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The archive in Bad Arolsen says documents with information on more than 2.2 million people are now available online. Work is still being done to improve searchability.

Staunchly pro-Israel and a former congressman from Ohio, Fingerhut will oversee the activity of some 150 Jewish federations as well as hundreds of additional smaller communities in North America.

The papers being returned Tuesday were stolen from a Tel Aviv apartment and recovered by German police when offered for sale in 2013.

Taking the oath of office in Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, Volodymyr Zelensky evokes Israel's defensive prowess as he pledges to protect Ukraine's sovereignty and independence. "We must become Icelanders in soccer, Israelis in defending our land, Japanese in technology," he says.

High court leaves in place 2018 federal appeals court ruling that blocked a lawsuit over ownership of "Adam" and "Eve" paintings by German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder. Marei von Saher had sued over the works, which were taken by Nazis in a forced sale from her Jewish father-in-law in the Netherlands.

Anti-Defamation League thanks Chicago police for "swift and professional response" and says it is monitoring the investigation.

"I'm ready to lose my popularity and, if necessary, I'm ready to lose my post so that we have peace," says new president and former comedian on his inauguration, a month after winning unlikely victory.

“Somebody out there wants to hurt us. Just because we exist. And that is frightening. Hate can’t be reasoned with. Hate just needs to be eradicated,” says Chanie Krinsky, co-director of the Chabad Jewish Center in Needham, Mass.

i24NEWS' "Afrique" reports from the African country about the Igbo Jews, who practice Judaism and yearn for Zion, but have yet to be embraced by Israel

"A licensed security guard can cost $50 an hour, and we need armed security now, unfortunately,” says developer. “Many have had it for years, but others are now being awakened to that reality."