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New legislation in Congress criticizes US military assistance to Israel
Rep. McCollum cited the NGO B’Tselem in her press release, saying that the organization “repeatedly documented that children are subject to abuse and, in some cases, torture.”
Holocaust Remembrance Day - Yom Hashoah
A quarter of Israel's Holocaust survivors living in poverty - WATCH
Many Holocaust survivors are also grandparents, "and grandparents want to spoil their grandchildren, but because of their financial situation they have not been able to."
In Krakow, young Jewish leaders
vow to make 'Never Again' a reality
More than 10,000 young adults are currently participating in March of the Living in Poland, due to culminate at Birkenau on Thursday.
Rivlin warns of Israeli alliance
with antisemitic parties in Europe
“No consideration of realpolitik can justify a dishonorable alliance with racist groups or elements who do not acknowledge their past and their responsibility for the crimes of the Holocaust."
Holocaust survivors tell stories
of stolen property on social media - WATCH
Using the #MyPropertyStory hashtag and and tagging @WJRORestitution, the WJRO and individuals who have heard about the campaign have posted dozens of such stories on the various social media networks.
Greek mayor to visit Ghetto Fighters Holocaust museum
Mayor Yiannis Boutaris of Thessaloniki is to pay tribute to the Greek Jews deported by the Nazis in World War II.

Greek Jewry and the Holocaust
Before World War II, approximately 80,000 Jews lived in Greece in 31 different communities. By war’s end, only 10,000 Jews survived.

Hungarian Holocaust survivors demand compensation for government's complacency
Winston Churchill said the Holocaust was “probably the greatest and most horrible crime ever committed in the history of the world.”

Publishing of cartoon is 'Numbness to creep' of antisemitism - NYT board
“Jews face even greater hostility and danger in Europe, where the cartoon was created,” the editorial also said.

UN genocide expert says European far-right is similar to rise of Nazis
"Unless we are blind or of bad faith, we should admit that it’s time to stand up, it is time to speak out."
Pompeo: Venezuela's Maduro ready to leave before Russia told him not to
According to the interview, Pompeo has previously noted in the past that Maduro was ready to board a plane to Havana, under the United States' wishes, until the Russian government intervened.

U.S. religious centers buy more insurance after raft of shootings
Potential violence has become top-of-mind for many religious organizations, following a spate of shootings in recent years.

Leaders of Kazakhstan, Democratic Republic of Congo keen on Israel trip
Netanyahu made the groundbreaking visit to Kazakhstan's capital Astana in 2016, after visiting Azerbaijan, which – like Kazakhstan – is a Muslim majority country.

Head of China news agency set to arrive in Israel
Alexander Pevzner, the founding director of the Chinese Media Center at Rishon Lezion’s College of Management Academic Studies, said the visit was “very important on several levels.”

Is the appointment of the next IDF Spokesman at risk?
Gil Messing served as a police informant in a Yisrael Beitenu corruption case in 2014.

Gazan artist turns buildings destroyed in conflict into art - WATCH
"This exhibition is a true reflection of the situation in Gaza," al-Jabali told MEMO.
Challenges ahead for the 21st Knesset
- ANALYSIS
In late 2017, the Supreme Court struck down the blanket exemption for full-time yeshiva students from military service and gave the government a year to pass a new law.

Hold the door for Game of Thrones' Hodor at Israel's Eurovision 2019

Will Ferrell to crash Eurovision in Tel Aviv

Sefaria turns a female page - WATCH
Online Jewish text platform adds commentary by Nechama Leibowitz, its first woman scholar, as it expands its accessible library.
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The Jerusalem PostHaachim Maslavita 13Tel-Aviv, Israel Israel

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