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Potsdam’s stylish new synagogue is the German city’s first since WWII

It’s part of the new European Center for Jewish Learning at the University of Potsdam, which also houses two rabbinical seminaries.

Amsterdam to return Kandinsky painting to Jewish family following public outcry

The Dutch capital argued that the public interest of seeing the $22 million painting outweighed the lawful owners’ claims.

After Afghanistan’s last Jew refused to leave, his would-be Jewish rescuers helped dozens of other Afghans escape instead

A haredi Orthodox activist from Brooklyn and an Israeli-American businessman teamed up to help dozens of Afghans, including some former soccer players for the country’s national team, escape the Taliban.

Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins gold medal and sets a new world record

Mikvahs unearthed at Vilnius synagogue destroyed by Nazis

Spanish university cancels ‘Auschwitz/Gaza’ seminar comparing Holocaust to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate calls on Pope Francis to clarify comments on Torah and Jewish law

Renovation works at the Jewish cemetery in Sataniv, Ukraine in 2021. (Dmitry Polyukhovich/Jewish Heritage Europe)

Jewish group renovating a Jewish cemetery in Ukraine accused of damaging headstones

Owners of Ukrainian cafe housed in a former synagogue say logo resembling Nazi symbol was a ‘font gone wrong’ mistake

Yair Lapid says the Holocaust ‘defined’ him. That’s adding fuel to the fire in Israel-Poland relations.

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