International
European right-wing extremists meet in Milan
JTADec 24, 2014
ROME For the second time in less than a month, right-wing extremists from around Europe met in Milan. About 300 people, among them representatives of Greeces Golden...
Swedish politician calls for Jews to abandon their identity
JTADec 24, 2014
STOCKHOLM The party secretary of the far-right Sweden Democrats party said Jews cannot be true Swedes if they continue to identify as Jews. Bjorn Soder said in an...
Cuba: 50 painful years vs. a better future
Uriel Heilman, JTADec 24, 2014
NEW YORK For many Cuban Jews the majority of whom now live in the US it has been a bittersweet week. Like countless Jews around the world, […]
Hardships for Lugansk Jews
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTADec 18, 2014
LUGANSK, UKRAINE In an unheated synagogue with no running water, a dozen Jews are trying to keep warm as temperatures here veer toward the single digits. Not moving...
Auschwitz survivors to mark the anniversary of their liberation
IJN StaffDec 18, 2014
More than 100 Auschwitz survivors from at least 17 countries will travel to Poland to participate in the observance of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of...
Alan Gross freed
Ron Kampeas, JTADec 18, 2014
WASHINGTON Alan Gross was imprisoned while trying to connect Cubas isolated Jewish community to the wider world. The deal that got him released five years later may...
‘Fix UNRWA’ elicits boycott call
Shana GoldbergDec 12, 2014
CHANUKAH EDITIONSECTION A PAGE 23 A LIVELY Opinion published in last weeks Intermountain Jewish News has garnered calls for boycott from a top advocate for Palestinian...
Fractious Budapest community faces another chasm
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTANov 28, 2014
BUDAPEST An anti-corruption whistleblower elected to head the Budapest Jewish community has sparked a crisis among the highest officials of Hungarian Jewry at a time...
Spain: No Palestine outside of peace talks
JTANov 20, 2014
MADRID Spain will recognize a Palestinian state only if it is born out of peace talks with Israel, the countrys ruling party said. The statement this week by...
Congress deeply skeptical on Iran
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 20, 2014
WASHINGTON With the Nov. 24 deadline for an Iran deal looming, theres no guarantee that the Obama administration will achieve its long-sought goal of an agreement...
