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(JTA) Earlier this year, a British Jewish nonprofit received a call from a young couple in the city of Brest, Belarus, who had just purchased a fixer-upper house and needed some help with a ...
A Jewish cemetery in Belarus was destroyed by Nazis. Now its headstones are being made into a memorial.
Reclaiming the past with a long-awaited visit to the family shtetl and other towns along the way.
(JNS) A Jewish mass grave containing 23 bodies was located September 17th in Belarus, local media reported. The remains of 12 adults and 11 children between the ages of one and 7 were uncovered in … ...
Another responded that the complainers “come from a position of privilege,” a riff on the age-old trope that rich Jews control the world. In the aftermath, several deans resigned, baruch hashem!
This article originally appeared on J, The Jewish News of Northern California, and was reprinted here with permission. David, an 89-year-old Iranian Jewish refugee, landed in Washington, D.C ...
In text messages, the 20-year-old described himself as a “Jew hater,” and called Jewish people “worthless,” court documents revealed.
When a large Jewish cemetery was paved over last century to create a sports ground in Belarus, the headstones were used to make roads and buildings. Recovered remnants are now being used to create ...
The 100-plus-year-old mural iwas found in the attic of an old building in North Adams. The building used to be a synagogue of the first Jewish Congregation in that town but has now been subdivided ...
An 81-year-old Dedham woman has made it her mission to save a 19th century mural that's a part of eastern European immigrant history.