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Rabbi Shimshon Izakson, second from left, praying with congregants at the Wooden Synagogue in Chisinau, Moldova on Aug. 26, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Moldova’s dwindling Jewish community reopens synagogue seized by Soviets

The reopening of the Wooden Synagogue, which the Soviets nationalized in 1940, brings the number of active Jewish houses of prayer in Chisinau to four.

Israel aiding Brazil in fight against devastating fires in the Amazon

Israel will send a firefighting aircraft and flame-retardant materials.

German soccer team criticizes its fans after anti-Semitic and racist chants

The fans’ chants “cannot have any acceptance in our society,” the Chemnitzer Football Club said in a statement, and threatened legal action.

British court orders businessman to pay wife maintenance until he gives her a ‘get’

Hundreds of Hasidic children in Montreal vaccinated against measles after 5 cases confirmed

Woody Allen’s latest film doesn’t have a US release

Canadian editor sentenced to 1 year in prison for promoting Holocaust denial and rape

Moroccan Jews gather for pilgrimage at newly renovated Al Jadida cemetery

Spanish city gathers descendants of Jews named after it

Dozens of synagogues to open to public on 20th European Days of Jewish Culture

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