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Andres Abt, 47, first Jewish mayor of a district in Uruguay’s capital Montevideo

Abt was encouraged to embrace his Judaism by his non-Jewish mother and became a beloved local leader who preferred the difficult mayoral job to the seat he won in Uruguay’s parliament.

Germany funds vaccination drive for Holocaust survivors

(JTA) — The German government is providing $13.5 million to get Holocaust survivors to COVID-19 vaccination locations around the world. The new Holocaust Survivor Vaccine Assistance Program (HSVAP) will be administered by the New York-based Claims Conference, which announced the program on Wednesday, through its network of more than 300 agency partners. Funds will cover […]

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Andres Abt, 47, first Jewish mayor of a district in Uruguay’s capital Montevideo

Germany funds vaccination drive for Holocaust survivors

European intellectuals launch magazine on European Jewry’s population ‘crisis’

Russian-Jewish billionaire and communal funder arrested for alleged bribes

In Australia, Jewish, Muslim and Christian children team up to help combat historic flooding

Pregnant Orthodox woman assaulted in London

Brazilian political party leader says Jews ‘sacrificed children’

EUFSC President Konstantin Ishkhanov announces Classic Strings competition in Israel

Food delivery man in Rome goes on anti-Semitic rant and stabs a man who protests his speech

In Italy, a belated bar mitzvah celebration gives way to renewed virus fears

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