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London Jewish Museum to close historical Camden site

The Jewish Museum London has announced that it will close this summer and sell its building in Camden, as it develops longer-term plans to reopen in a more prominent location.

Free State of Saxony funds eight projects to fight against antisemitism

The Saxon Ministry of Social Affairs will fund eight new projects to fight against antisemitism.

New book about the presence of Jews in French-Speaking Switzerland published by the Swiss Jewish Community

A new book published by the Swiss Jewish Community sheds light on the presence of Jews in French-speaking Switzerland.

German football team Borussia Mönchengladbach visited Bergen-Belsen

German football team Borussia Mönchengladbach visited the Bergen-Belsen memorial site. Players participated in a guided tour of the former Nazi concentration camp that lasted around two hours. 

Germany gears up to fine social networks for Holocaust denial

German lawmakers are poised to pass a bill designed to enforce the...

Belgian Jews regret decision of Flanders parliament to outlaw Shechita

The umbrella organisation of Belgian Jews has regretted the decision of the...

UK Jews and Muslims complain to BBC over reference to Holocaust in online article

The BBC has removed a line from an online story on its...

Bulgarian Jews condemn attack on family of Muslim leader in Sofia

Bulgarian Jewish organisations, in a statement on June 28, condemned the previous...

Knesset Speaker, once a prisoner in Siberia, addresses Russian Parliament

Thirty years after his release from Soviet camps, where he was subjected...

Spanish court strikes down another city’s anti-Israel resolution

For the second time in less than a year, a high court...

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