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Cnaan Liphshiz
Jakiw Palij, a former Nazi concentration camp guard, is pictured in 1957. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Justice)
August 30, 2018, 4:13 pm
Nazi camp guard Jakiw Palij deported from US to Germany
The guard, 95, had been living in Queens, New York. He immigrated to the United States in 1949, concealing his Nazi service by saying he spent World War II working on a farm.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Saul Davidov greets regulars at the entrance to The Jewish House in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Cnaan Liphshiz)
August 24, 2018, 7:51 am
Azerbaijan’s only JCC sold off in painful blow to a dwindling community
Although the organization will move to a smaller space, many elderly Jews who used the building as a means of socialization will lose their home away from home.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The poke bowl dish at The Avocado Show in Amsterdam is among the the many images patrons share on social media. (Photo courtesy of The Avocado Show)
August 24, 2018, 7:50 am
Europe is going bananas over this Israeli guy’s avocados
The Avocado Show, a restaurant in Amsterdam with a menu based entirely on the creamy fruit, goes through about 10,000 avocados each week.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Tom Furstenberg, right, and a fellow congregant carry the Torah ark out of the Great Synagogue of Deventer last month. (Photo by Cnaan Liphshiz)
August 10, 2018, 9:01 am
Eviction of Dutch Jews from Nazi-ravaged synagogue brings back bitter memories
For some, the eviction meant the end of a Jewish presence in Deventer, Netherlands, a country that many say never recovered its Jewish heritage after the Holocaust.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Carinne Sjoberg peeling off a sticker that neo-Nazis left on the door of what used to be the Jewish community center of Umea, Sweden. (Photo courtesy of Carinne Sjoberg)
July 19, 2018, 3:51 pm
Caught between jihadists and neo-Nazis, Swedish Jews fear for their future
Some Jewish community leaders in Europe say Swedish Jewry, and the problems they are facing, is a "test case" for the rest of the continent.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Lior Brooks, left, during a match in Greece in 2017. (Photo courtesy of ZMAK)
July 12, 2018, 3:12 pm
An Israeli wrestler calls himself ‘The Chutzpah,’ and Europe loves to hate him
Lior Brooks has fondly taken over the boorish stereotype of "the ugly Israeli" abroad, creating a "classic villain" who steals the show.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland visits the Ulma Family Museum. Right-wing critics in his country accused Morawiecki of capitulating to Israel in softening a law on Holocaust rhetoric. (Photo by Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images)
July 5, 2018, 4:45 pm
How the US pressured Poland into softening its law on Holocaust speech
Critics accused Poland's prime minister of capitulating to Israel when he amended the Holocaust speech law. But, analysts say the concession was caused by pressure from the U.S.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Members of the Roma community are pictured at a Roma camp on the outskirts of Rome, June 19, 2018. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)
June 28, 2018, 3:35 pm
In Europe, the targeting of Roma sets off alarm bells for Jews
When Italy’s interior minister recommended creating a “registry” of Roma, some said it was reminiscent of Nazi policies.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Visitors view a memorial for the slain Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
June 21, 2018, 5:07 pm
In Holland, a former jihadist reaches out to Jews for forgiveness
As a Salafi jihadist, Jason Walters said anti-Semitism was part of his "entire worldview." Now, he is one of two individuals giving people hope in the fight against radical Islam.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Patrons at the Synagoga Cafe in Trnava, Slovakia, Sept. 13, 2017. (Photo from Wikimedia Commons)
June 7, 2018, 3:21 pm
Former synagogues become nightclubs, bars or cafes in Eastern Europe
Some view the new trend as exploitative cultural appropriation, but others think it offers respect and nostalgia for Jews and acts as a way to preserve historic sites.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Palestinians carrying a wounded man during a protest against United States’ plans to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, near Al Bureij Refugee Camp at the Gaza-Israel border, May 14, 2018. (Photo by Hassan Jedi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
June 1, 2018, 9:34 am
A Jewish prayer for Gaza victims rally makes British Jews lose their cool
A public mourning prayer for Palestinians killed in Gaza led to an unusually toxic debate that featured online shaming, insults and threats directed by Jews against Jews.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Netta Barzilai, the winner of this year’s Eurovision contest, performing at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, May 14, 2018. (Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 22, 2018, 11:37 am
How Israel overcame politics in winning the Eurovision song contest
Netta Barzilai’s eccentric feminist anthem “Toy” seemed to win out over any qualms about Zionism.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Talia Chain shows off the Havdalah area of her Sadeh Jewish farm near London. (Photo by Cnaan Liphshiz)
May 10, 2018, 2:17 pm
Outside London, British Jewry’s first communal farm in decades takes root
The farm acts as a space where Jews can connect to the land and the environment through their faith — and vice versa.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A man wears a kippah at a gathering in Berlin to protest anti-Semitism. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
May 4, 2018, 9:24 am
Most of Europe’s Jews have already stopped wearing kippahs
After an anti-Semitic incident in Germany last month, the debate over the kippah has come up again. But, most Jews made their decision long ago, without influence from leaders.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Supporters of the Fidesz party at a campaign closing rally in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. (Photo by Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images)
April 19, 2018, 2:02 pm
In Hungary’s election, the far right scores even as an extremist party fizzles
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling Fidesz party — which has been accused of supporting pro-Nazi collaborators and anti-Semitic politicians — won in a landslide.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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