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Danny Fenster, Jewish journalist jailed in Myanmar, is released days after being handed prison sentence

Fenster had been sentenced to 11 years in prison on various charges related to his journalism in the country.

Senate candidate Mark Pukita defends ad calling out opponent Josh Mandel’s Jewishness

The ad highlights Mandel’s courting of evangelical voters by touting “Christian values.” “But he’s Jewish. Everybody should know that though, right?” Pukita said at a forum.

Van Gogh painting stolen from Rothschild by Nazis sells for over $35 million, breaking record

The proceeds from the sale are set to be split between the most recent owner and descendants of the Jewish art collectors from whom the piece was taken.