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March 5, 20150

For Ukraine Jews, Purim holiday merely a respite

By Alan H. Gill, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — Jewish perseverance, and more than a bit of chutzpah, lies at the heart of the Purim holi

December 1, 20140

Tragedy of Mizrahi Jewish refugees emerges from the shadows

By Ben Cohen, JNS.org To properly understand how the Holocaust has been seared onto Israel’s collective consciousness, one should visit t

November 25, 20140

Jerusalem coexistence programs persist amid rising tensions

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Rawan Masalha and Inbar Shaked-Vardi were in their ninth-grade geography class earlier this

November 24, 20140

Yemenite culture minister dedicates award to country’s 90 remaining Jews

(JNS.org) Yemenite Minister of Culture Arwa Othman is giving away Human Rights Watch's Alison Des Forges Award, which she received in September, to Ye

August 11, 20140

Exodus to Egypt: 100 years since the Turkish expulsion of the Jews

By Rafael Medoff, JNS.org This year marks the 100th anniversary of the expulsion of thousands of Jews from Turkish-ruled Palestine to Egypt, in a d

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For Ukraine Jews, Purim holiday merely a respite

Tragedy of Mizrahi Jewish refugees emerges from the shadows

Jerusalem coexistence programs persist amid rising tensions

Yemenite culture minister dedicates award to country’s 90 remaining Jews

Exodus to Egypt: 100 years since the Turkish expulsion of the Jews