European rabbis: Shechitah could come under legislative attack in EU

Published on August 7, 2012

A prominent European rabbinical group has warned that kosher slaughter could come under further attack this year in European Union countries.

European anti-Semitism and xenophobia are linked, report finds

Published on March 13, 2011

Anti-Semitism and other forms of xenophobia are closely linked among Europeans, and Hungarians and Poles are the most likely to hold extreme anti-Semitic views, according to a new report.

MUSIC: A klezmer wedding in a European shetl circa 1910

Published on January 3, 2009

A DJ and a music professor, using old recordings and new, recreate the typical sequence of tunes a klezmer band would play at every stage of a traditional wedding.

Satan in the Shtetl

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 8, 2001

"Great-grandma was a naughty girl," says British filmmaker Ben Hopkins, whose feature debut, "Simon Magus," is the tale of a Polish shtetl in peril.

‘Haven’ for Sweeps

By Tom Tugend
Published on February 8, 2001

"Haven" is an intriguing but seriously flawed depiction of how nearly 1,000 European refugees were transported and admitted to the United States in 1944, which CBS-TV will present as a four-hour miniseries on Feb. 11 and 14 at 9 p.m.

Tropical Transplants

By Kimberlee Roth
Published on October 19, 2000

Though Christopher Columbus stumbled onto the shores of the Dominican Republic more than 500 years ago, the city of Sosua, only a few miles from where he landed, is about to celebrate its 60th anniversary. When a group of 40 Jews climbed ashore, bereft of their possessions and loved ones and surrounded by jungle, they couldn't help but wonder what was in store.

Labor Lore

By Tom Tugend
Published on August 17, 2000

In 1776, printers in New York City organized and declared a strike in support of the newly formed United States of America.