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A choir in a synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, in the 1960s. (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inWorld

Egypt introduces Judaism into its school curriculum

David Ian Klein by David Ian Klein and Forward March 11, 2021
The interior of the Great Synagogue of Slonim, Belarus, pictured in 2007. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inWorld

In Eastern Europe, historic synagogues are sold for the price of a used car

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA March 5, 2021
BBC headquarters in Central London in 2017. (Photo/JTA-Vuk Valcic-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

BBC debate on whether Jews are an ethnic minority sparks outrage

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA March 3, 2021
A Purim parade in Tel Aviv, Feb. 26, 2021. Celebrations took place during the day because the government imposed a curfew to prevent the spread of Covid-19. (Photo/JTA-Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Masks of all kinds: Scenes from a pandemic Purim across the world

by JTA February 28, 2021
A worker clears shattered glass outside a shop damaged by a rocket attack the previous night in Erbil, the capital of the Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region. (Photo/JTA-Safin Hamed-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Biden’s first military action: Strike on Iranian-backed targets in Syria

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 26, 2021
Opposition political leader Alexei Navalny's supporters seen marching in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Jan. 31, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Aleksey Fokin-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Why Russian Jews are divided over the anti-Putin movement

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
A chance encounter between a law professor and a Holocaust survivor prompted a feel-good story (which may or may not be true) to circulate online. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inHistory

Is Bonne Maman an anti-Nazi jam? The internet wants to think so.

Gabe FriedmanPhilissa Cramer by Gabe Friedman, Philissa Cramer and JTA February 18, 2021
Dr. Ari Johnson and Dr. Jessica Beckerman are this year's recipients of the Charles Bronfman Prize for their work bringing medical care to Mali.
Posted inUncategorized

‘We have the obligation to help’: Married doctors recognized for life-saving work in Mali

by Dan Pine February 18, 2021February 23, 2021
A menorah is seen as Israeli entrepreneurs celebrate Hanukkah for the first time at a hotel in Dubai, Dec. 10, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Karim SAHIB-AFP-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Gulf Jews form umbrella body to make observance easier

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 17, 2021
Elli Kriel, a sociologist by training, has succeeded as a chef by fusing traditional Jewish and Emirati recipes. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Kriel)
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With fusion Emirati-Jewish dishes, a kosher chef blossoms in Dubai

by Asma Ali Zain and JTA February 15, 2021

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