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November 19, 2009
Covering the development of Jewish life in Europe in the 20 years since the fall of communism, I have witnessed many landmark moments.
Thanksgiving was always a day spent eating good food and watching some (hopefully) good football at my house. But in my husband's family, Thanksgiving was truly a day of giving thanks, as each year his grandfather, J. Alex Link, spoke about his gratitude to the United States for taking him in on the eve of the Holocaust.
A Holocaust denier released from an Australian jail after publishing material offensive to Jews says he is "unbroken" and "unrepentant."
The six world powers will meet on Friday in Brussels to discuss what measures could be applied against Iran as further penalty for its refusal to halt its nuclear enrichment program.
Jordan's King Abdullah told American Jewish Congress leaders that U.S. Jewish groups should get behind Middle East peace efforts.
A Ukrainian mayor who said Jews are to blame for all of the country's problems can run for president.
A group of researchers quit their involvement in an Austrian Holocaust studies center due to a lack of access.
A major rent increase forced the Jewish charitable organizations in a Russian city out of their offices.
When the Reform movement passed a resolution endorsing advocacy for Israeli Arabs, it wasn’t the first time an American Jewish group had backed the cause of Israeli-Arab equality.
A memorial ceremony was held at the former Mumbai Chabad center.
A senior U.S. official dedicating an UNRWA school in Jordan referred to a future Palestinian state.
A 90-year-old German man was charged with the murders of Jewish slave laborers during World War II.
Ask European Jewish leaders about the major challenges facing their communities and you're likely to get an earful about how hard it is to find mates for young singles.
President Obama's efforts to persuade China to countenance sanctions against Iran appear inconclusive.
Hate crime is still a significant problem in 56 countries in North America, Europe and the former Soviet Union, a new report says.
The body of a haredi businessman from London who died in Jordan was delivered to Israel for burial.
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Argentinean President Christina Fernández de Kirchner met in Buenos Aires.
Esther Benchimol de Roffe arrived in Venezuela as a young bride, leaving northern Morocco more than 50 years ago to meet her groom in a prosperous foreign land.
A series of anti-Semitic attacks has rocked the Calgary Jewish community.
Turkey, Jordan and Israel held joint search and rescue maneuvers, a Turkish newspaper reported.
About 90 percent of Ethiopian Jews marry within their community, according to a new report.
A concert commemorating Yitzhak Rabin on the 14th anniversary of his assassination took place in Rome's most prestigious concert hall.
President Obama should formulate a plan for Israeli-Syrian peace, Syrian President Bashar Assad said.
British Jews organized a "buycott" of Israeli products to combat a Palestinian boycott campaign against two major supermarket chains.
In a landmark decision, the Australian government approved the extradition to Hungary of an alleged Nazi war criminal.
Brazil's President justified the scheduled visit of Iran's president to his country in two weeks.
Every once in a while, a story comes along that is so jolting it is scarcely believable. One such story appeared in The New York Times, of all places, this past Sunday, about how the Jews’ Free School in London has been ordered to admit a child whose mother had a non-Orthodox conversion, after the child’s parents sued.
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