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A woman from the Bulgarian Jewish community attends a commemoration ceremony at Sofia's synagogue on March 10, 2013 (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Coronavirus crisis is testing the resilience of Europe’s small Jewish communities

The suspension of international travel and foreign tourism is making the financial model of communal groups in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and beyond “unsustainable,” their leaders say.

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 21, 2020 4:29 pm

Geeta Sidhu-Robbat attends an awards ceremony in London, U.K. on June 17, 2008. (Fiona Hanson - PA Images via Getty Images)

London mayoral hopeful suspended for telling voters in 1997 ‘don’t vote for a Jew’

“I am deeply ashamed of the ignorant and abusive language,” Geeta Sidhu-Robb of the Liberal Democrats party said after the video surfaced.

September 14, 2020 10:17 am

London man charged with attempted murder in stabbing of rabbi on city street

Police have not yet said the attack was a hate crime or linked to anti-Semitism.

June 15, 2020 11:29 am

A Jewish man walking in northern London, the United Kingdom on Sept. 23, 2015. (Tony Margiocchi/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Orthodox Jewish man stabbed in northern London

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 12, 2020 9:27 am

Police called to Lag b’Omer gatherings in London that ignored social distancing rules

By Marcy Oster May 14, 2020 10:30 am

A picture of Herbert Max Fraenkel that a team of volunteers studying his ancestry found in January at him home in London, UK. (Courtesy of The Jewish News)

London city worker secures Jewish funeral for 95-year-old man who died alone

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 8, 2020 10:59 am

London haredi Orthodox school redacted history books to cover up British monarchs’ immodest behavior

By Marcy Oster April 28, 2020 11:58 am

2 Orthodox Jews die of coronavirus in London; another succumbs in Paris

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 22, 2020 3:49 pm

Jacob Gross at the yeshiva and synagogue on Canvey Island, UK on Dec. 13, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Jews in the United Kingdom prepare for distancing as Britain adapts to coronavirus

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 19, 2020 1:56 pm

Linda Grant wins British literary prize for coming-of-age novel about Jews in London

By Marcy Oster March 17, 2020 11:47 am

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