Refugee

Saeid Mollaei reacts after a victory at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Aug. 28, 2019. (Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)

Iranian judoka forced to throw matches to avoid facing Israelis gets refugee status in Germany

Saeid Mollaei had fled with the help of the International Judo Federation and now can fight for a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

By Marcy Oster November 4, 2019 6:54 am

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Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee, postwar prime minister of Britain, took in a Jewish child fleeing the Nazis

Attlee sponsored a Jewish mother and her two children to leave Germany and come to Britain in 1939.

November 21, 2018 3:24 pm

Antwerp man filmed destroying 20 mezuzahs, harassing Jews

The suspect, said to be a refugee, was seen in heavily Jewish areas of the Belgian city mere hours after his release from 12 hours in police custody.

February 11, 2018 5:35 am

Jewish and Muslim groups join to help refugees in Greece

January 17, 2018 2:20 pm

Federal judge partially lifts Trump refugee ban after Jewish groups’ challenge

December 24, 2017 2:37 pm

Federal court to hear Jewish groups’ challenge to Trump refugee ban

December 20, 2017 10:22 am

Jewish Israeli BDS activist requests political asylum in Canada

August 25, 2016 12:03 pm

Meet the ‘intensely neurotic’ Jew saving the world’s refugees

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 5, 2016 5:06 pm

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The globe-trotting, picture-taking couple that documented the 20th-century Jewish experience

By Debra Kamin March 17, 2016 12:43 pm

As Europe takes in migrants, Israel tries to keep them out

By Ben Sales September 8, 2015 10:55 am

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