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The Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg, Germany, once held 1,200 congregants before it was destroyed in Kristallnacht. (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia Commons)
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85 years later, Germany to begin rebuilding grand synagogue destroyed in Kristallnacht

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg October 2, 2023October 2, 2023
A member of the Bnei Menashe community in northeastern India works to construct a sukkah, the temporary structure used in celebrating Sukkot. (Photo/Courtesy Shavei Israel)
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Displaced by ethnic violence, India’s Bnei Menashe Jews construct sukkahs

by Jordyn Haime October 2, 2023October 2, 2023
A view inside the Synagogue Neustadt's opening ceremony, Sept. 3, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Heike Neubauer-Antoci)
Posted inWorld

New synagogue in Dresden plans to operate outside of Germany’s Jewish mainstream

by Toby Axelrod September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
A view outside the Anne Frank House Museum in Amsterdam, March 31, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Sjoerd van der Wal-Getty Images)
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Goyim Defense League member extradited to Netherlands in connection with antisemitic incident at Anne Frank House

by Andrew Lapin September 11, 2023September 11, 2023
American journalist Evan Gershkovich stands inside a defendants' cage at Moscow City Court on June 22, 2023.(Photo/JTA-Natalia Kolesnikova-AFP via Getty Images)
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Jewish Federations launch Rosh Hashanah letter-writing campaign to Evan Gershkovich

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg September 11, 2023September 11, 2023
A woman walks past the rubble of damaged buildings following the Sept. 8 earthquake in Moulay Brahim, Morocco. (Photo/JTA-Carl Court-Getty Images)
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Moroccan earthquake comes on eve of major Jewish pilgrimage and amid etrog harvest

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and Eliyahu Freedman September 11, 2023September 11, 2023
Two Israeli women arrive in Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 15, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
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More than 20,000 Israelis sought Portuguese nationality last year

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov September 1, 2023September 3, 2023
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush speaking in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Murat Gok-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Libyan foreign minister is fired and flees to Turkey after meeting her Israeli counterpart

Ben Sales by Ben Sales August 29, 2023August 29, 2023
Thanks to new technology, the remains of resistance fighter Bernard Luza (left) were recently identified in the Netherlands, as was the precise location of a massacre of Jews in Latvia, memorialized in a plaque in the general vicinity. (Photos/JTA-Dutch Ministry of Defense, Google Maps)
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Holocaust gravesites identified in Latvia and Netherlands using contemporary technology

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg August 25, 2023August 25, 2023
American journalist Evan Gershkovich stands inside a defendants' cage at Moscow City Court on June 22, 2023.(Photo/JTA-Natalia Kolesnikova-AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian court extends pretrial detention of Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich until November

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg August 24, 2023August 24, 2023

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