Ecuador honors first Israeli woman to win the Nobel Prize
Ada Yonath, a 2009 laureate in chemistry, received a medal of scientific merit from the National Assembly's president.
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Jeremy Corbyn again acknowledges anti-Semitism in Labour Party, this time in a video
He "sincerely apologized for “the hurt that has been caused to many Jewish people.”
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Russia names actor Steven Seagal special representative for Russian-US humanitarian ties
Seagal became a Russian citizen in 2016, when he received his passport during a ceremony presided over by President Vladimir Putin, who is said to be a close friend of Seagal.
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Elie Wiesel’s childhood home in Romania vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti
The perpetrators wrote in pink paint: "Nazi Jew lying in hell with Hitler," among other offensive slogans.
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Jeremy Corbyn says he respects Jewish affection for Israel
Claims that his election would pose an "existential" threat to British Jews are "overheated," the Labour Party leader said in an op-ed.
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Tunisia, under pressure, lets 7-year-old Israeli in for chess tourney
Tunisian authorities backtracked on their refusal to grant a visa following a threat to be deposed as hosts for the international event.
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DC rabbi says he found trash and bone fragments at Jewish mass graves in Ukraine
Shmuel Herzfeld and his children encountered what they believe to be human remains at Janowska and Rivne near Lviv.
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Jewish cemetery desecrated in Lithuania, leaving bones scattered
Police are investigating whether and how human remains had been disturbed in what the local media suggested was a cover-up of illegal digs.
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Jewish groups in Ukraine trade accusations over Yiddish conference
One group says the other is a mouthpiece for the Ukrainian government and has whitewashed rising anti-Semitism in the country.
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Jeremy Corbyn no longer scheduled to address Jewish audience in London
British Labour's embattled leader pulled the plug on talks about a speech at the Jewish Museum over the invitees, a British Jewish paper reported.
