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Ukraine’s Jews prepare to commemorate the Holocaust as Russia’s war drums thunder

The escalating conflict, which is coinciding with the Jan. 27 anniversary, is making some look for lessons in the tragic histories of their families.

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GLOBAL

Rabbi Gabor Finali leans against the play corner at his apartment-sized synagogue in Budapest, Hungary on Aug. 29, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Global

This maverick rabbi was a rising star in Hungary — until he criticized Israel and his religious rivals on Facebook

Cecile Klein

Obituaries

Cecile Klein, 114, was Canada’s oldest person for 7 months

Global

Austrian artist under fire after posting star of David made of syringes

Israel

Israel to plant 450,000 trees in cities in effort to counter effects of climate change

By Shira Hanau January 24, 2022 3:43 am

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Politics

RFK Jr. invokes Anne Frank at DC anti-vaxx rally

By Shira Hanau January 24, 2022 2:59 am

CULTURE

A woman and a book cover

Culture

‘Devil’s Arithmetic’ author wins Sydney Taylor Book Award for lifetime achievement in Jewish children’s literature

Pamela Adlon

Culture

Pamela Adlon discovers her great-great-grandfather was a rabbi on ‘Finding Your Roots’

Josh Rawitch in front of the Baseball Hall of Fame

Sports

For the new Jewish president of the Baseball Hall of Fame, it’s all about tradition

simcha Krauss

Obituaries

Rabbi Simcha Krauss, ‘gentle giant’ who fought for women’s rights in Orthodoxy, dies at 85

By Shira Hanau January 23, 2022 9:57 am

United States

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl details call with Texas gunman in ‘Captives of Hope’ sermon

By Philissa Cramer January 22, 2022 8:13 pm

Police lights shine on Congregation Beth Israel synagogue

United States

Top US security officials to US Jews: Colleyville was a ‘terrorist attack on Jewish community’

By Ron Kampeas January 21, 2022 3:06 pm

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A protester outside

United States

After 18 years, Ann Arbor condemns weekly synagogue protesters as antisemitic

By Andrew Lapin January 21, 2022 3:01 pm

Global

UN General Assembly passes a 2nd resolution condemning Holocaust denial

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 21, 2022 2:59 pm

Sign about Sarah Halimi

Global

French parliamentary report on the Sarah Halimi murder case reopens the wound it sought to heal

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 21, 2022 2:54 pm

From the Archives

1976

JNF planters in the Gilboa Mountains

Archive

JNF Plans to Plant 1M Trees

1996

Archive

France Heightens Security After Jewish Paper Targeted

1997

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Archive

Kazakh Jews Open New Center, Restoring Life to Old Community

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