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George Blake, a former MI6 officer, enters a car in Moscow, Russia on June 28, 2001.(Yuri Martianov/Kommersant Photo/AFP via Getty Images)

George Blake, British spy for Soviet Union, dies in Moscow at 98

Blake did not identify as a Jew, but his Jewish background played a major role in his life.

Zoom prayers and Jewish kids: UK Labour leader Keir Starmer opens up about his Jewish family

“Just carving out that tradition, that bit of faith on Friday is incredibly important,” said the Labour leader, who is trying to turn the page on an anti-Semitism controversy that haunted his party for years.

Pakistani court orders release of 4 men acquitted of Daniel Pearl murder

The men had been involved in Jewish-American journalist’s kidnapping, the court found, but not in his murder.

Graffiti calling for the murder of Jews at the entrance to the Jewish cemetery of Hoyo de Manzanares, Spain on Dec. 24, 2020. (José de Isasa)

Graffiti reading ‘murdering Jews we will hang you’ painted at Spanish Jewish cemetery

Parts of a vandalized picnic table arranged in the shape of a swastika near the Jewish cemetery of Krumbach, Germany in 2020. (AllgaeuRechtsaussen)

Bulgarian synagogue and Halle memorial targeted in spate of crimes on Jewish sites in Europe

‘Cleopatra was Macedonian’: Gal Gadot responds to critics who say she shouldn’t play the Egyptian queen

Rio’s pro-Israel mayor arrested on corruption charges less than 2 weeks after inaugurating Holocaust memorial

Customers wait to be served at the Ukrainian Airlines office at International Airport Boryspil in Kyiv, Ukraine of Jan. 8, 2020. (Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Israeli court orders Ukrainian Airlines to pay $3,100 for employees’ anti-Semitic remarks

AMIA bombing suspect acquitted in historic trial, sparking outrage from Argentine Jewish groups that vow to appeal

This 118-year-old Jewish bakery in India is a hit on Christmas

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