World Biden administration suspends Abraham Accords assistance to Sudan The Biden administration has suspended assistance to Sudan, including assistance related to its normalization deal with Israel, and wants Israel to call… By Ron Kampeas, JTA May 31, 2022
World Sexual harassment scandal rocks German liberal Judaism A law firm that investigated abuse charges within the Catholic church in Germany is now doing the same for the country’s main Jewish organization, in the… By Toby Axelrod, JTA May 25, 2022
Culture Time 100 Jewish entries: Volodymyr Zelensky, Zoë Kravitz and more Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s Jewish president who has been leading his country during the Russian invasion that began in late February, has been named… By Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA May 24, 2022
U.S. In effort to seize Russian assets, the US takes a page from Chabad When the U.S. government announced that it would seek to seize the assets of VEB, Russia’s main development bank, a lawyer for the Chabad Hasidic movement… By Asaf Shalev, JTA May 17, 2022
World Inside the mission to aid Ukraine’s 15 remaining ‘Righteous Gentiles’ After Russia invaded Ukraine early in the morning of Feb. 24, millions of Ukrainians suddenly had their lives upended. The Jewish Foundation for the… By Stewart Ain, Jewish Week May 11, 2022
World Russian shelling damages burial place of Ukrainian pogrom victims A Jewish cemetery in Hlukhiv, Ukraine, was reportedly shelled Sunday in fighting close to the Russian border. The cemetery, where about 1,500 Jews are… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA May 9, 2022
World Bennett says Putin apologized for his deputy’s remarks on Nazis Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized Thursday to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for comments Putin’s foreign minister made comparing… By Andrew Lapin, JTA May 5, 2022
World Nigeria, Kyiv, Berlin: The long journey of two students fleeing Ukraine Nigerian students Funke Oluwatosin and Deborah Ologbenla, both 16, received a crash course in German Jewish life — as the result of a very unexpected… By Joe Baur, JTA May 2, 2022
World About Zelensky, Russian official says Hitler also had Jewish ancestry The fact that Ukraine’s president is Jewish has hurt the credibility of Russia’s claims that it invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 to “de-Nazify” it. Russian… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA May 2, 2022