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Germany returning Nazi-looted painting to heirs

Germany signed a restitution agreement for “Two Riders on the Beach,” by Max Liebermann, which was discovered among the trove of artworks in the apartment of the late German art collector Cornelius Gurlitt.

Israel chides ‘absurd’ censure by U.N. women’s panel

The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women approved a resolution blaming “the Israeli occupation” for the lack of advancement of Palestinian women in their society.

6 arrested after forcing their way into London synagogue

The men, who were drunk, tried to enter a synagogue in the largely haredi Orthodox-populated neighborhood of Stamford Hill but were removed by synagogue security.

Seven children from Orthodox Jewish family killed in Brooklyn fire

Australia’s prime minister apologizes for Goebbels comparison

Four charged in attack on Israelis in Patagonia

South African Jewish students oppose use of swastikas in protest

Finnish Christians celebrate 25 years of helping Russian aliyah

Israeli minister: Nisman killed for exposing Iranian role in Argentina bombing

European Parliament’s Israel-relations czar warns against isolating Jerusalem

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