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Clara Basiana, left, and other members of the Spanish national team compete at the London Olympics in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2012. (Paul Cunningham/Corbis via Getty Images)

As Israeli swimmers took 4th place in an Olympic trial, a TV commentator criticized their country

The commentator for TV3, the state broadcaster where the competition took place, spoke only about the swimmers’ country, not their technique or performance.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 18, 2021 2:48 pm

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Vanessa Perilman attends a party in New York City on June 22, 2010 (Billy Farrell /Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Fashion giant Zara condemns Jewish designer for lashing out at Palestinian model who called Israel ‘evil’

The Palestinian model, Qaher Harhash, publicly shared private messages from Vanessa Perilman, a designer for Zara, which led to backlash against the chain.

June 18, 2021 10:05 am

British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attending a ceremony in Gibraltar on June 18, 2013. (Courtesy of Mirvis)

London Orthodox school drops teacher because she was ordained as a rabbi

The educator had been warned of the move, which was made because of the British chief rabbi’s opposition to women obtaining rabbinical degrees.

June 17, 2021 1:20 pm

Police confiscated the tote bag on display here in the display window of The Pink Peacock in Scotland, UK. (Courtesy of The Pink Peacock)

Glasgow police charge Jewish ‘anarchist cafe’ owner for displaying slogan that curses cops

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 16, 2021 3:53 pm

Ukraine honors 2 tiny sects with Jewish roots as ‘indigenous peoples,’ and Putin is furious

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 16, 2021 2:41 pm

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Canadian-Jewish politician Annamie Paul narrowly survives Israel-fueled leadership challenge

By Philissa Cramer June 16, 2021 2:19 pm

Rabbis examinign the production line at Quality Poultry KFT in Csengele, Hungary in February 2017. (Zsolt Demecs)

An EU ruling on kosher slaughter tells rabbis how to go about their business

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 15, 2021 2:02 pm

A screen capture of a tweet from 2014 by BBC journalist Tala Halawa. (Twitter)

BBC writer who tweeted ‘Hitler was right’ is no longer with the broadcaster

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 15, 2021 11:15 am

Swastika discovered on ark at Frankfurt airport synagogue

By Shira Hanau June 13, 2021 11:46 am

Zsolt Balla stands on the sidelines of a press conference in the synagogue of Dresden, Germany on January, 2019. (Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance via Getty Images)

A rabbi from Hungary will be the German army’s first rabbi chaplain since the Holocaust

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 11, 2021 1:27 pm

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