Holocaust Survivor Stabbed to Death in Her Moscow Apartment
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
(JTA) — A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor was murdered in her Moscow apartment.
The body of Irina Shur, a former professor at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, was found at...
Herzog: Belgium’s Ritual-Slaughter Ban Infringes in Religious Freedom
Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog sent a letter on Monday to the president of the Belgian regional parliament of Wallonia in an appeal to lift the ban on kosher...
Antisemitic Gang Convicted of Brutal Robbery, Rape of French Jewish Couple
Three members of an antisemitic gang who robbed a young Jewish couple in Paris in 2014, and raped their female victim during the ordeal, have been convicted by a French...
Belgian Carnaval Float Features Puppets of Grinning Jews, Money Bags
(JTA) — Participants in a street celebration in the Belgian city of Aalst paraded giant puppets of Orthodox Jews and a rat atop money bags.
Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs...
Antisemitic Vandal Targets Dean of Leading French Medical School
Students and faculty at one of France’s leading medical schools have expressed shock at the discovery of antisemitic graffiti targeting the acting dean.
The daubings were reported last Friday, Oct....
Meet Dr. Yeshaya Shafit, Russia’s Full-Time Mohel
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
(JTA) — The religious Jewish world has created some unusual jobs, from shofar makers to etrog pickers to mashgichim – kosher certifiers whose job is literally to watch others cook.
But one of the more...
Four Dead in Vienna Attack; Shooter Linked to Islamic State
Austrian police have made several arrests at addresses linked to an Islamic State sympathizer who killed at least four people in a terrorist shooting and stabbing attack in Vienna on Monday...
Video Shows Viennese Men Stealing Pants From Person They Call ‘Jew’
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
(JTA) — Two men were caught on video in Vienna stealing another man’s pants and calling him a Jew. The video, which surfaced last week and seems to have...
Headstones Vandalized at Second Jewish Cemetery in Slovakia
BY MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — More than 20 headstones were vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in northern Slovakia in the second such incident in the country in a week.
The 22 gravestones...
French Minister Pays Respects at Desecrated Jewish Cemetery
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner on Friday paid his respects at a Jewish cemetery near Strasbourg, days after 37 of its tombstones and a monument to Holocaust victims were defaced with...
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Three IDF reservists die in blast in northern Gaza
(Oct. 10, 2024 / JNS)
Three Israel Defense Forces reservists were killed and two other soldiers were seriously wounded when their vehicle hit an explosive device...
Make Yom Kippur Personal And Collective
Yom Kippur and the process of teshuvah plunge us into the depths of our souls, stripping away layers of self-deception and ego while removing...
Money-Saving Tips for Sukkot and Beyond
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