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In Major Reversal, Russian Speakers No Longer Majority Making Aliyah to Israel

Immigrants from Russia and Ukraine account for less than 40 percent of total olim so far this year, based on preliminary Jewish Agency figures, seemingly losing their majority due to tightening of regulations and uptick in aliyah from U.S. and France

Fifteen Killed, Dozens Wounded in Anti-coup Protests in Sudan

Israeli, Chinese Presidents Call for Increased Cooperation Despite U.S. Warnings

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Sudanese migrants sit as they wait for work on a street corner in south Tel Aviv, October, 25, 2020.

Sudanese Migrants in Israel Fear Deportation After Coup

Israel's delta wave

Booster Shots Put a Halt to Israel’s Delta Wave. Can They Do the Same in Europe? Booster Shots Put a Halt to Israel’s COVID Delta Wave. Can They Do the Same in Europe?

Juana Rashmawi in custody, last week.

Court: Spaniard Israel Claimed Was Tied to Six Blacklisted Palestinian NGOs Is Not Spaniard Israel Claimed Was Tied to Six Blacklisted Palestinian NGOs Is Not, Military Court Says

Police and forensic officers following the car blast of Liverpool Women's Hospital, today.

U.K. Says Liverpool Taxi Blast Was a Bomb, Raises Threat Level

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Malmo International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism in Sweden, last month.

Shelved Canadian School Guidelines Encouraged Balanced Approach to Nazi History

Then-Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely gives a press conference at the Barkan Industrial Park near the Israeli settlement of Ariel

It's Not Antisemitic to Protest Israel's Ambassador. Just Ask British Jews

Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane.

Government Urges Miss South Africa to Boycott Miss Universe Pageant in Israel

A protest over the death of Nizar Banat, a critic of the Palestinian Authority, in Ramallah in June.

Israel Asked U.S. to Pressure European, Arab Countries to Increase Aid to PA

Danny Fenster, right, with his brother Bryan at a friend's wedding in Krakow, Poland, September 2019.

Danny Fenster, Jewish-American Journalist Sentenced to 11 Years in Myanmar, Is Freed Danny Fenster, Jewish-American Journalist Sentenced to 11 Years in Myanmar Prison, Is Released

Cain and Abel by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

1,300-year-old Murder Offers Glimpse at History – and Prehistory – of Homicide 1,300-year-old Murder Mystery Offers Glimpse at History – and Prehistory – of Homicide

A protest in Khartoum, Sudan in October.

Al Jazeera Says Bureau Chief Detained by Sudanese Forces

Polish nationalists burned down a copy of Statue of Kalisz, which cemented Jewish rights in the city

Poland Condemns Far-right Independence Rally Where Hundreds Chanted 'Death to Jews'

Shmuel Peleg, maternal grandfather of Eitan Biran, leaves court in Tel Aviv, last month.

Israeli Court Upholds Ruling to Return Kidnapped Boy to Italy Within 15 Days

A photo of late fashion designer Alber Elbaz is seen between models wearing creations at 'Love Brings Love,' a tribute show in honor of Elbaz, by AZ Factory, in Paris, last October.

Between Charlie Chaplin and Ohad Naharin: Remembering the Legendary Alber Elbaz

A man holds up a poster showing Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a protest against the Hungarian government for using Pegasus spyware in July.

NSO Spyware Used by Private Firm Against Reporter, Top Mexican Official

A father crying beside the coffin of his son, among 534 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre lined up for a joint burial in Potocari, in 2009.

'Destabilize the Balkans': Bosnia Protests German Award to Holocaust Historian 'Destabilize the Balkans': Bosnia Protests German Award to Israeli Holocaust Historian

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In this file photo taken on May 16, 1992 ANC Vice-president Nelson Mandela (R) greets South Africa's President FW De Klerk before addressing the Convention for a Democratic South Africa.

South Africa's Last White President Leaves Posthumous Apology for Apartheid De Klerk, South Africa's Last White President, Leaves Posthumous Apology for Apartheid

A court-sketch made on October 26, 2021, shows the start of the trial against two men Yacine Mihoub (L-back), 31-years-old, and Alex Carrimbacus (front), 25-years-old, accused of the anti-Semitic murder of Mireille Knoll

French Sentenced to Life for Antisemitic Murder of Holocaust Survivor

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Colombian President Iván Duque in Jerusalem, on Tuesday.

Colombian President: Iran Must Not Become a Nuclear Threshold State

People gather in Leipzig, Germany, to protest antisemitism, last month.

