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Israel Sends Aid to Turkey and Syria in Wake of Earthquake That Has Killed...

Israel is sending aid to Turkey and Syria in the wake of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has left more than 2,000 dead as...

Law Enforcement Thwarts Potential Neo-Nazi Terror Attack on Area Power Grids

Jewish groups in Baltimore are praising law enforcement after the U.S. Justice Department announced the Feb. 3 arrest of two individuals who they allege...

Turkey Arrests ISIS Members Allegedly Targeting Istanbul Synagogues

Istanbul police arrested 15 suspects connected to the Islamic State terror group who were allegedly plotting to target synagogues and churches here, Turkish media...

Germany Celebrates UNESCO World Heritage Listing for Sites Known as Birthplace of Yiddish and...

Germany held a ceremony to celebrate the first German-Jewish sites to be given UNESCO’s World Heritage designation on Feb. 1. The sites in the upper...

Russian Missiles Reportedly Damage Historic Synagogue in Southeastern Ukraine

Russian missile fire damaged a 113-year-old synagogue last weekend in the city of Huliaipole, Ukraine. An unconfirmed photo of the synagogue on Twitter shows a...

In Haifa, a University Serves as a Base for Arab-Jewish Coexistence and a Place...

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Larry Luxner | JTA HAIFA — On a recent chilly morning, six Israeli Druze women gathered in a room at the University of Haifa library...

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Uses Book to Build Bridges

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“The Book of Jewish Knowledge” is given out to educate and inspire 125 ambassadors at the world body. To begin the new year of 2023,...

Women Gather at Chabad Center to ‘Stir the Soul,’ Celebrate the Hakhel Year

“The Soul Talks Torah”: That is the title of a series of monthly events through June arranged by Rebbetzin Rochel Kaplan, founder and director...

World Briefs: Half of 25 Most Generous Philanthropists in US Are Jews, but Few...

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Half of 25 Most Generous Philanthropists in US Are Jews, but Few Give to Jewish Groups Jews made up nearly half of America’s biggest philanthropic...

Could Ancient Wheat Be the Solution to the World’s Food Crisis?

Elana Shap | ISRAEL21c A quarter of the world’s food comes from just one crop. It grows abundantly in Russia and Ukraine, but war has...