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Jewish 'Lost Mural' is moved and restored to former glory

A mural that was painted in a Vermont synagogue more than 100 years ago by a Lithuanian immigrant — and hidden behind a wall for years— has been termed a rare piece of art and has been painstakingly moved and restored.

Italy

'Life that was': Experts restore historic synagogues in Venice ghetto

Venice’s ghetto dates from 1516 when the republic forced the city's Jewish residents into isolation in the district where the old foundries, or “geti”, had been located.

My Europe Series

How past horrors are pushing Polish Jews to help fleeing Ukrainians

“I didn’t know how many people, I didn’t know who was arriving -- I just said yes,” said Alina Sobczak.

Germany

German dictionary updates definition of 'Jew' after outcry

The Duden dictionary has stated that the word could occasionally be perceived as discriminatory.

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Whoopi Goldberg suspended after controversial Holocaust remarks

The presenter claimed that the Holocaust was "not about race" during a conversation on the banning of a book about Nazi death camps on her show, The View.

Culture news

Tu Bishvat: What is the Jewish holiday for trees?

Get your seder plates and gardening gear ready: it's time to celebrate Tu Bishvat.

Culture news

Giant Jewish menorah lights up the start of Hanukkah in Berlin

Hundreds of people in Berlin celebrated the start of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sunday by lighting a giant menorah in front of the Brandenburg Gate.

World News

Holocaust survivor-author Eddie Jaku dies in Sydney aged 101

“Eddie Jaku was a beacon of light and hope for not only our community, but the world,” New South Wales state Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive officer Darren Bark said in a statement.

Hungary

Volunteers restore one of the world's largest Jewish cemeteries

Nature has taken over much of the 130-year-old site.

Ukraine

Remembering Babi Yar - the little-known 'Holocaust of bullets'

As the 80th anniversary of Babi Yar approaches, some urge Ukraine to do more to commemorate what became known as the "Holocaust of bullets".

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Jerusalem's Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate Passover

Jerusalem's Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate Passover

Germany

Is anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany among COVID-denial movements?

Groups that would normally have nothing to do with each other are uniting in Covid-denying movements: right-wing groups, left-wing extremists, Islamist groups. And 'anti-Semitism is acting as a binder.'

Germany

Student assaulted outside Hamburg synagogue in 'anti-Semitic attack'

A Jewish student was "seriously injured" on Sunday outside a synagogue in Hamburg, northern Germany, in what police have described as "anti-Semitic motivated attack".

Europe News

Belgian Jews fear the scaling back of counter-terror patrols

Belgium is considering winding down soldiers' counter-terror patrols. At the height of the terror threat, thousands of soldiers paced the streets. Authorities are weighing up the cost of such security measures against the concerns over future threats.

USA

Hanukkah stabbing suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder

Grafton E. Thomas has been charged with five counts of attempted murder and one of burgalry.

Belgium

UNESCO wipes Belgian festival from heritage list over 'racist floats'

The decision was prompted by the presence of caricatured floats of Orthodox Jews with hooked noses at the festival. The city's mayor said organisers were neither racist nor anti-Semitic.

France

France opens anti-hate office after Jewish graves desecrated

The office will coordinate police and judicial work to hold responsible those who commit anti-semitic, islamophobic, and anti-christian hate crimes, France's interior minister Christophe Castaner said.

Greece

Doctor and independent Moses Elisaf is Greece's first Jewish mayor

Doctor, academic and independent politician Moses Elisaf is the newly-elected Mayor of Ioannina in north-west Greece and the country's first Jewish mayor

World News

Rabbis in Europe request addition of kippah-wearing rabbi

In a letter sent to the Unicode Consortium — a non-profit that approves new emojis — the Conference of European Rabbis said a fight against anti-semitism "starts with the small things", namely a new emoji that could represent the Jewish faith.

World

Hebron: a city divided between Palestinians and Israeli settlers

Hebron, high in the mountains of the West Bank, is a Palestinian City which has been split for over 20 years. The proximity between the Israeli and the Palestinian communities create daily struggles. Euronews' reporter Monica Pinna went there to find out more.