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Buenos Aires to rename subway station after Jewish woman who famously stood up to sex traffickers

Raquel Liberman played a critical role in the dismantling of infamous Argentine sex-trafficking ring Zwi Migdal and in the move to outlaw prostitution in the country.

Spain’s language authority still uses an antisemitic definition of ‘Jew.’ These groups want it deleted.

In the Dictionary of the Spanish Language’s entry for the word “Jew,” the fifth definition listed translates to a “greedy or usurious” person.

Newly discovered document lists more than 3,000 Jews the Catholic Church sheltered from Nazis

The discovery sheds new light on the Vatican’s actions during the Holocaust, but some historians have questions.

Jewish Federations launch Rosh Hashanah letter-writing campaign to Evan Gershkovich

An Israeli flag football team forfeited a game on Shabbat. It won the European championship anyway.

Ireland’s first kosher restaurant in decades attracts local Jews and non-Jewish celebrities

‘Tatami,’ a film inspired by Iran’s Israeli athlete boycott, is making movie history

Barcelona resumes ‘sister city’ relationship with Tel Aviv, reversing former mayor’s decision

A Swiss university is hiring its next Jewish studies professor. Jews need not apply.

98-year-old German man charged with accessory to murder at Nazi concentration camp

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