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Merkel becomes first German chancellor to visit Dachau memorial

Chancellor Angela Merkel, making the first visit by a German head of state to the Dachau memorial, said it was “a very significant moment for me.”

Russia launching program to bring expats to Jewish ethnic enclave

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved a program to offer financial incentives to encourage Russian expats to move to the former Jewish autonomous region of Birobidzhan.

Jewish school in Gondar closes as Ethiopian aliyah nears end

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky turned over the keys to the Jewish school of Gondar to the Ethiopian city’s mayor.

Photographer rues using Polish Jewish cemetery for naked shoot

Brussels refuses to register baby name Jerusalem

Polish philosopher Bauman rejects honorary degree over anti-Semitic attacks

Anti-Semitic Rioting in Wales

Hillel Argentina, Tel Aviv U. to launch Jewish entrepreneurship program

French court acquits boycott activists of hate crime

Serb-Israeli accused of war crimes extradited to Bosnia-Herzegovina

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