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Yaakov Dov Bleich carrying a Torah scroll into the synagogue of Drohobycz, Ukraine on July 3, 2019. (Rephael Isaak Vilenskiy)

Ukraine synagogue where Menachem Begin was married gets Torah scroll

In Drohobych, one of the region’s most impressive Jewish houses of worship was a furniture warehouse during communism.

Rabbi Michael Schudrich and Jonathan Ornstein climbing the fence of the barricaded Izaak Synagogue in Krakow, Poland on July 4, 2019. (Shimon Briman)

Chief Polish rabbi climbs fence of barricaded Krakow synagogue

Michael Schudrich was briefly detained by police in the latest twist to an unusual story of an internal power struggle within the Jewish community.

Germany returns Nazi-looted painting to heirs of French art collector

It is the sixth painting returned from the art collection of the late Cornelius Gurlitt, who had inherited the paintings from his father, Hildebrand Gurlitt, who worked acquiring art for the Nazis.

Argentina’s parliament turns over documents on Nazism to Buenos Aires Holocaust museum

Anti-Israel activist jailed for racist rant about Indians found dead

41 percent of young European Jews have considered emigrating due to anti-Semitism

Jewish-Muslim dialogue group launched in Berlin

The protests by Ethiopian Israelis, explained

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

A clash between Jews in Krakow highlights growing acceptance of Chabad in Europe

Swedish neo-Nazis disrupt exhibition of Holocaust survivors’ portraits

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