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A man stands inside the Riga Ghetto Museum in Riga, Latvia on Jan. 11, 2014. (Fishman/Ullstein via Getty Images)

Riga Holocaust museum to remain open after city waives rent

The municipality had recently said that the ghetto memorial in the Latvian capital would need to pay $12,000 in monthly rent.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 28, 2020 1:41 pm

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France is cracking down on radical Islam – with the blessing of its Jewish minority

Most French Jews fear terrorist violence more than the potential for collateral damage as the government pursues a range of measures aimed at curbing Islamic radicalism.

October 27, 2020 10:36 am

Hamas releases two men held since April for speaking with Israelis online

The detainees were freed from prison after having been found guilty of “weakening revolutionary spirit” for participating in an online peace initiative with Israelis.

October 27, 2020 9:05 am

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Turkey’s president invokes Holocaust in slamming France’s crackdown on radical Islam

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 26, 2020 2:20 pm

In an Arab first, Bahraini institution joins with State Dept. to combat anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism

By Ron Kampeas October 25, 2020 7:00 am

The Albanian flag flies over Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania on May 12, 2010. (Flickr/Thomas Quine)

Albania adopts International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 23, 2020 11:49 am

For the first time ever, Stockholm has a Swedish-born rabbi

By Josefin Dolsten October 23, 2020 11:34 am

Both sides of a commemorative 10 euro coin celebrating the 300th birthday of the Vilna Gaon in Lithuania. (Courtesy of the Bank of Lithuania)

Lithuania mints euro coin with Hebrew letters

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 23, 2020 11:21 am

A tram featuring Star of David stickers pulls up to a halt in Cologne, Germany on Oct. 21, 2020. (Courtesy of Synagogue Community Cologne)

Tram in Cologne, Germany gets giant Star of David and ‘shalom’ stickers to celebrate 1,700 years of German Jewish life

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 23, 2020 11:10 am

Arab-Israeli travel blogger Nas Daily denies report that he is a tool of Israeli government propaganda

By Josefin Dolsten October 22, 2020 9:46 am

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