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22% of hate crimes in Europe in 2019 were against Jews, report shows

Anti-Semitic crimes were the second-largest category in the annual report, though Jews comprise less than 1% of the population in the region.

Sweden pleads for the life of Iranian-Swedish physician set to be executed in Iran for spying for Israel

The renowned emergency medicine physician says Iran is punishing him for refusing to spy and he was tortured to confess.

Suzanne Belling, former JTA correspondent and South African Jewish leader, dies at 72

Belling was the editor of the South Africa Jewish Times and went on to serve in a number of lay and professional roles in the South African Jewish community.

A child poses for a photo with a woman dressed as Black Pete and a man portraying Saint Nicholas in northern Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Nov. 16, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Amsterdam’s Jewish museum wades into Dutch blackface controversy with new exhibition

Dutch right-wing politician resigns following party’s anti-Semitism scandal

Marijuana plants seized from Argentine synagogue’s courtyard

An Israeli El Al airplane flying the flags of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, and bearing the word "peace" in Arabic, English and Hebrew, arrives at the Abu Dhabi airport after flying from Tel Aviv on August 31, 2020. (Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images)

Kosher hotels and authoritarianism: Israelis see attraction in easy UAE travel, but some have concerns

German protester of COVID restrictions compares herself to Nazi resistance fighter

Far-right activists in Germany planning to protest ‘Zionism’ in front of synagogue

Prominent rabbis pray for Ukrainian President Zelensky, who is recovering from COVID-19

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