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Published November 9, 2023
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Published July 6, 2023
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Published July 29, 2022
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Published September 25, 2021
A German police officer allegedly sent fan mail to the gunman who attacked a synagogue on Yom Kippur
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Published September 24, 2021
Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant, dies at 91
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Published August 29, 2021
GOP congressman compares COVID measures to Holocaust, prompting an intern’s resignation
JTA
Published August 27, 2021
18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols
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Published August 8, 2021
Hezbollah fires 19 rockets at Israel in worst fighting since 2006 war
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Published August 6, 2021
Incendiary balloons from Gaza prompt new Israeli airstrikes
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Published June 16, 2021
Israeli flags burned outside 2 German synagogues; Spanish synagogue vandalized
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Published May 12, 2021
Germany’s anti-Semitism commissioner urges ban on wearing yellow star to protest lockdowns
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Published May 10, 2021
A Jewish artist hid hundreds of her paintings in a house near Prague during the Holocaust. Now the works need a home.
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Published October 6, 2020
Germany pledges extra $26 million for Jewish security
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Published September 18, 2020
‘This will completely change Jewish life in Austria’: Thousands of Jews around the world expected to apply for Austrian citizenship through new amendment
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Published September 1, 2020
Hundreds associated with anti-Semitic movement attempt to break into German parliament building
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Published August 31, 2020
Berlin rally against coronavirus rules features neo-Nazi supporters, anti-Semitic displays
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Published August 2, 2020
Holocaust survivors launch campaign to fight Holocaust denial on Facebook
Toby Axelrod
Published July 29, 2020
Former concentration camp guard, 93, gets suspended sentence as accessory to murder of 5,230
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Published July 23, 2020
William Wolff, rabbi who served Germany’s Jews after fall of the Berlin Wall, dies at 93
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Published July 13, 2020
Pride rallies held across Israel in lieu of annual parades due to coronavirus
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Published July 2, 2020
When this German city tore down a building, it revealed a 110-year-old mural for a Jewish business
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Published June 29, 2020
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Published June 23, 2020
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Published June 18, 2020
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Published June 18, 2020
Protesters shout ‘dirty Jews’ at Paris rally against police racism
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Published June 18, 2020
German celebrity chef shares anti-Semitic social posts
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Published June 18, 2020
Auschwitz museum issues plea for donations to make up for revenue lost during coronavirus crisis
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Published June 3, 2020
Germany reports highest number of anti-Semitic crimes since 2001
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Published May 28, 2020
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German shooter who killed 10 said he wanted to exterminate people from Asia, Africa and Israel
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Published February 20, 2020
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Florida man who forgave Nazi camp guard may have invented his story of surviving the Holocaust
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2 violent anti-Semitic assaults under investigation in Berlin
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Published January 2, 2020
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Published December 18, 2019
Angela Merkel announces $60m donation to Auschwitz museum
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Published December 6, 2019
Child Holocaust survivor hugs 93-year-old Nazi guard during trial in Germany
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Published November 19, 2019
Electoral gains by far-right Alternative for Germany party worry Jews and Muslims
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Syrian citizen arrested in attack on German man wearing kippah
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German Jews call Speigel article about pro-Israel lobby anti-Semitic
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Jewish-Muslim dialogue group launched in Berlin
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300 Jewish studies scholars sign letter supporting embattled former Berlin Jewish Museum director
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Published June 20, 2019
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Published June 19, 2019
American tourist attacked in Berlin after saying he was Jewish
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Published June 19, 2019
British-based online store offering products with ‘Zyklon B’ logo
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Published June 11, 2019
German tabloid publishes cut-out kippah to wear in solidarity with country’s Jews
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Published May 26, 2019
Germany’s parliament declares BDS movement anti-Semitic
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Berlin blocks appearance by convicted Palestinian terrorist
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Daughter of high-ranking Nazi honored with Obermayer German Jewish History Award
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Steven Spielberg warns: Genocide as possible today as it was during Holocaust
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Published December 6, 2018
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Published December 6, 2018
Brazil arrests Israeli head of international drug smuggling network
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Published December 6, 2018
EU Council approves declaration on fight against anti-Semitism
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OSU student government votes down Israel boycott and divestment resolution
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Published December 6, 2018
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Israel’s chief rabbi lights Hanukkah candles in Polish parliament
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Published December 6, 2018
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Portugal sets aside a day to remember Inquisition victims
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Published December 4, 2018
Israel launches operation to destroy Hezbollah tunnels on northern border
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Saudi Arabia loses world chess tournament for refusing visas to Israeli players
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Published December 3, 2018
Thousands of Israeli women to strike in protest of violence against women
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Published December 3, 2018
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Published December 3, 2018
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Published December 3, 2018
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Published December 3, 2018
Synagogue in Basel, Switzerland vandalized
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Published December 3, 2018
Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony held outside Tree of Life synagogue building
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Published December 3, 2018
Netanyahu flies to Brussels to meet Pompeo
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Published December 3, 2018
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