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Poland’s Jewish museum marks its first decade, made tumultuous by politics

The Polin Museum sought to tell the story of the country’s Jews even as a right-wing government sought to stifle discussions of antisemitism and complicity.

UK group urges families to ‘save a seat in the sukkah’ for hostages in Gaza, in a new take on a Jewish tradition

The initiative riffs on “ushpizin,” the practice of inviting symbolic guests to the temporary huts built for the Sukkot holiday.

Lufthansa ordered to pay $4M penalty for denying boarding to 128 Jewish passengers in 2022

The airline penalty is the largest issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation for discrimination.

Canadian crackdown on Israel-linked charities raises concerns in Jewish community

On tour in South America, Paul McCartney attends Yom Kippur services in Santiago, Chile

Historic Prague synagogue used on Yom Kippur for the first time since the Holocaust

Family recovers Monet pastel generations after Nazi looting

Antisemitic graffiti was discovered on a monument in Buenos Aires on Oct. 9, 2024. (Federico Ballán/X)

‘Serve the nation, kill a Jew’ graffiti written on prominent Buenos Aires monument

Lily Ebert, Holocaust survivor who became a TikTok sensation, dies at 100

German town’s memorial stones for Nazi victims are stolen on Oct. 7 anniversary

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