As Russian siege wears on, Jews left behind in Ukrainian cities face grim conditions
Shelter, vital supplies, and escape from besieged cities: these are the keys to survival many Ukrainian Jews are seeking as the Russian invasion enters...
For many Jews watching Ukraine’s war, Volodymyr Zelensky is a ‘modern Maccabee’
By Philissa Cramer
One week ago, Jews outside of Ukraine knew Volodymyr Zelensky as the world leader on the other end of the “perfect phone...
Ukrainian Jews, scarred by a bloody history, find themselves refugees once again
Across Ukraine, Jews are engaging in a historically Jewish experience: becoming refugees.
And hundreds of them from Odessa have headed to an unlikely destination, the...
Amnesty International accuses Israel of apartheid
Amnesty International on Tuesday became the latest human rights organization to describe Israel’s activities in relation to Palestinians as “apartheid” when it released a...
After 18 years, Ann Arbor condemns weekly synagogue protesters as antisemitic
By Andrew Lapin
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — For 18 years, a group of protesters has gathered every Saturday outside one of this city’s synagogues during...
This young US immigrant in Jerusalem is telling Israel’s story to the world
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By Renee Ghert-Zand
Tamar Schwarzbard is grateful for getting to tell Israel’s story to the world every day—not through lectures or opinion...
London’s Wiener Library is the world’s oldest Holocaust archive. It’s still collecting material.
By Jacob Judah
LONDON (JTA) — There are two sketches of Philipp Manes, a leading early-20th-century German-Jewish businessman, in the notebooks that he kept with...
Inside the sexual abuse investigation of Israeli therapist and ‘Kids Speak’ author Chaim Walder
In March 2021, reporting by Haaretz journalists Aaron Rabinowitz and Shira Elk revealed allegations of sexual abuse against Yehudah Meshi-Zahav, the founder of Zaka,...
Jewish festival’s return to Russia’s Urals region is cause for celebration
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By Larry Luxner
The last time Limmud FSU held a festival in Kazan, in 2016, hundreds of Jews from across the vast Volga-Urals region flocked...
Groundbreaking partnership combines Israeli technological prowess with pediatric medicine
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By Larry Luxner
TEL AVIV — Eosiniphilic esophagitis, a chronic immune disease caused mainly by food allergies, is a serious condition affecting about one in...
