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• Jewish souvenir vendors wear yellow Stars of David in Rome protest

  December 3, 2015 4:52pm

  A spokesman for the vendors said they used the Holocaust imagery “because the latest measures taken by the city seem to be aimed at Jews.”

• Top officials at Rome’s Israelite Hospital arrested in fraud probe

  October 23, 2015 4:52pm

  Italian police arrested senior officials and medical personnel at Rome’s Israelite Hospital for allegedly defrauding the country’s national health service.

• Italian synagogue damaged in severe storm

  October 4, 2015 2:23pm

  Some of the windows were shattered and pictures showed glass littering the interior of the sanctuary in Tuscany.

• Auschwitz ‘showers’ highlight challenge of balancing tourism and memory

  September 8, 2015 6:07pm

  By using mist showers for the benefit of overheated tourists, the former concentration camp reignited debate about its duties to the past and those it now educates.

• Holocaust denier David Irving leading tour of WWII sites

  September 3, 2015 9:58am

  Irving, who has been barred from several countries and was jailed in 2006 in Austria, launched what he calls “Real History” tours in 2010.

• Marking numbers on refugees’ arms recalls Holocaust, Italian Jewish leaders say

  September 3, 2015 8:29am

  Czech police used felt-tipped pens to mark the hands and arms of refugees, mainly from Syria, taken off a train near the border crossing with Austria.

• Matisyahu performs outside Auschwitz following Spain appearance

  August 26, 2015 11:37am

  “Played in the last remaining Synagogue outside of Auschwitz in the city Oświęcim. Peace and blessings,” Matisyahu wrote on his Facebook page.

• Courting Jewish students, Charleston college builds kosher dining hall

  May 11, 2015 11:06am

  The South Carolina city is a foodie heaven if you embrace all things shellfish. Now the College of Charleston is spending $1 million to bring some kosher and vegetarian food into the mix.

• Italian police break up right-wing terror plots

  December 24, 2014 12:28pm

  Italian Jewish leaders praised authorities for breaking up a right-wing extremist network that appeared to have been planning terror attacks around the country.

• Right-wing extremists from around Europe meet in Milan

  December 21, 2014 8:12am

  The gathering, organized by the Italian far-right party Forza Nuova, was intended as the first meeting of a new pan-European party called Alliance for Peace and Freedom.