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Jewish Cemetery Vandalized in Poland

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Perpetrators spray-painted swastikas and anti-Semitic images and slogans on graves, a Holocaust memorial and entrance to the Jewish cemetery.

Anne Frank Center has moved to Ground zero

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

New York City's Anne Frank Center has moved to a new Manhattan location near ground zero.

Newspaper Apologizes for Holocaust Comic

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Controversial argentinian comic Gustavo Sala is under fire for his Holocaust cartoon in Argentinian newspaper Pagina/12.

IDF Prepares To Accept Syrian Refugees

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Chief of Staff says Assad will fall and the IDF can take in Alawite refugees to the Golan. A large influx might threaten Israeli control.

Jewish leaders met with jailed American Jew Alan Gross

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Adela Dworin, president of the Beth Shalom Synagogue in Havana, and David Prinstein, the synagogue’s vice president, met with Gross, 62, at hospital.

Israeli student found dead in German university

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

A 26-year-old Israeli medical student was found dead in her German university's halls of residence, state prosecutors in Goettingen said Thursday.

Fatah, Hamas leaders debate PLO reform in Cairo

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal met on Thursday to discuss reforming the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

IAEA: Iran Seeking Nuclear Weapons Technology

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The IAEA says it has credible intelligence Iran has sought nuclear weapons technology - and that those efforts may be ongoing.

Sarkozy trash talks

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, described the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, as a “liar” in a private exchange with Barack Obama at last week’s G20 summit in Cannes that was inadvertently broadcast to journalists.

Libyan Jew had to stop work on abandoned synagogue

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200

A Libyan Jew who returned to the country after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in hopes of resurrecting its Jewish community said on Monday that he was forced to stop work on the long-abandoned Tripoli synagogue after a violent threat.

New photos of Gabrielle Giffords

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The photographs of Representative Gabrielle Giffords have been released, almost six months after she was gunned down and shot in the head in Tucson in January.

Leonard Cohen wins Spanish literary award

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias literature award on Wednesday for a body of work of "immutable merit," the jury said.

Obama's half brother visits Israel

Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Jewish Mark Ndesandjo meets with chief rabbi, agrees to press Obama to release Jonathan Pollard

Nazi themes cakes in Austria

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Owners of an Austrian pastry shop that showcases cakes decorated with Nazi themes should be prosecuted, a Holocaust awareness group urged.

Getty museum returns 370 year-old painting looted by Nazis

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0200

An American museum has agreed to return a 370 year-old painting that was looted by the Nazis during the Second World War.