Australian jury mulls verdict on Haredi principal charged with 27 accounts of abuse
Filing a plea of not guilty, Leifer's lawyer claims “truth and reliability were lost in false accounts."
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Thessaloniki marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz trains
Officials, led by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, marched from Eleftherias ("Freedom") Square, where members of the city’s Jewish community were rounded up by the German occupying forces, to the city’s Old Train Station
Netanyahu's late-night visit to Rome's little-known Jewish catacombs
The existence and locations of the catacombs in the heart of Rome were known throughout history but were eventually forgotten, in several cases even lost. Over the past few years, researchers and rabbis took a renewed interest in the burial sites, resolving to properly honor the deceased as is required by the Halachah.
Taglit-Birthright 'most influential organization' in Diaspora-Israel relations
A new survey, released on Wednesday, shows that an overwhelming number of Israelis believe the project, which brings young Jews on a 10-day free trip, has a critical role when it comes to bolstering Israel's overall security and ties with Jews around the world.
'We knew we'd deeply regret not moving to Israel'
Barbara and Daniel Leeman make their life-long dream of making aliyah come true, joining their three children who are already living and studying in the Jewish state.
Suspect arrested after 2 Jewish men shot in LA
The men were shot within 24 hours, both while leaving a synagogue, with the LAPD saying "the facts of the case led to this crime being investigated as a hate crime."
Will the world's oldest Hebrew Bible go for $50M?
If the 1,000-year-old holy book sells for near its estimated value, the Codex Sassoon would become the most valuable printed text or historical document ever sold at auction, Sotheby's said.
Report: Antisemitism largely undercounted in 2022
Nearly half of American Jewish respondents approved of President Joe Biden’s response to antisemitism; 56% disapproved of Congress' record in that regard.
On Holocaust day, Biden says antisemitism drove him to presidency
The US president says that antisemitism has been a part of his education since his father instilled in him the promise of “never again” to the “horrors of the Shoah” at family dinners.
Torah scroll, hidden during World War II, now at Yad Vashem
While fleeing the horrors of World War II, Mordechai (Motel) Kanner reached a village in the Soviet Union where he was given a Torah scroll by an elderly Jewish woman. He buried it in the ground – and returned to retrieve it after the war.