Two tiny sects with Jewish roots have been dragged into yet another diplomatic fight between Russia and Ukraine. The few hundred Karaite Jews who remain in Ukraine today are members of a sect that broke off from mainstream Judaism in eighth-century Iraq. They were documented in Crimea in the 13th century and nearly wiped out…
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India’s Jews try to stay safe from Covid, offer relief to others
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Germany sets precedent in return of painting sold as owner fled Nazis
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