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Berlin police investigating vandalism of Kindertransport memorial following pro-Palestinian demonstrations

The site is a tribute to the roughly 10,000 German Jewish children sent to England in 1938 and 1939, many of whom never saw their parents again.

A smiling elderly man overlooking Vermont foliage in the fall

A Greek Holocaust survivor in Vermont knows how to save humanity. He just needs us to listen.

The magical life of Albert Levis, a scholar of storytelling who has lived through his own improbable tale.

A Tel Aviv exhibit recreates the Nova massacre site in exacting detail, with healing as an aim

The exhibit comes amid both a wave of initiatives to support Nova survivors as well as mounting concerns about whether they are getting all the help they desperately need.

The author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel in his office in 1980, surrounded by books and papers

United States

Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ Iowa judge blocks key parts of state book ban law

Politics

Biden administration, Reform Jewish leader slam Smotrich and Ben Gvir for calling for Palestinians’ removal from Gaza

Global

Israeli parliamentary committee says 7 members of India’s Bnei Menashe community killed in rocket attack near synagogue

Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

United States

Claudine Gay resigns from Harvard, weeks after contentious antisemitism hearing

Obituaries

Israeli soldier Amichai Oster, son of former JTA writer and editor, is killed in Gaza

Culture

Rock star Alanis Morissette uncovers her family’s Holocaust history on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’

Israel

Top Hamas official assassinated in Beirut, reportedly by Israel

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