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Catholic Church in Poland decries burning of Jewish effigy on Easter weekend

On Friday, residents of Pruchnik beat burned a doll with a black hat, sideburns and a large nose meant to represent the biblical figure of Judas, Jesus’ disciple who betrayed him.

Winnipeg church sets interfaith vigil for kosher cafe victimized by anti-Semitic violence

It’s “our Christian responsibility” to stand with the targets of violence, the church’s leader said.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan joins Jewish Labour movement

The Muslim mayor slams “appalling anti-Semitism by some party members and supporters.”

An Australian comedian joked about Nazi gas chambers. A Jewish audience member was not amused.

US aims to stop Iran oil exports by ending sanctions exemptions for 5 countries

Bodies of murdered Jews from Hungary being burned at Auwschwitz in 1944. (Alberto Errera/Auschwitz Memorial and Museum)

Dutch Holocaust museum leaves out graphic Auschwitz pictures from exhibition

Volodymyr Zelensky, second from right, waves to supporters at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Sergey/Getty Images)

Ukraine’s next president is a Jewish comedian

Google blocks accounts of Iranian news site that said Israel experiments on Palestinian prisoners

Jewish comedian elected Ukraine’s president by a landslide, exit polls show

Brother of Toulouse Jewish school killer will spend 30 years in jail for ‘complicity’

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