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Tunisian Singer’s Concert Cancelled After She’s Accused of Normalizing Ties With Israel
Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi announced on Wednesday that her upcoming concert in Tunisia has been cancelled by organizers, reportedly because she recently performed in...
Monument Marking 100th Birthday of Shimon Peres Gets Unveiled Outside Childhood Home in Belarus
The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation marked what would've been the 100th birthday of its namesake, Israel's late President Shimon Peres, by unveiling on Wednesday a monument in his honor in his Belarusian hometown...
German Soccer Team Partners With California Jewish School to Memorialize Children Killed in Holocaust
The German soccer club Borussia Dortmund (BVB) participated in a project at the San Diego Jewish Academy in late July that uses ceramic butterflies to commemorate the 1.5 million children murdered in the Holocaust. Borussia Dortmund...
New York City Exhibit Spotlights Jewish World War II Refugees Who Found Salvation in Shanghai
A new exhibition that opened in New York City on Monday highlights the personal stories of Jews and their descendants who found refuge in Shanghai, China, in the 1930s and 1940s during World War II. Titled...
Israeli Swimmer Sets New World Record at Para World Championships
Israeli swimmer Ami Omer Dadaon won a gold medal and broke the world record in...
Father of Late Actor Best Known as Pee-Wee Herman Was Co-Founding Pilot of Israeli Air Force
Jewish American actor and comedian Paul Reubens — who was best known for playing the...
Israeli Ambassador to India Blasts Bollywood Film for ‘Trivialization’ of Holocaust
The Ambassador of Israel to India Naor Gilon and the Israeli Embassy in India have...
‘Absolutely Sickening’: Twitter Slammed for Reactivating Kanye West’s Account After He Promises To Not Post Antisemitic Content
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is receiving criticism for reactivating Kanye...
Late Irish Songstress Sinead O’Connor Had Interest in Judaism and Took Kabbalah Classes
Sinead O’Connor, the famed Irish singer and songwriter who died on Wednesday in London at...
Tunisian Singer’s Concert Cancelled After She’s Accused of Normalizing Ties With Israel
Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi announced on Wednesday that her upcoming concert in Tunisia has been cancelled by organizers, reportedly because she recently performed in Israel. Mathlouthi,...
Monument Marking 100th Birthday of Shimon Peres Gets Unveiled Outside Childhood Home in Belarus
The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation marked what would've been the 100th birthday of its namesake, Israel's late President Shimon Peres, by unveiling on...
German Soccer Team Partners With California Jewish School to Memorialize Children Killed in Holocaust
The German soccer club Borussia Dortmund (BVB) participated in a project at the San Diego Jewish Academy in late July that uses ceramic butterflies to...
New York City Exhibit Spotlights Jewish World War II Refugees Who Found Salvation in Shanghai
A new exhibition that opened in New York City on Monday highlights the personal stories of Jews and their descendants who found refuge in Shanghai,...
Israeli Swimmer Sets New World Record at Para World Championships
Israeli swimmer Ami Omer Dadaon won a gold medal and broke the world record in the men's 100 meter freestyle on Tuesday during the second...
Father of Late Actor Best Known as Pee-Wee Herman Was Co-Founding Pilot of Israeli Air Force
Jewish American actor and comedian Paul Reubens — who was best known for playing the nerdy, eccentric and comedic character he created, Pee-wee Herman —...
Israeli Ambassador to India Blasts Bollywood Film for ‘Trivialization’ of Holocaust
The Ambassador of Israel to India Naor Gilon and the Israeli Embassy in India have joined Jewish groups in criticizing a new Bollywood film called...
‘Absolutely Sickening’: Twitter Slammed for Reactivating Kanye West’s Account After He Promises To Not Post Antisemitic Content
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is receiving criticism for reactivating Kanye West's account on Saturday, roughly eight months after it was...
Late Irish Songstress Sinead O’Connor Had Interest in Judaism and Took Kabbalah Classes
Sinead O’Connor, the famed Irish singer and songwriter who died on Wednesday in London at age 56, wrote in her memoir published last year that...
Orthodox Jewish Basketball Player Ryan Turell Stars in Documentary About NBA Prospects
Ryan Turell, the first Orthodox Jew to be selected in the G League Draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA), is one of five basketball...
German Bank Returns Kandinsky Painting to Heirs of Original Jewish Owners Persecuted by Nazis
A state bank in Bavaria, Germany, has agreed to return an artwork by famed Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky to the family of a Dutch Jewish...
Movie About Founder of Underground Zionist Armed Organization to Make World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival
The lineup for the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will include the world premiere of Shoshana, a film about the founder of the Lehi...
Jewish Fencer Makes US Fencing History at World Championships in Italy
Jewish fencer Eli Dershwitz became the first man from the United States to win the gold medal in men's individual sabre fencing when he bested...
Helen Mirren Leads Israel Into Yom Kippur War as Prime Minister Golda Meir in First Trailer for ‘Golda’
Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren transforms into former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir during the 1973 Yom Kippur War in the first official trailer for Guy...
