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Putin condemned for saying Jews may have manipulated U.S. election

JewishgroupsandU.S.lawmakerscondemnedRussianPresidentVladimirPutin’ssuggestionthatthe2016U.S.presidentialelectionmayhavebeenmanipulatedbyRussianJews.Putin’srema

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Iceland law to outlaw male circumcision sparks row

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Holocaust survivor opens art museum in hometown Vilnius

PainterandHolocaustsurvivorSamuelBakonMondayopenedamuseumofhisallegoricalworkinspiredbyJewishhistoryintheLithuaniancapitalVilnius,morethanhalfacenturyafterhehel

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Ivanka Trump and Kushner face pressure to speak out on antisemitism

IvankaTrumpandherhusband,JaredKushner,arefacingapotentiallyawkwardreceptionfromWashington’sJewishcommunityafterDonaldTrump’sastonishingdefenceofantisemiticprote

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German opera festival confronts Wagner anti-Semitism head-on

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Vandals attack Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia

Vandals have broken and overturned more than 500 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, the latest in a spate of bomb threats and attacks against Jewish sites across the United States.

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Over 100 Jewish cemetery headstones damaged in Philadelphia, U.S.

U.S. Police said Sunday that over 100 headstones have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, damage discovered less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri, local media reported.

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At least 11 US Jewish centers get bomb threats

Nearly a dozen Jewish community centers across the United States received bomb threats that led to evacuations, in the latest wave of such attacks since Donald Trump became president a month ago.

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Documents tell wartime tale of Jews in Shanghai

The Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum hopes that documents about Jewish refugees' life experience in Shanghai during World War II will eventually be listed in China's national legacy archives.

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Israel slams Palestinian bid on Jerusalem holy site

​Israel said on Monday it is working to thwart a Palestinian proposal to a United Nations body to recognize the Jerusalem site of the Western Wall as a Muslim holy site.

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Israel steps up crackdown on Jewish extremists

​The Israeli government is stepping up its efforts to crack down on Jewish extremists who have been suspected of staging a string of violent attacks on civilian and religious sites over the past years.

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Top wanted Jewish settler arrested by Israeli security services

​The Israeli security services arrested on Monday a far-right Jewish settler for his alleged involvement with a far-right militant organization, a spokesperson for the Shin Bet Security Agency confirmed to Xinhua.

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Unforgettable memories of Chinese-Jewish solidarity during WWII

​"During the Second World War, the Chinese people were wonderful to us, I will never forget them! Never!" said Ruth Zimmermann, a Jewish refugee during the WWII, in a shaking voice.

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Chinese visas to Shanghai save thousands of Jews in Austria before WWII

China and Israel on Tuesday unveiled a plaque to commemorate a late Chinese diplomat for his humanitarian efforts on the eve of World War II, at the site of the former Chinese Consulate General in Vienna.

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Shanghai's Jewish ghetto to apply for world memory list

​Shanghai plans to apply for the neighborhood that sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII to be inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

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Israel lays to rest 4 victims of Paris supermarket attack

Israeli leaders and multitude of mourners gathered Tuesday with the families of four Jewish victims of last week's terror attack on a Paris kosher supermarket for a solemn funeral ceremony at a Jerusalem cemetery.

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Israeli cabinet approves conversion reform bill

​The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved a controversial conversion reform bill, aiming to make it easier for tens of thousands of Israelis to become Jewish.