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Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich delivering a speech in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 2019 (Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Polish chief rabbi spurns government invite to ceremony honoring WWII nationalists

Poland marks the 75th anniversary of a group that killed communists, including Jews.

The interior of the Choral Synagogue in Vilnius, Lithuania (Wikimedia Commons)

Lithuanian Jews are split over the closing of only functioning synagogue in Vilnius

The national chairwoman of Lithuanian Jewry acted without mandate or grounds when she shuttered the building for security reasons, her local counterparts said.

"Being Jewish is not a religion, no God would give creatures such an ugly nose," wrote Dimitri Verhulst. (Screenshot from YouTube)

Belgian daily drops the phrase ‘ugly Jewish noses’ from controversial op-ed

De Morgen said the facial feature reference, which helped spark outrage, was from a “not entirely accurate” quote.

Meet Iris, the Jewish Icelandic singer with the voice of an actual angel

Canadian Jews launch $10 million campaign to keep Montreal community institutions safe

Canadian Anglican Church to remove prayer for conversion of Jews

Ukrainian nationalist group wins defamation suit after being labeled neo-Nazi

Belgrade Jews protest Serbian government’s alleged role in communal power struggle

UN claims settlement expansion setting the stage for annexation of West Bank

Israel condemns Belgian paper’s defense of op-ed about Jews’ ‘ugly noses’

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