French Jews on the move

A record 8,000 people, mostly between the ages of 16 and 35, have visited Israel opportunity fairs held by The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption this week across France. Read more

What does new citizenship law mean for Portuguese and world Jewry?…aska Alina Dain Sharon

Five-hundred years after thousands of Jews were burned at the stake or forcefully converted, and many others expelled due to the Inquisition, the Portuguese Cabinet has decided to grant citizenship to the descendants of those Jews as reparation for that persecution. Read more

A personal account of the liberation of the Bergen concentration camp

Lt-Col Leonard Berney RA TD tells J-Wire of his participation and the events surrounding the liberation of the notorious Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Read more

A yarmulke in disguise

An Israeli barber has developed a yarmulke to wear when you are not wearing a yarmulke…it is made from hair! Read more

Jews as The Devil

Q. Why do medieval texts think the Jew is a devil?    Rabbi Raymond Apple asks the question…and answers it. Read more

Jews from Arab Lands

The president of Israel has spoken at a ceremony commemorating the First Exit and Deportation of Jews from Arab Lands and Iran Day…an event also remembered in Sydney. Read more

Thessaloniki mayor to visit Melbourne Holocaust centre

Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, the mayor of Thessaloniki in Greece, is set to visit Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust centre on Sunday, November 23. Read more

A Greek Jewish Odyssey

A lifelong passion for Greece led Carol Gordon to explore the history of the country’s once vibrant Jewish communities. Read more

Strategic Vacuum…writes Michael Kuttner

We have been informed by no lesser an authority than the President of the United States that he has no strategy formulated for dealing with the pandemic of terror now spreading across the Middle East and soon to erupt in the USA, UK and Europe amongst other places. Read more

Better healthcare for Palestinian kids – thanks to Australian interfaith group

Hundreds of Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip will have access to improved healthcare thanks to a unique multi-faith partnership based in Australia. Read more

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