National Library of Israel displays Selichot text from 15th-century Italy, which curator Dr. Yoel Finkelman says might have been finalized by Devorah, the widow of printing press owner Rabbi Meshulam Kuzi.
Ukraine's deputy health minister, Dr. Ihor Kuzin, says a special directive allowing religious pilgrims to enter the country under certain pandemic-related restrictions has been approved and will also apply to Hassidic Jews visiting Uman.
The agency said it would look into allegations made by watchdog that over 100 UNRWA staff members had promoted violence and antisemitism on social media.
"They will bring the Israeli experience to hundreds of thousands of Jewish children and teens, and foster the connection between Israel and Diaspora Jewry," Jewish Agency Director-General Amira Ahronoviz says.
Ukrainian-born Artem Dolgopyat is "Jewish enough" to represent Israel in the Olympics, but apparently not "Jewish enough" to wed in Israel.
In his report "The Discourse on Antisemitism in the United States in the Mainstream Media in 2020," Lior Sirkis of the Tel Aviv Institute for National Security Studies found that "both sides of the political map are increasingly accusing each other of being responsible for the phenomenon."
Deborah Lipstadt took on Holocaust denier David Irving, and won. AJC congratulates Biden administration's "wise choice."
Mayor of Castelo de Vide Antonio Pita partners with B'nai B'rith World Center Director Alan Schneider to commemorate the persecution of city's Jewish residents in the 15th century.
Collectors now have the chance to bid on the wheelchair used by the sixth Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Hassidic movement, Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn.
The cities Mainz, Worms and Speyer were centers of Jewish culture in the Middle Ages and are referred to as "Jerusalem on the Rhine." Among the Jewish centers preserved from the period are cemeteries, a synagogue and a ritual bathhouse.
