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BUDAPEST, Nov. 3 (JTA) — Mate Koves is proud that his great-great-grandfather and great-great-uncle were renowned Orthodox rabbis. One day Koves’ descendants may feel the same way. The first Hungarian student at the year-old Chabad Lubavitch yeshiva in Budapest, Koves is on track to be the first Orthodox rabbi born and ordained in post-Holocaust Hungary. […]

BERLIN, Nov. 3 (JTA) — Negotiators attempting to create a compensation fund for Nazi-era slave and forced laborers have all but engaged in a full-fledged street fight. But despite the current climate of the talks, the sparring may just be the storm before a final calm. “An agreement is closer than you might expect” and […]