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Mali incursion raises risk to French Jews, community says

France’s military involvement in Mali “significantly increases” the threat facing French Jews, the country’s Jewish communal security service said.

Ethics board summons Belgian doctor over Israel boycott

Belgium’s medical ethics committee summoned a doctor who participated in a campaign to boycott Israeli pharmaceuticals producer Teva.

Les Misérables, With a Holocaust Twist

Have you seen Les Misérables? Remember the scene where the hero rescues the Jewish family by driving them out of Nazi-occupied Paris? Oh wait—doesn’t ring a bell? Wrong Les Miz. Victor Hugo’s classic novel has lived many lives, and only one of them is Jewish: The 1995 French film, which recasts the story in early- to mid-20th-century France. Starring […]

Mikvah dedicated in Tokyo

Italian pol Fiamma Nirenstein planning aliyah

Montreal Chasidic leaders take blogger to court, alleging libelous anti-Semitism

Radical bishop fined in Germany for Holocaust denial

German Jewish activist voted sexiest female politician

Dutch novelist vows to withhold tax earmarked for Egypt over Morsi slurs

Holocaust deniers seize Czech ex-leader’s Facebook account

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