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MOSCOW, Nov. 15 (JTA) – Concerns are escalating in Russia over the tolerance of anti-Semitism in the country”s Parliament. The Parliament”s lower house. the Duma, overwhelmingly adopted last Friday a vaguely worded resolution condemning ethnic hatred. But the same body refused, for the second time this month, to explicitly criticize a Communist lawmaker for making […]

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NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (JTA) – Until recently, Jewish characters in popular culture came in two types: assimilated and invisible. But in the past few years, observant Jewish characters – and observant Jewish themes – have begun to come out of the closet. It’s not a seismic shift: Many of the Jews portrayed in popular […]

LONDON, Nov. 12 (JTA) – Six European insurers have agreed to deposit a total of $90 million in an escrow account as proof of their intent to settle claims by Holocaust victims and their heirs. The decision to establish the fund – with $30 million to be paid within the coming weeks and the remaining […]

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