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State-funded Jewish schools may not award places on the basis of whether a student's parent is Jewish, Britain's Supreme Court ruled.
State-funded Jewish schools may not award places on the basis of whether a student's parent is Jewish, Britain's Supreme Court ruled. (Board of Deputies of British Jews)

British Jews weigh fight after court ruling on ‘Who is a Jew’

By Winston Pickett · February 2, 2010

A British Supreme Court ruling that regulates admission requirements for Jewish schools is being seen across the Jewish denominational spectrum as government interference in a matter of religion. The question of how to react has left British Jewry bitterly divided. Read more »

With unconventional ways, Moscow rabbi seeks to boost Jewish life

By Anna Rudnitskaya · February 4, 2010

With Torah lessons for bank executives, online social networking and personal charisma, one Moscow rabbi is trying some unconventional ways to draw Russian professionals and businessmen to Jewish life. Read more »

Preserving the unique heritage of Jamaica’s Jews

By Gil Shefler · January 20, 2010

Descended from Marranos, pirates and slave traders, the Jewish community of Jamaica has dwindled to about 200 members. While its leader, Ainsley Henriques, is trying to preserve Jamaican Jewry's unique heritage and traditions, he estimates that the community could disappear in the next 30 years. Read more »

For Mengele survivor Eva Kor, forgiveness is freedom

By Toby Axelrod · January 28, 2010

On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Mengele survivor Eva Kor led a group of students on a tour of the former concentration camp and talked about forgiveness. Read more »

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Israel rebutted the substance of the report on the Gaza war by Richard Goldstone, left, shown meeting in June 2009 with Ghazi Hamad of Hamas at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. (Rahim Khatib / Flash90 / JTA) State-funded Jewish schools may not award places on the basis of whether a student's parent is Jewish, Britain's Supreme Court ruled. (Board of Deputies of British Jews) Lior Etziony capturing footage outside the damaged National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 17, 2010. (Craig Zebuda) Holocaust survivor Eva Kor, during a visit to the memorial museum at Auschwitz in January 2010, points out a photo of herself behind barbed wire taken by Red Army soldiers a few days after the camp's liberation. (Toby Axelrod) Moscow businessman Dmitry Agarunov, left, and Rabbi Yosef Hersonski enjoying the Khamovniki Jewish community's Chanukah celebration in December 2009. (Khamovniki Jewish community) Critics say the Greek government has been slow to condemn anti-Semitic incidents, like the arson attacks on the Etz Hayim synagogue in Crete, pictured above after attacks, in January 2010. (Nicholas Hannan-Stavroulakis) ZAKA volunteer Arele Klein, right, at the Israeli field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, days after the January 2010 earthquake. (ZAKA) Ainsley Henriques, leader of the Jewish community in Jamaica, addressing a crowd at the island's only shul Jan. 15, 2010. (Gil Shefler) Pope Benedict XVI entering Rome's main synagogue, Jan. 17, 2010. (Ruth Ellen Gruber) Media cluster around a monitor in Rome's main synagogue showing the Rome Jewish Community President Riccardo Pacifici while in the background, Pope Benedict XVI stands in front of the ark looking out at the sanctuary audience, Jan. 17, 2010. (Ruth Ellen Gruber)

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  • Israel rebutted the substance of the report on the Gaza war by Richard Goldstone, left, shown meeting in June 2009 with Ghazi Hamad of Hamas at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
  • State-funded Jewish schools may not award places on the basis of whether a student's parent is Jewish, Britain's Supreme Court ruled.
  • Lior Etziony capturing footage outside the damaged National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 17, 2010.
  • Holocaust survivor Eva Kor, during a visit to the memorial museum at Auschwitz in January 2010, points out a photo of herself behind barbed wire taken by Red Army soldiers a few days after the camp's liberation.
  • Moscow businessman Dmitry Agarunov, left, and Rabbi Yosef Hersonski enjoying the Khamovniki Jewish community's Chanukah celebration in December 2009.
  • Critics say the Greek government has been slow to condemn anti-Semitic incidents, like the arson attacks on the Etz Hayim synagogue in Crete, pictured above after attacks, in January 2010.
  • ZAKA volunteer Arele Klein, right, at the Israeli field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, days after the January 2010 earthquake.
  • Ainsley Henriques, leader of the Jewish community in Jamaica, addressing a crowd at the island's only shul Jan. 15, 2010.
  • Pope Benedict XVI entering Rome's main synagogue, Jan. 17, 2010.
  • Media cluster around a monitor in Rome's main synagogue showing the Rome Jewish Community President Riccardo Pacifici while in the background, Pope Benedict XVI stands in front of the ark looking out at the sanctuary audience, Jan. 17, 2010.
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