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Norway attacks spotlight far-right outreach to Jews, Israel

What to do when far-right movements and figures like the alleged perpetrator of the deadly attacks in Norway seek to make common cause with Jews and Israel? Be wary of movements where violent extremists can find an ideological home, some Jewish figures say.

Oswiecim, the city of Auschwitz, wrestles with whether the past must be part of its future

In Oswiecim, which has lived in the shadow of death as the place where Auschwitz was located, a new generation of leaders is trying to bolster the town in southern Poland as a vital local community while reaching out to connect with the camp rather than disassociate from it.

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Body of Nazi leader Rudolf Hess is exhumed

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Acquittal of Kepiro in Novi Sad killings roils Jewish leaders

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Jewish groups plan strategy to counter ban on ritual slaughter

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Chuetas of Majorca recognized as Jewish by Israeli rabbi

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German court upholds Holocaust-denying bishop’s conviction

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Chabad planning 6 new student centers on European campuses

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Italy’s Nirenstein named to top Jewish lawmaker post

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