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Vatican opens exhibit on ties between Pope John Paul II and Jews

At the opening, the chief rabbi of Rome recalled the pope’s historic 1986 visit to the city’s Great Synagogue.

Ukraine fiscal crisis leads to major setback for homegrown Jewish philanthropy

The economic crisis, in light of the military conflict against Russian-backed rebels, has diminished a growing donor class and returned the Jewish community to a reliance on Western aid.

Munich upholds ban on Holocaust street memorials

The City Council ignored a petition signed by 100,000 people calling for a lifting of the prohibition on the memorials known as stumbling blocks.

Jan Kulczyk, a major funder of Poland’s Jewish museum, dies

Amnesty Int’l: Israel committed war crimes in response to soldier’s death

Teen symbol of migration to Germany wants Israel to disappear

Canadian police: Couple plotted to kill Jewish children at synagogue

The Jewish Boy Who Shot the German Diplomat

Samuel Pisar, Holocaust survivor who was adviser to JFK, dies

London faith schools meeting scheduled for Rosh Hashanah

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