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Former Israeli Athletics Champion Suspected of Human Trafficking

In addition to the Israel Police, the investigation was also conducted by the Tax Authority and the National Insurance Institute, since the network is believed to be used to launder millions in illegal funds.

Dozens of Eastern European Interns Explore Aliyah as Doctors in Israel

"Despite the difficulties due to the Corona, the participants showed a great deal of seriousness and investment in their studies."

Reform NGO Claims 6 out of Every 7 Olim in Recent Years Not Recognized...

Only 1 in 25 immigrants from Russia are recognized as Jews in Israel (2,244 Jews compared to 50,093 eligible non-Jews).

MP Calls ‘Paltry’ Germany’s Adding 859 Survivors to Reparations List

German authorities have processed 1,249 applications for these payments since 2017, and rejected 347.

Romania ‘Remains Committed to Relocating Embassy to Jerusalem’

“I stand behind what I said in the past. There is no change in policy,” said Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă.

Kantor Center Annual Anti-Semitism Report: Ça Suffit! Enough Is Enough!

The sense of there being no place to go directly connects us to the plight of our parents and grandparents in Europe in the 1930s and '40s.

Preservation Project Using Drones to Map Out Jewish Cemeteries

The drones are collecting topographic data that EJCI experts, who are based in Kiev, Ukraine, use to track down and design plans for the cemeteries.

Netanyahu Cites ‘New Form of Anti-Semitism’ – Vicious Effort to Deny Jewish People Right...

"We must all join hands to combat traditional and modern forms of anti-Semitism."

European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, Chabad, Unveils Historic Preservation at Lubavitch Jewish Cemetery

Joseph Popack: “The impact that this small town had has on the entire world is tremendous, and to me personally it means everything.”

Netanyahu First Israeli Prime Minister to Visit Lithuania

"The families of my parents – of blessed memory – came from Lithuania at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th; I am making this visit also for this."

Rejuvenation: The Beauty and Beastliness of the Balkans [audio]

Is Croatia going the way of Poland in whitewashing Holocaust horrors? Where have all the Jews gone? After just returning from Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia and Greece Eve Harow shares her thoughts on her trip.

Germany to Pay Additional $88 Million to Holocaust Survivors

The country, which perpetrated mass murder against Jews and other minorities between 1933 and 1945, also agreed to increase pensions to 55,000 Holocaust survivors in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as to expand eligibility for child survivors.

Austria Welcomes Far-Right Freedom Party to Coalition Government

The far-right Freedom Party has joined the Austrian government coalition, to the dismay of Jewish leaders in Europe.

Daily Mail Columnist Warns Britain’s Jews Facing Exodus to Israel

"If history has taught us Jews anything, it's knowing when it's time to pack."

Netanyahu Greeted with Anti-Semitic Hitler Posters on Argentina Visit

The Hitler poster reads “Zionists Get out of Palestine.

As Trump Mulls Keeping Fed Chair Yellen, Gary Cohn Confesses He Considered Resigning over...

Cohn told the Financial Times on Friday he had written a resignation letter after Trump's feeble response to the neo-Nazi protests in Charlottesville.

Wizz Air Expands Low-Fare Flights from Israel

Wizz Air also announced that the new routes would operate twice a week.

Report: Mel Gibson Is the New Oskar Schindler

The Australian movie star and gifted director has been working overtime to clean up his act, a Herculean task if there ever was one.

Israeli Scientists Say Food Supplement May Help Reverse Familial Dysautonomia (FD)

A popular food supplement used for memory, cognitive issues and ADHD may also prove useful in treating Familial Dysautonomia.

Exhibition: The Jewish Ghetto in Postcards from Eastern Europe to Downtown Manhattan

From 1880 to 1924, one third of the Jewish population of Eastern Europe left shtetls and cities for the United States, fleeing persecution and seeking economic opportunity.

Clinton Mulling Biden for Secretary of State

Like the bulk of the Democratic party, Biden supports a two-state solution.

JDC and IFCJ Team to Help Elderly Jews in Eastern Europe

JDC and IFCJ are helping Eastern Europe's Jews for the next four years.

EU Counter-Anti-Semitism Czar: Our Goal to Allow Jews Fear-Free Life in Europe

A Rabbi of the Rabbinical Center of Europe told the EU official she cannot constantly undermine the foundations of Judaism: brit milah and kosher shechitah, and talk about wanting to eradicate anti-Semitism.

Vatican invites Exorcist Director William Friedkin to Meet a Real Dybbuk

"I don't think I will ever be the same having seen this astonishing thing."

Honoring the ‘Jewish Schindler’ You’ve Never Heard Of

It’s the Holocaust rescue story that often goes untold—Jews who put their lives on the line to save their fellow Jews.

Murdered Israeli Tourist Beaten to Death in Hungary

Initial findings of a police investigation indicate an Israeli tourist was beaten to death with bricks in Hungary.

Western Leaders Head to Ukraine to Try for Peace with Russia

Western leaders are heading to Ukraine and then to Moscow to try to stop the war.

Sobibor Death Camp Gas Chambers Uncovered

The location of the gas chambers at the notorious Sobibor death camp has been revealed, Yad Vashem announced Wednesday.

Time to Go Home

Here's the mausoleum in the old Jewish cemetery in Medzhybizh, Ukraine, of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, the holy Baal Shem Tov, who changed and...

Henry Shaw & Names

My father was always known as Rosen, but his elder brother Hashy became Shaw.

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