PARIS (JTA) — It has been a turbulent five years for the French capital’s residents. From the Charlie Hebdo and November 2015 terrorist attacks to the upheaval caused by the yellow vest …
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Lindsey Tramuta
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5/19/20
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(JTA) – Most of the passengers on the flight from Chisinua, Moldova, to Tel Aviv earlier in February were subdued.
Some had just witnessed scene after scene of hardship on a tour of war-torn …
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DEBORAH DANAN
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3/3/23
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JTA – For North American Jews, the Jewish year 5778 began with tensions between Israel and the Diaspora over egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall and ended with more tension over a …
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BEN HARRIS
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8/23/18
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JTA — Legislation that will make it easier for Holocaust survivors to press restitution claims is expected to pass in Romania’s parliament next week.
Lawmakers said on April 26 that …
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4/28/16
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – As Amnesty International became the third major human rights group to categorize Israel’s treatment of Palestinians as “apartheid,” the U.S. Ambassador to Israel said that the label was “absurd.”
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2/6/22
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JTA — The newly established Reform Jewish community of Shanghai, China, will receive its first Torah scroll from a sister congregation in Brazil.
The donation of the scroll by ARI, Rio de Janeiro’s Progressive congregation, to the Kehilat …
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5/22/15
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(JTA) – As the COVID-19 pandemic forces businesses and organizations to lay off employees and close up shop, two historic Reform synagogues in Brooklyn are entering merger discussions to …
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Shira Hanau
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6/2/20
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WASHINGTON ( JTA ) — Israel’s announcement last week that an Israeli consortium would build Sorek 2, the world’s largest desalination plant, surprised many who had been watching the deal: …
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Ron Kampeas
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6/3/20
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JTA – For a man to gallantly open a door for a female stranger is neither common nor universally appreciated in Ukraine, where gender salary gaps used to be illegal and female tank crews fought …
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Cnaan Liphshiz
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3/14/18
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American wins International Adult Bible Contest in Jerusalem
JTA – Yair Shahak of New York City was one of two winners of the International Adult Bible Contest in Jerusalem.
Shahak, …
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1/5/17
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