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Pope Francis, seen at a Holy Mass in Vatican City in June 2019. (Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Pope Francis denounces ‘terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the world’

In recent weeks, Francis called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and humanitarian aid, as well as a hostage release.

Grandson of Munich massacre victim assaulted in Berlin in alleged hate crime

“We are deeply horrified by the brutal, allegedly anti-Semitic attack on a Jewish student at our university and condemn the act in the strongest possible terms,” the Free University said in a statement.

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I left the US fearing antisemitism under Trump. Oct. 7 has me rethinking my place in Canada, too.

Support for Israel is always a dividing line in Canadian progressive spaces, writes a U.S. expat who hoped to feel safe in the Great White North.

Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich wins gold medal in Qatar, home to Hamas’ leadership

The Lublin Yeshiva Library was thought to be destroyed by the Nazis. Then its books started turning up.

Evan Gershkovich’s pretrial detention extended through late March, one year after his arrest

Holocaust and Srebrenica survivors launch Jewish-Muslim effort to prevent genocides

Man arrested after brandishing knife at kosher supermarket in Golders Green, London

Search this new list of Jewish family names from Cairo, Alexandria, Baghdad, Damascus, Aleppo and Beirut

This Israeli designer is bringing her Oct. 7-inspired shawl to Manhattan’s Vogue Knitting Live conference

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