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Morocco Opens $1.5 Million Center Dedicated to Jewish Culture in City of Essaouira
MOROCCO (JTA) — Morocco’s king has inaugurated a $1.5 million center dedicated to Jewish culture in the city of Essaouira.
Last week, King Mohammed VI attended the inauguration for Bayt Dakira, whi...
In First, Dutch Prime Minister Apologizes for How Government Failed Its Jews During Holocaust
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized for how his kingdom’s wartime government failed its Jews, a first by a sitting prime minister
Rutte, on Sunday during a Holocaust commem...
Bernie Sanders Rolls out Video Casting Trump as Threat to Jews
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders launched a campaign video highlighting his Jewish identity and casting President Donald Trump as part of the white nationalist threat.
The four-minute video posted...
Restorers Find Chest Full of Precious Judaica Items in Former Polish Synagogue
WARSAW, POLAND (JTA) - Restorers working on a building that used to house a synagogue near Krakow, Poland, found a chest inside a wall containing precious silverware and Jewish artifacts.
More than...
Rashida Tlaib Retweets Then Removes Account Falsely Implicating Israelis in Palestinian Child’s Death
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Rashida Tlaib retweeted then removed a tweet falsely blaming Israelis for the death of a Palestinian child.
Tlaib, a Palestinian American who is a Michigan Democrat and one ...
Michael Bloomberg Launches Jewish Outreach
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Michael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor running for president, is launching his Jewish outreach in Miami.
Bloomberg is rolling out “United for Mike,” the name for his Jewish...
Putin Skews Holocaust History at Global Auschwitz Commemoration Event in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prime speaking slot at a Holocaust commemoration event here this week was generating controversy even before the longtime leader took the podium. H...
Israeli Teen Stumbles On Greek Antiquity While Foraging For Mushrooms
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli seventh-grader who was foraging for mushrooms near his home unearthed a marble slab with a Greek inscription from the Byzantine period.
Stav Meir, 13, of Caesarea, foun...
Israeli Lawmaker Writes Name Of Foreign Leader She Is Meeting At Airport On The Back Of Her Hand
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel’s culture minister was apparently so worried that she would forget the name of the president of Argentina that she wrote his name in ink on the back of her hand.
Miri Rege...
Pete Buttigieg: My Administration Will Devote $1 Billion To Combat Anti-semitism And Other Violent
NEW YORK (JTA) - JTA) — This is the second op-ed in a series of pieces about anti-Semitism and Jewish issues written by 2020 presidential candidates. This one is by Pete Buttigieg, 38, the former mayo...
Jason Greenblatt Says He Left Trump Administration Due To Israeli Political Turbulence — And Yeshiva Tuitions
NEW YORK (JTA) - Jason Greenblatt said he left his position as special representative for international negotiations in the Trump administration because of political turbulence in Israel — and the fin...
Belgian Leader Celebrates Holocaust Rescuer’s 100th Birthday
KRAKOW, POLAND (JTA) - One week before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, dozens of European officials arrived in Poland for a large commemoration event at Auschwitz.
The delegation from the ...
Trump White House Reportedly Again Credentials Website That Called Impeachment A ‘Jew Coup’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump White House has again credentialed TruNews, the outlet that called the impeachment of President Donald Trump a “Jew coup,” this time to cover Trump’s visit to the World Ec...
Ukrainian President And His Delegation Give Their Seats At Israel Holocaust Forum To Survivors
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his delegation to the World Holocaust Forum gave up their seats at the main ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem so that Holocaust survivors...
As Number Of Holocaust Survivors Dwindles, Educators Assess The Impact Of Living Testimony
NEW YORK (JTA) — Cancer may have weakened Edward Mosberg’s body, but it has done nothing to dissuade the 94-year-old Holocaust survivor from New Jersey from traveling to his native Poland at least onc...
Neo-nazi Leader Quotes Hitler In Motion Filed In Federal Court
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (JTA) — Neo-Nazi podcaster Christopher Cantwell quoted Adolf Hitler in a motion filed in federal court in Virginia.
The quote, with which he opens the motion, comes from the Naz...
Bloomberg: I Opposed The Iran Deal, But The Way Trump Left It Was Wrong
WASHINGTON (JTA) — We ran a story last week on where the top seven Democrats running for president stood on Iran policy.
Try as we could, we could not pin down a position for Mike Bloomberg, the fo...
Opinion: Why Is A Church Still Holding Services In The Former Nazi Headquarters Of Auschwitz
OSWIECIM, Poland (JTA) — As the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz approaches, survivors are preparing to gather and commemorate the event, testifying to their faith in life over death. P...
Israel’s President Offered Polish Counterpart A Platform To Speak At Holocaust Forum, Israeli Official Says
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin promised Polish President Andrzej Duda “some kind of platform” to speak if he attended the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, according to a Ri...
Yiddish Institute Yivo, Facing Budget Shortfall, Lays Off Its Library Staff
NEW YORK (JTA) - The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, which preserves and promotes the study of Eastern European and Yiddish culture, has laid off four librarians to make up for a budget shortfall....