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FRANKFURT, Germany ( JTA ) — Although she was born in this city, Anne Frank is mainly associated with Amsterdam, where she hid during the Holocaust and wrote her famous diaries.
Now a new …
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Cnaan Liphshiz
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8/26/20
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(JTA) — Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of Great Britain, has written dozens of books about religion and politics — but he also believes that mixing the two leads to “terrible …
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Laura E. Adkins
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8/28/20
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During the 1980s, the Jews of Ethiopia began leaving Africa for Israel in the thousands, and at present very few remain in Ethiopia. Their emigration to Israel has involved many challenges, including having to transition from village life to life in …
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Shai Afsai
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10/25/13
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(JTA) – Reports of the demise of the Canadian Jewish News have been, not for the first time, greatly exaggerated.
On Sept. 1, the publication – the largest Jewish news organization in …
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9/6/21
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JTA – Instituting measures to deal with hate crimes on social media and a government fund to protect synagogues are among 35 recommendations offered by a British parliamentary inquiry into rising anti-Semitism.
Britain must take immediate …
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2/13/15
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BOSTON (JTA) – An Israeli-founded water purification company has teamed up with Boston-based Harpoon Brewery to channel the once-famously polluted Charles River into a new beer.
Desalitech, which started in Israel seven years ago and then …
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Penny Schwartz
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10/15/15
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MAFRAQ, Jordan (JTA) – The purple plastic sacks fill two rooms in the otherwise sparsely furnished headquarters of a Jordanian NGO (non-governmental organization), awaiting distribution to Syrian refugees already lined up on the sidewalk.
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Ben Sales
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10/25/13
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – A fourth performance was added in Israel for comedian Jerry Seinfeld after three others sold out.
It is the first time that Seinfeld will perform his stand-up routine in Israel.
Seinfeld will present two shows on Dec. 19 …
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10/15/15
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – Thousands of Israelis turned out to see the American Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu perform in Jerusalem.
“Jerusalem, I’m home,” Matisyahu said during his concert Oct. 10 at Sultan’s Pool, outside the Old City. …
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10/15/15
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JTA – Construction workers in the Netherlands discovered bodies at a former Jewish cemetery that were believed to have been relocated in their entirety decades ago.
The 11 bodies, which …
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11/11/16
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