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(JTA) — American actor Jesse Eisenberg said he was attracted to the World War II movie “Resistance,” in which he portrays Marcel Marceau, because he lost family during World War II from the same area as the late Jewish mime’s family.
“I think the regime now understands that they cannot attack America at will and expect to get away with it,” said U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook.
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called on the world to unite against growing anti-Semitism, and notably called out Iran for its Holocaust denial and threats to wipe out Israel.
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Read JNS news coverage as well as columnists' opinions, as slates compete to represent American Jewry at the 38th World Zionist Congress.
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(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 mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
It reportedly consisted of an attached flier that included a link to the Nation of Islam’s book “Jews Selling Blacks.” Recipients were urged to print and distribute “a few hundred or thousand” copies of them.
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(JTA) — British Jews protested what they perceived to be a BBC reporter’s claim that the Holocaust has distorted Israelis’ perception of reality and the occupation of Palestinian land.
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.
Cooper has been working closely with the famed Jewish composer-conductor’s three children for two years.
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The peace negotiator told a haredi Orthodox magazine that he does not plan on returning to the administration but hopes Trump will be re-elected.
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The move follows a series of scandals that left local Jews suspicious of the government's anti-discrimination body.
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WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — A London-based Jewish newspaper did not have to use the term “German Nazis” an appeals court in Warsaw ruled, upholding a lower court decision.
Emmanuel Macron accuses Israeli officers of breaking “centuries old” rules preventing them from entering a Crusader-era church in Jerusalem’s Old City that is considered French territory.
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“He promised he would bring the girl home," the mother of Naama Issachar said the Russian leader told her Thursday in Jerusalem.
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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 Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reassures Yaffa Issachar, whose daughter is imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, after meeting her together with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
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The Memorial Candle monument in the capital’s Sacher Park honors the hundreds of thousands of Russians who died during the 900-day Nazi siege of Leningrad.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of world leaders gathered Thursday in Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating rising modern-day anti-Semitism — a politically charged event that has been clouded by rival national interpretations of the genocide.
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 can have them.
The World Zionist Congress holds the checkbook to a number of crucial causes for the future of Judaism, and the voting is underway. It is critical for the Orthodox community in America to mobilize, and to vote.
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s predecessor Khaled Mashaal said to slam his trip to Tehran for Gen. Qassem Soleimani’s funeral as a “strategic mistake.”
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Senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner, along with other White House envoys, will return to the U.S. from Switzerland together with the president after inclement weather prevented them from catching their flight to Israel.
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Heads of State from Europe, North America and Australia gather at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, for the Fifth World Holocaust Forum to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
“The U.S. withdrawal has allowed Iran to abandon its own obligations under the deal and has left the world with few tools to stop it,” according to a campaign spokesperson.
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“I hope and pray that from this room, the message will go out to every country on earth that the leaders of the world will stand united in the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and extremism, in defending democracy and democratic values. This is the call of our time,” said Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin.
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“At every event to mark the day, people know more about the past, develop empathy for others and commit to taking action to create a better future,” said Holocaust Memorial Day Trust chief executive Olivia Marks-Woldman.
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Some 70 percent of French Jews say they have been victims of at least one anti-Semitic incident in their lifetime, with 10 percent reporting they have been attacked several times.
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(JTA) — Neo-Nazi podcaster Christopher Cantwell quoted Adolf Hitler in a motion filed in federal court in Virginia.
Created by designer Zvika Roitman, it highlights BGU’s focus on innovations in science, technology and commercial collaboration envisioned by Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion.
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He won a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” and in his acceptance speech thanked his Israeli wife, Daniella Pick, in Hebrew.
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(JTA) — Jeff Goldblum learned a lot from Hebrew school: how to fight back against bullies, and that he enjoyed performing in front of a crowd.
According to Pew, “the data suggests that respondents who get more questions right also tend to express warmer feelings toward Jews.”
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(JTA) — In a survey of 1,100 French adults, 57 percent of respondents indicated that they did not know roughly how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.
(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 once a year to commemorate the Nazi genocide.
(JTA) — The latest episode of PBS’ celebrity genealogy show “Finding Your Roots” was a lesson in Jewish history.
JERUSALEM – For a growing number of Jews in the Diaspora, turning retirement dreams into reality also means realizing a lifelong dream of living in Israel.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — We ran a story last week on where the top seven Democrats running for president stood on Iran policy.
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. Political and religious leaders from around the world will be there, too, declaring that what…
(JTA) — One week before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, dozens of European officials arrived in Poland for a large commemoration event at Auschwitz.
From its beginning in 1880 in Russia teaching Jewish farmers new technology following the Industrial Revolution, ORT has remained tuned in to changing economies.
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Thursday, January 23, 2020
(JTA) — American actor Jesse Eisenberg said he was attracted to the World War II movie “Resistance,” in which he portrays Marcel Marceau, because he lost family during World War II from the sa…
(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 mayor of Sou…
(JTA) — British Jews protested what they perceived to be a BBC reporter’s claim that the Holocaust has distorted Israelis’ perception of reality and the occupation of Palestinian land.
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.
February 1970: American composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Cooper has been working closely with the famed Jewish composer-conductor’s three children for two years.
The post Bradley Cooper will direct and star in Netflix film about Leonard Bernstein appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Jason Greenblatt, President Trump's former special representative for international negotiations, in Jerusalem, 2017.
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Thursday, January 23, 2020
“I think the regime now understands that they cannot attack America at will and expect to get away with it,” said U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook.
The post US official says successor to Soleimani faces same fate if he kills Americans appeared first on JNS.org.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called on the world to unite against growing anti-Semitism, and notably called out Iran for its Holocaust denial and threats to wipe out Israel.
The post Leaders from World War II’s Allied powers address World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem appeared first on JNS.org.
Read JNS news coverage as well as columnists' opinions, as slates compete to represent American Jewry at the 38th World Zionist Congress.
The post All you need to know about the 38th World Zionist Congress elections appeared first on JNS.org.
It reportedly consisted of an attached flier that included a link to the Nation of Islam’s book “Jews Selling Blacks.” Recipients were urged to print and distribute “a few hundred or thousand” copies of them.
The post University of Montana president condemns hateful email sent to staff, faculty appeared first on JNS.org.
Emmanuel Macron accuses Israeli officers of breaking “centuries old” rules preventing them from entering a Crusader-era church in Jerusalem’s Old City that is considered French territory.
The post French president scolds Israeli security at Jerusalem church appeared first on JNS.org.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reassures Yaffa Issachar, whose daughter is imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, after meeting her together with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
The post Putin tells Naama Issachar’s mother that ‘everything will be fine’ appeared first on JNS.org.
The Memorial Candle monument in the capital’s Sacher Park honors the hundreds of thousands of Russians who died during the 900-day Nazi siege of Leningrad.
The post Putin, Netanyahu inaugurate Leningrad memorial in Jerusalem appeared first on JNS.org.
