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Rabbi Mendy Chitrik takes a selfie at sunset in Turkey on Aug. 9, 2021. (Courtesy of Chitrik)

This rabbi is tweeting his unusual 3-week Jewish heritage road trip through Turkey

Mendy and Chaim Chitrik from Istanbul are on a mission to raise awareness to the oft-overlooked richness and deep roots of Jewish life in Asia Minor.

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Gymnast Linoy Ashram wins Israel’s 3rd Olympic gold medal, over a Russian appeal

The Russian Olympic Committee called the final scoring an “injustice” after losing Russia’s 20-year winning streak.

KLM airplanes at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands. (KLM)

18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols

The girls ate outside the designated meal times and refused to comply with requests to put away their kosher food, Delta said.

A dilapidated Bulgarian synagogue will become a cultural center — and lifeline for a dwindling community

Chabad rabbis from across the former Soviet Union pose for a group photo in Almaty, Kazakhstan on July 29, 2021. (Yehezkel Itkin)

Chabad rabbis took their first group photo since the pandemic — and were fined by Kazakhstan for not distancing

Thomas Will, head of the Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes, stands among the office's files

Germany looking to prosecute over a dozen more Nazi war criminals

The entrance to the Sachsenhausen memorial near Berlin, Germany. (Paul Zinken/picture alliance via Getty Images)

100-year-old former Nazi camp guard to stand trial as accessory to murder of 3,500 prisoners

Baku, capital of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan opens trade office in Tel Aviv in preparation for future opening of embassy

An artist’s impression of the future Holocaust memorial monument in Westminster Council, London, UK. (Adjaye Associates)

British government okays contested Holocaust monument in London

Guests attend the Kitty Spencer and Michael Lewis wedding at Villa Aldo Brandini in Frascati, Italy on July 24, 2021. (Ernesto Ruscio/GC Images)

Princess Diana’s niece marries fashion tycoon of South African Jewish descent

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