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Flowers decorating the Great Synagogue of Rome, Italy in June 2019. (Courtesy of the Conference of European Rabbis)

Rome’s Great Synagogue decorated with flowers ahead of Shavuot

Besides the Jewish harvest and Torah feast, the Great Synagogue of Rome gets floral displays also at weddings.

Russian man gets 2.5 years in jail for anti-Semitic graffiti

The heavy-handed sentence reflects the Russian judiciary’s attitude to hate crimes against Jews, which are rare in that country.

Jozef Klotz, left, with a team mate in Krakow int he 1920s. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

Poland’s soccer team honors Holocaust victim who scored its 1st international goal

The Polish Football Association’s president will give a shirt bearing Jozef Klotz’s name and uniform number to the late athlete’s relative from Israel.

JCrush dating app for Jews leaves 200,000 users’ personal data exposed

Roque Pugliese and Ivana Pezzoli getting married at the Bova Marina Synagogue in Calabria, Italy on June 4, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Shavei Israel)

Former Italian synagogue sees 1st Jewish wedding in centuries

7 Jewish fun facts about the 2019 Women’s World Cup

Organization of American States to adopt International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism

Israeli rabbis’ Shavuot learning program goes global

Ukrainian ultranationalists set off smoke grenades outside Jewish community building

France launches project to return Nazi-looted artworks to Jewish families

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