International
Greek Jews struggle amid turmoil
Gavin Rabinowitz, JTAJul 09, 2015
ATHENS For 55 needy Jewish families, a cash welfare payment is the only thing that gets them through the month. But when they came to the Athens Jewish Community...
For Yazidis of Iraq, crisis is not over
Michael Zeff, TPSJun 04, 2015
NEARLY ONE year ago, global media and public opinion raged over the humanitarian crisis and near genocide facing the Yazidi population of northern Iraq at the hands of...
Colorado returns to Dachau
Shana GoldbergMay 07, 2015
And the heavens wept: German chancellor, liberators and survivors gather at Dachau on the 70th anniversary of its liberation. MUNICH — Hundreds gathered on a grey,...
Jewish groups rush to aid Nepalese
Uriel Heilman, JTAMay 07, 2015
NEW YORK Almost as soon as news of Nepals devastating earthquake reached the wider world, Jewish aid groups began mobilizing humanitarian efforts to help the...
Survivors’ children gather at Bergen-Belsen
JTAMay 01, 2015
By Toby Axelrod, JTA HANOVER, Germany — Seventy years after the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by British troops, some 100 people personally...
Ambassador to Poland apologizes for FBI comments
JTAApr 23, 2015
The US ambassador to Poland apologized for the FBI directors comments about Poles being accomplices in the Holocaust. Stephen Mull said Monday, April 20, that FBI...
ZAKA aids Germanwings rescue
Anav Silverman, TPSApr 02, 2015
A delegation of eight ZAKA international rescue unit volunteers flew in the early hours of Monday morning to assist in the search and recovery mission at the site of the...
If there’s a deal, it’s still not a deal
Uriel Heilman, JTAApr 02, 2015
NEW YORK As of April 2, it is being reported that the six powers have reached an agreement in Lausanne, Switzerland, where talks on Irans nuclear program have been...
Global anti-Semitism reaches seven-year high
JTAMar 05, 2015
NEW YORK Global anti-Semitic incidents reached a seven-year high, a new study found, while social hostilities involving religion declined somewhat in 2013 following a...
Assassination in Russia
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAMar 05, 2015
MOSCOW During the past two years, Dima Zicer has skipped several political rallies opposing the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin. A Jewish scholar of...
