A mixed-reality experience built around the testimony of 98-year-old Holocaust survivor Benno Kern was unveiled this week by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Titled "Benno's Light," the project lets users walk through Kern's life story using a VR headset or a standard computer, and represents the latest push by the Claims Conference […]
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A prominent Reform rabbi warns that Israel's advancing Western Wall and conversion legislation risks alienating American Jewry – the very community Israel needs most right now.
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A record 9,286 students from Israel and around the world competed in the 2026 Hebrew Language Olympiad, Tel Aviv University announced. The international track – run in partnership with Brandeis University – drew roughly 800 overseas participants, up from approximately 200 the previous year. Students from 14 countries, including Egypt, Japan, the US and Canada, took part in the competition.
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Irina Nevzlin has not forgotten that summer when she was 13, after she returned to Moscow from her first visit to Israel and decided to transfer to a Jewish school. That was the point at which her personal path began, one that, as if following a prewritten script, would lead her years later to head […]
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The Nazi regime did not only rob Jews of their property and freedom. It also stripped them of the most basic ability to orient themselves in time. In ghettos, camps and hiding places, order disappeared: There were no calendars, no weekly rhythm, and sometimes no certainty at all as to when Shabbat or a holiday […]
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Members of the Jewish community in Iran have been breathing easier since US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire about a week ago, especially given that none of the community's members were physically harmed. During the war, however, several Jewish homes were damaged, and a synagogue in Tehran was also hit, an incident the ayatollahs' […]
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Since October 7, a Jewish-Kurdish alliance has been forming across Europe, with joint congresses, demonstrations and cultural events – and a landmark congress in Israel planned for 2026.
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Hostage survivor Segev Kalfon fulfilled a vow made during Hamas captivity, shouting "Shema Yisrael" at Times Square before 4,578 Jewish teens from 60 countries at Chabad's annual youth Shabbaton.
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A diplomatic confrontation erupted between Washington and Brussels after the US Ambassador to Belgium accused Belgian authorities of antisemitism following the arrest of three Jewish ritual circumcisers, prompting Belgium to summon the American envoy while Israel's Foreign Minister warned Jewish communities face mounting persecution across the country.
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