State, Bob Campbell was a marginal figure within...
Venice marks 500th anniversary of Jewish ghetto
JTAApr 07, 2016
VENICE Venice has kicked off commemorations marking the 500th anniversary of the imposition of the worlds first official Jewish ghetto. Artists, scholars, musicians...