EU Rights Body Criticizes 'Lack of Adequate Data' on Antisemitism in Europe

Protesters marching in London against China's treatment of ethnic minorities, last month.

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Says China May Be Committing Genocide Against Uyghurs

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi bump elbows during the signing ceremony of a 25-year cooperation agreement, in Tehran, Iran, in March.

Iran Wants Closer Ties With China – Here’s Why Beijing Isn’t So Enthusiastic

Tzipi Hotovely led out of an event at LSE, on Tuesday.

U.K. Minister Apologizes to Israeli Ambassador After pro-Palestinian Protest

File photo: A demonstration organized by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism in central London, in 2018.

Most Brits Don’t Know How Many Jews Perished in Holocaust, New Poll Says

Photo of Jewish-owned shops on Potsdamer Strasse in Berlin destroyed by the Nazis on Kristallnacht placed at the same location 80 years later

Don’t Call It 'Kristallnacht'

Italy issues international arrest warrant against Israeli Shmuel Peleg who kidnapped grandson

Italy Issues International Arrest Warrant Against Israeli Who Kidnapped Grandson

Lights illuminate the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial after the inauguration ceremony, in Vienna, Austria

On Kristallnacht Anniversary Austrian Government Unveils Memorial With 64,440 Names On Kristallnacht Anniversary, Austrian Government Unveils Memorial Wall With 64,440 Names

British fascist Oswald Mosley pictured in 1933.

Jewish Students Slam Oxford for Donations From Fascist Mosley’s Family

A protest against the military takeover of the government in Khartoum, last month.

Sudan Court Orders Providers to End Blackout, but No Sign of Internet Returning Sudan Court Orders Internet Providers to End Blackout, but No Sign of Services Returning

Ethiopians claiming a right to make aliyah protest the Israeli government's decision not to allow all of them to emigrate, at a synagogue in Addis Ababa, in 2018.

Ministers Agree on Plan to Bring Close Family of Ethiopian Jews to Israel

Iron Dome intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel during the war that Israel fought against Hamas

U.S. Tests Israel's Iron Dome Defense System Against Chinese Missiles, Report Says

Olim

How the War in Ethiopia Ignited a Battle in Israel

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven visiting the synagogue in Malmo last month.

Sweden's PM Likes Warming Ties With Israel, but Doesn't Regret Recognizing Palestine From Recognizing Palestine to Warming Ties With Israel: An Interview With Sweden's Outgoing Prime Minister

Asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv, this year.

Israel to Reconsider Refused Tigrayan Asylum Pleas

Protesters show placards as Sweden Democrats party leader Jimmie Akesson gives a speech to campaign in Malmo, southern Sweden, on August 31, 2018

How the Far Right 'pro-Israel' Sweden Democrats Dishonestly Deny Their Antisemitism 'Brown Shirts in Suits': How the Far Right 'pro-Israel' Sweden Democrats Dishonestly Deny Their Antisemitism

The Royal Court Theatre

U.K. Royal Court Theatre Changes Character’s Name Following Antisemitism Charges

People chant slogans during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan, last week.

Sudan Internet Cuts Complicate Civil Disobedience Campaign Against Military Coup

The furnishings and ritual objects from the synagogue in Mosbach on the town square on 10 November 1938.

German Jewish Council Opposes Combining Commemoration for 1938 Pogroms, German Unity

A memorial for the victims of the Tigray conflict in Addis Ababa last week.

Israel Evacuates Diplomats’ Families From Ethiopia as Rebel Forces Approach Capital

People chant slogans during a protest in Khartoum, amid ongoing demonstrations against a military takeover in Khartoum, Sudan, on Thursday.

'Semi-deadlock' in Sudan Talks as Activists Reject Power-sharing, Call Strikes 'Semi-deadlock' in Sudan Talks as Activists Reject Power-sharing With Army, Call Strikes

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian hold a joint news conference following their meeting, in Moscow, Russia last month.

Russia, Iran Express Support for Restoring Nuclear Deal to Original Form

An aerial view of Orkhon River Valley.

Archaeologists Find Lost Capital of the Mongols, and It Was Big Archaeologists Debunk Myth: Mongols Had Cities, but Not for Themselves

The scene of an Ethiopian airstrike in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region in October.

Ethiopia Declares State of Emergency as Tigrayan Forces Gain Ground

Karine Elharrar, Naftali Bennett and Boris Johnson in Glasgow, on Tuesday.

In Glasgow Meeting, U.K.'s Johnson Apologizes to Israeli Minister in Wheelchair

Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan at the General Command of the Armed Forces in Khartoum last week.

