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In southern France, Jews paying a price for the government’s effort to curb extremism

A French province’s decision to deny funding to eight Jewish organizations is seen as collateral damage in the secular republic’s fight against radical Islam.

Dutch gov’t human rights panel backs Sabbath observers

A Dutch governmental agency advised a security firm to hire a Sabbath-observing intern after ruling that employers may not reject Jewish candidates on the basis of their refusal to work on the Jewish day of rest.

Vienna Philharmonic whitewashing Nazi past, Austrian lawmaker says

An Austrian lawmaker accused the Vienna Philharmonic of attempting to conceal the institution’s sympathy for the country’s Nazi leadership during World War II.

Israeli restaurant opens in Krakow’s old Jewish quarter

Hungary plans to increase Holocaust survivors’ pensions

German pol quits party race over poems seen as anti-Semitic

On December 31st, Israelis Celebrate “Sylvester.” Here’s Why.

Rita Levi Montalcini, Nobel Prize winner in medicine, dies at 103

Polish store employees indicted for anti-Semitic merchandise

Arrest made in attack on Jewish man outside Paris synagogue

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