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A Serbian city’s Jewish community barely survived the Holocaust. Now it might die out.

Novi Sad, once a center of Jewish life in prewar Yugoslavia, is struggling to revive its Jewish community in a country threatened by far-right nationalism and beset by economic turmoil.

A Nazi pamphlet controversy looms large in a local German election — and could affect the national vote

The head of a populist party is accused of passing around the antisemitic pamphlet in high school. It could derail a Trump-like figure’s rise.

Iran banned a weightlifter for life after he took a photo with an Israeli opponent

Iran forbids its athletes from competing against Israelis, including at the Olympics.

George Simion, president of Romania's right-wing AUR party

This Romanian party called the Holocaust a ‘minor topic.’ Israel’s envoy just met with its leader.

First passenger flight from Saudi Arabia arrives in Israel after emergency landing

Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush speaking in Ankara, Turkiye on February 13, 2023. (Murat Gok/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Libyan foreign minister is fired and flees to Turkey after meeting her Israeli counterpart

Holocaust gravesites identified in Latvia and Netherlands using contemporary technology

Russian court extends pretrial detention of Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich until November

Israeli soccer star signs with German powerhouse Bayern Munich

A medieval massacre nearly wiped out the Jews of York, England. New research shows how the community recovered.

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