Israeli Delegation Visited Khartoum After Military Coup

Energy Minister Karine Elharrar, in October.

U.K. Apologizes After Disabled Israeli Minister Can't Attend Climate Talks Glasgow Summit: U.K. Apologizes After Disabled Israeli Minister Can't Attend Climate Talks

Bosnian Serb Milorad Dodik, President of the Republika Srpska, is intensifying his all-out assault on the institutions guaranteeing the territorial integrity and sovereignty of post-war Bosnia

Prepping for Secession – or War: Who Will Stop Bosnia's Serb Separatists?

Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony in Wojsławice, Poland, earlier this month.

Poland Recognized the IHRA Antisemitism Definition. Critics Aren't Impressed

A person wearing a Sudan's flag stand in front of a burning pile of tyres during a protest against prospect of military rule in Khartoum

Sudanese Army Shoots Dead Three People During Nationwide Protests Against Coup

People burn tires during a protest a day after the military seized power Khartoum, Sudan on Tuesday.

Sudan Coup Leader Hints Ousted Prime Minister Could Return to Form New Government

Tova Moradi, 83, an Afghan Jewish woman who fled Kabul this month with relatives.

Woman Now Thought to Be Afghanistan's Last Jew Flees Country

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, in July.

EU to Seek Evidence From Israel on Terror Designation of Palestinian NGOs European Union to Seek Evidence From Israel on Terror Designation of Palestinian NGOs

Sweden Democrats celebrate during Sweden's election night in Stockholm, in 2014.

Israel’s Ambassador to Sweden Rejects Far-right – and Stirs Political Storm

A view shows the Israeli settlement of Har Homa in the West Bank, on Wednesday.

12 European States Urge Israel to Stop Settlement Expansion

Taiwan coast

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Thousands of Miles From D.C., Biden Faces His Most Dangerous Dilemma

Young Israelis on a trip to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland five years ago.

Israel Mulls Restarting Holocaust Trips to Poland After Lengthy COVID Break Israel Mulls Restarting Student Holocaust Trips to Poland After Lengthy COVID Break

Construction in the Israeli settlement of Rahalim, south of Nablus, earlier this month.

Israel to Join Key EU Research Program That Bans Use of Funds in Settlements

Sudanese protesters lift national flags as they rally in the capital to denounce overnight detentions by the army of government members on Monday.

U.S. Says Too Soon to Say How Coup Attempt May Impact Israel-Sudan Normalization

Sudanese men protest against a military coup that overthrew the transition to civilian rule, in the al-Shajara district in southern Khartoum, on Monday.

U.S. Halts $700 Million Aid to Sudan Following Coup

Far right pundit Eric Zemmour, floating a possible presidential bid, speaks at another stop in his nationwide book tour last month. He has previously been convicted of inciting racial and religious hatred

Eric Zemmour Isn't France's Donald Trump. He's Far Worse

Zeev Elkin, left, and Naftali Bennett speaking with Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Friday.

Putin Meeting Reminds Israelis That Life Goes on After Netanyahu Putin Hosts Bennett, Reminding Israelis That Life Goes on After Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett boards a plane to Washington, in August.

Iran, Sputnik V on the Agenda as Bennett Meets Putin Today

Imam Salahuddin Barakat and Rabbi Moshe David Hacohen.

World Leaders Came and Went, but Nordic City's Fight Against Antisemitism Continues

Maria Abramovic next to her Wall of Tears at Babi Yar, Ukraine.

Marina Abramovic Has Healed From Her Own Art, Now She’s Healing Visitors to Babi Yar

The Che Lu Chien church, which houses the Taiwan Holocaust Peace Memorial, in Tainan, Taiwan.

Inside the ‘Smallest Holocaust Museum in the World’

Aristides and Angelina de Sousa Mendes with their first six children, 1917.

Portugal Honors Diplomat Who Rescued Thousands From Nazi Persecution

ICYMI

The Secret U.S. Facility Where Jewish Soldiers Interrogated Nazis

How Israel’s Shekel Became the Strongest Currency in the World

What Is Bari Weiss' New Anti-woke 'University' Really For, and Who Will Fund It?

Israel, Spyware and Corruption: NSO Ties to Netanyahu, Bennett and Other Politicians

'So Easy': How Unvaccinated Tourists Can Skirt Israel's Entry Rules

Israel Secretly Brought Dozens of Ethiopians, Then Discovered Most Weren't Jewish Israel Secretly Brought in Dozens of Ethiopians From War-torn Tigray, Then Discovered Most Weren't Jewish