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A poster advertising an exhibition in Luxembourg on the actions of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. (Courtesy of the government of Luxembourg)

Portuguese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust receives posthumous honor

Aristides de Sousa Mendes is believed to have saved 10,000 Jews in France during the Holocaust in defiance of his pro-Fascist government.

Sweden’s foreign minister visits Israel, ending 7-year diplomatic freeze

Foreign Minister Ann Linde’s visit opens “a whole new book of friendship and cooperation,” said her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid.

German-Israeli singer insists he ‘didn’t lie’ about discrimination over Jewish symbol at Leipzig hotel

Images of Gil Ofarim at the Westin Leipzig do not show him displaying the Star of David pendant that he said prompted an employee to refuse to serve him.

The Union Jack flies on the seat of the British parliament in London, UK on June 20, 2014. (Wikimedia Commons/Rennett Stowe)

Kosher food made available at British parliament

How offshore accounts turned the British Virgin Islands into an east Jerusalem landlord

Mayoral candidate in Rome accused of antisemitism loses election to center-left

Alta Fixler lies in hospital in Manchester, UK in 2019. (Courtesy of the family)

Alta Fixsler, a 2-year-old Jewish girl, taken off life support in UK despite parents’ wishes

US rejoins UN Human Rights Council 3 years after Trump left over Israel concerns

‘Holocaust was a scam’ projected on Swedish synagogue during international antisemitism conference

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