For Mallorca’s Jews, First ‘Public’ Sukkah a Triumph over the Inquisition
Before the Spanish Inquisition, the island of Mallorca had a sizeable Jewish community.
Torah Scroll the Nazis Stole Returns to Service in Prague
A Torah scroll that the Nazis stole from for their planned museum on Judaism in Prague will return to use there on Simchat Torah.
Thieves Caught Trying to Take More Than 200 Jewish Headstones from Argentine Jewish Cemetery
Local Jewish leaders are fuming about repeated security breaches at a large Jewish cemetery in the Buenos Aires area.
Amsterdam’s Latest Holocaust Memorial Features Names of 102,000 Victims
Amsterdam has a new Holocaust memorial that contains over 100,000 names of Dutch Holocaust victims and was designed by the famed Jewish architect Daniel Libeskind.
Siberian Jews Open Region’s Largest Jewish Education Center in Tomsk
A century ago, communists shuttered the synagogues of Tomsk, one of the oldest cities in Siberia.
Ida Nudel, Longtime Face of Jewish Persecution in the Soviet Union, Dies at 90
Ida Nudel, a Russian Jewish refusenik, has died.
At Protest, Men Dressed as Nazis Make Mock Arrest Of Yellow Star-wearing Man
Several men dressed like Nazis were seen pretending to arrest a man wearing a yellow star as part of a rally against COVID-19 measures in the Netherlands.
Taliban: We Want Ties with US and Rest of the World — But Not...
The Taliban, the extremist Islamist movement once famously insular, is ready to build relations with the world — except for Israel.
World Jewish Population Rises Slightly to 15.2M
The world population of those who self-identify as Jews stands at about 15.2 million — an increase of 100,000 over last year — with the number in the U.S. differing measurably from this year’s Pew survey.
Afghanistan’s Last Jew Leaves the Country
Zebulon Simantov, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan, has finally left the country for fear of persecution by the Taliban, an Israeli television channel reported.
