Global

Kippah-wearing man attacked at German fitness studio

According to the victim, his attacker threatened to beat him before spitting on the kippah and throwing it in the trash.

Ukrainian Jews at the Beit Grand Jewish Community Center in Odessa on Nov. 1, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

For Ukrainian Jews, having a Jewish president is a source of pride — and fear

Volodymr Zelensky’s election was a major symbolic Jewish victory, but the one-time actor faces enormous political challenges that some Jews say could bring a backlash.

Ideas

What the fall of the Berlin Wall meant for Eastern European Jews

Their future was transformed overnight, writes a European journalist, but there’s plenty still to be done.

Fish and chips’ surprising Jewish history

Russia has acquired an advanced Israeli air-defense missile that failed to detonate

At least 25% of applicants for citizenship in Spain under its Sephardic law of return are not Jewish

3 German teens who played anti-Semitic songs after visit to Nazi camp are under police investigation

Sister of Israeli-American woman jailed in Russia: ‘She’s losing it’

Iran will again enrich uranium at Fordow plan, another nuclear deal violation

Sections

Get JTA in your inbox

Get JTA in your inbox

Get JTA in your inbox