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This Lithuanian concentration camp is now a wedding venue

The Seventh Fort — where 5,000 Lithuanian Jews were massacred — is privatized and now offers barbecues and treasure hunts.

EU likely to reject call to limit trade with Israeli settlements

European Union diplomats in Jerusalem wanted stricter enforcement on the labeling of produce grown in settlements.

South Korea wants to boost its kosher food market

Eyeing global demand, the Ministry of Finance will increase manufacturing of kosher-certified products.

Oh, Canada? Jews you didn’t know were Canadian

July 1 is Canada Day and we're celebrating with a roundup of our favorite Canadian Jews — some may surprise you.

Auschwitz really happened — and this artsy architecture exhibit proves it

An aestheticized exhibit at the Venice Architecture Biennale provides physical evidence that the atrocities at the death camp were real.

Anti-Semitism charges stir the calm waters of bucolic Oxford

Jews feel safe at England's famed university, despite a "wall" of anti-Semitic rhetoric and hate speech against Israel.

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Jewish dentist represents France in world’s most-watched song contest

Amir Haddad, who has Israeli and French citizenship, will perform in the Eurovision 2016 finals on Saturday.

How the rabbi who never knew Alberto Nisman became his family’s pastor

A cousin of the late Argentine prosecutor brought Marcelo Polakoff into a circle of private mourning, public outrage and global intrigue over an event that made headlines around the world.

The world’s largest seder — in Nepal — will go on, despite slow earthquake recovery

The Asian land is reeling from ruined roads, crushing poverty and a gas shortage. Yet hundreds of tourists are expected at the massive annual seder in Kathmandu.

Hummus in Hanoi: Israeli chef brings Middle Eastern cuisine to Vietnam

At the "Middle Eastern gastropub" Daluva, Shahar Lubin serves up inventive Vietnamese-Israeli mashups alongside updated versions of pub-food classics.