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Esther Voet, the editor-in-chief of the Dutch-Jewish weekly NIW and a former leader of the CIDI watchdog on anti-Semitism, condemned the play as “an unscrupulous falsification of history” in a scathing op-ed.
Read MoreThanks to the university’s undocumented policy of subterfuge against the Inquisition, Coimbra was in possession of a collection of rare, pristine Jewish manuscripts found nowhere else.
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A Jewish man walking in London’s Golders Green neighborhood, which is home to a large Jewish population, Sept. 23, 2015. (Tony Margiocchi/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
Below the surface, the planned mosque has touched off an acrimonious exchange among those who welcome the new center, with its capacity of 3,000 visitors, and those who fear it.
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The Jewish Community of Japan, a Conservative congregation of 110 families, meets in modern building in Tokyo built in 2009.(Abasaa/Wikimedia Commons)
Like most Jews who pray at the century-old Ohel Shelomoh Synagogue here — the oldest Jewish house of worship in Japan — this smuggler arrived from Israel more than 20 years ago after his army service and ended up staying and having children with his local wife.
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Anne Frank's diary has been translated into more than 70 languages and is the most widely read work of the Holocaust era. (Flickr Commons)
These mysteries separately have caught the eye of two American experts who both believe they can use the power of computation to make progress in the cold cases.
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Samuel Ekstein from New York City inspecting a citron fruit in Santa Maria Del Cedro, southern Italy, Sept. 14, 2016. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)
To be considered kosher, an etrog must at least be egg-sized, yellow, elliptical, intact (including its woody stem, or pitom) and possess a tough peel.
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The graphic novel directed by Ari Folman is the first such publication authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation.
The graphic novel, which was developed in cooperation with the Anne Frank Foundation contains colorful illustrations both of realities described in the book, including Anne’s difficult relationship with her mother and sister, and her dreams and fantasies.
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Villagers attending a fake Jewish wedding in the Polish village of Radzanow, Aug 5, 2017. (Jonny Daniels/From the Depths)
In Ukraine, so-called Jewish-themed restaurants with pork-heavy menus compete for tourists, while figurines of Jews are sold at markets as good luck charms. In Poland, graffiti reading “I miss you, Jew” have become a common sight.
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Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomon Jacobs' parents survived the Holocaust in hiding, and he often speaks about the genocide at Westerbork to schoolchildren. (Cnaan Lipshiz)
The film is one of only two cinematic works known to have been produced inside a functioning concentration camp for Jews — the other was in Theresienstadt.
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Police officers standing in front of the Manchester Arena in England, where a suspected suicide bomber killed at least 22 people, May 23, 2017. (Dave Thompson/Getty Images)
While there are also concentrations of Jews in North London, in Manchester — a city of 2.5 million, where 15.8 percent of the population is Muslim — there is added tension because the Jewish and Muslim communities live in close proximity.
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