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Shira Li Bartov

Shira Li Bartov

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‘Kill Jews’ cocktail rocks Spanish town’s Holy Week: ‘An expression, it’s not racist’

In centuries-old tradition, revelers seeking limonadas say they are going out to ‘kill Jews’ in Castilian Holy Week capital, epicenter of...

30.03.2024 60

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Italy’s University of Turin to exit Israel research pact amid Gaza protests

School’s academic senate votes to ban participation in initiative, while rejecting calls for a broader cessation of ties with Israeli universities

22.03.2024 10

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Why French journalist Ruth Elkrief ‘came out’ as Jewish after October 7

The veteran newswoman landed in the middle of France’s debate on antisemitism and Islamophobia – and thanks to fallout from her comments,...

08.03.2024 40

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Spain, Ireland ask EU to probe if Israel violating human rights in Gaza

Request to European Commission cites accord linking human rights obligations to trade ties, obliquely raising prospect of economic sanctions for first...

15.02.2024 30

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A Polish ‘countess’ saved thousands from the Nazis. No one knew she was a Jew

Nearly lost to history, the incredible story of mathematician Janina Spinner Mehlberg is retold in ‘The Counterfeit Countess’ by...

15.02.2024 40

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Could social media have stopped the Holocaust? Scholars doubt Elon Musk’s theory

Visiting the Auschwitz death camp, the billionaire said the genocide could have been mitigated if only his platform X had been around 80 years ago....

26.01.2024 20

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In shift, Latvia and Lithuania to pay Holocaust survivors, heirs for stolen property

Countries open up limited time slots to apply for restitution, after decades of Soviet rule prevented compensation for Nazi massacres

20.12.2023 20

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Dutch mayor refuses to be photographed with Israeli ambassador at Hanukkah event

The town of Enschede’s Roelof Bleker conditions attendance at local Hanukkah celebration on avoiding Modi Ephraim, citing the desire to avoid...

14.12.2023 10

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Far-right Dutch election victor Geert Wilders elicits sympathy and fear in Jewish voters

A last-minute surge that even surprised the populist head of the Party for Freedom reflects the rapidly changing landscape following the Oct. 7 Hamas...

10.12.2023 20

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Antisemitism in Germany increased by 320% after Oct. 7, report finds

Watchdog says signs of Jewish life in Germany becoming less visible as people refrain from wearing identifiable symbols, speaking Hebrew in public

30.11.2023 20

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As Europe’s Jews see new era of antisemitism, governments struggle to respond

Since the Hamas terrorist onslaught on Oct. 7, antisemitic incidents throughout the continent have increased 10-fold; France has registered over 1,000...

16.11.2023 20

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New biography revisits legacy of Jewish feminist Betty Friedan

Rachel Shteir’s ‘Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter’ offers a more comprehensive portrait of the complex, often controversial...

11.11.2023 20

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Antisemitic acts up eightfold in Netherlands since Oct. 7, Dutch watchdog reports

Researchers say not only have numbers grown, but range of attacks on Jews has increased as well

09.11.2023 20

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Bosnian director’s short on Muslims and Jews saving one another is a ‘mitzvah’

JTA — In 1941 Sarajevo, a Muslim woman hid her Jewish friend from fascist roundups. Half a century later, that same Muslim woman was trapped in the...

04.11.2023 10

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Jewish Syrian refugee faces increased antisemitism in Holland during war with Hamas

JTA — When Shevan arrived in the Netherlands as a refugee of the Syrian Civil War, he picked up running. The habit helped him combat traumatic...

04.11.2023 10

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In PBS series ‘Little Bird,’ a Jewish woman uncovers her traumatic Indigenous past

JTA — When Jennifer Podemski’s Indigenous mother gave birth at 17, social workers removed the baby from a Toronto hospital and put her into the...

04.11.2023 60

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Synagogue security in Europe raised as Jews brace for antisemitism after Hamas assault

MADRID, PARIS and LONDON (JTA) — As the bloody war in Israel and Gaza continues to escalate, many European Jews are bracing for reverberations far...

11.10.2023 10

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Porto’s Jewish community unveils memorial to 842 victims of Portuguese Inquisition

PORTO, Portugal (JTA) — In this city on Portugal’s northwestern coast, a small Jewish community has dedicated years to identifying its...

09.09.2023 60

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