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Study: Maternal ancestry of Ashkenazi Jews mainly from Europe

The maternal ancestry of Ashkenazi Jews comes mainly from Europe, a new study shows.

Polish righteous gentile donates memorabilia to Warsaw Jewish museum

Former Polish foreign minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz and recognized by Yad Vashem as a righteous gentile, donated memorabilia to the new Jewish museum in Warsaw.

Brussels to honor Nobel laureate Englert on Atomium monument

The city of Brussels will name part of its famous Atomium monument after François Englert, the Belgian Jew who won the Nobel Prize in physics.

Council of Europe committed to religious freedom, its leader writes to Peres

Shots fired at Yekaterinburg synagogue in Russia

Pro-Palestinian hacking group attacks WhatsApp website

Conservation project completed on two Auschwitz blocks

Weizmann graduate, ex-prof share Nobel Prize for chemistry

Hungarian blood libel inspires Jewish composer to write opera

What an Ancient Bottle of Wine Has to Do With Feminism

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