Cnaan Liphshiz

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Cnaan Liphshiz is based in the Netherlands, where he reports on Jewish life throughout Europe. Born in Israel, he previously worked as foreign news editor for Maariv and as a reporter for Haaretz.

From Cnaan Liphshiz

Prince Philip, who opposed Nazis and was first British royal to visit Israel, dies at 99

By Cnaan Liphshiz and Ron Kampeas April 9, 2021 9:44 am

The son of JTA's Europe correspondent pictures here when he was nearing his 2nd birthday, examines a memorial cobblestone for murdered Dutch Jews in Heerlen, the Netherlands on July 29, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

First Person

Growing up in Anne Frank’s shadow, my kids have known about the Holocaust since before they could speak

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 8, 2021 2:21 pm

Ukrainian Chief Rabbi Ya’akov Dov Bleich holds a Torah scroll during the opening ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 7, 2021 of a synagogue on the site of the Babi Yar 1941 massacre of Jews. (Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center)

Collapsible synagogue opens on former killing ground of Babyn Yar in Ukraine

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 8, 2021 10:17 am

belarus Lyubov Arkhiptsova-Volchek stands at her home in Hlusk, Belarus in March 2021. (From the Depths)

‘Not too late to show gratitude’: First housing project for elderly rescuers who saved Jews in the Holocaust launches in Belarus

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 7, 2021 3:39 pm

The aftermath of anti-Semitic vandalism at the synagogue of Larissa, Greece on Dec. 3, 2020. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Larissa)

Anti-Semitic assaults worldwide dropped 19% in 2020 due to pandemic, report says

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 7, 2021 10:56 am

Franz Josef Huber. (National Archives of Slovenia)

Top Nazi official who spied for US was allowed to avoid trial until his death in 1975

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 7, 2021 9:55 am

Liliana Segre attends a ceremony honoring people who saved Jews during the Holocaust in Milan, Italy March 05, 2021. (Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

This 90-year-old Holocaust survivor is a ‘senator for life’ in her native Italy. She also receives constant anti-Semitic threats.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 6, 2021 5:11 pm

Paris-area Jews catch man they suspected of trying to stab 3 Jewish men

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 6, 2021 4:07 pm

The website of the Nordic Resistance Movement features a picture of dolls hanged outside the synagogue of Norrkoping, Sweden on March 28, 2021. (NRM)

Red paint, baby dolls and anti-Semitic literature found outside Jewish cemetery in Denmark

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 5, 2021 9:43 am

Dutch matzah factory gives away Passover product to 35,000 schoolkids

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 2, 2021 9:59 am