Macedonia to build Holocaust museum
After years of negotiations, work on the Balkans' first Holocaust Museum could begin shortly in the former Jewish quarter in Macedonia's capital city, Skopje. Read more »
Jews oppose Lithuanian plan
A controversial project to reconstruct Vilnius´ famed Jewish quarter is opposed by some members of the Jewish community, who say the money could be better spent helping poor Lithuanian Jews. Read more »
A Holocaust museum for Macedonia
Macedonia’s Jews hope to harness a sweeping government restitution plan to fund a Holocaust memorial center for the Balkan countries whose Jewish populations were decimated during World War II. The restitution money may also support the tiny remaini Read more »
Macedonian Jews remember deportations
In a tobacco factory in Skopje, Macedonia, a small group somberly gathered to recall the day exactly 60 years ago that almost the entire Jewish population of the country was rounded up to be sent to Treblinka. Macedonia’s present-day Jewish communit Read more »
Prague Jewish groups to merge
For years, Prague's Bejt Praha liberal Jewish community felt isolated from the official Orthodox community. But now, Bejt Praha is set to become affiliated with the Orthodox establishment. Read more »
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- President Obama canceled a scheduled appearance before the Jewish federations' General Assembly.
- The Union for Reform Judaism passed a resolution urging equal services for Israeli Arabs.
- The International Atomic Energy Agency has evidence that Iran may have tested an advanced nuclear warhead design, according to a British newspaper.
- The United States vetoed an Israeli plan to attack a ship bearing weapons allegedly from Iran to Hezbollah, according to a report in an Arabic-language newspaper.
- The Obama administration expects to keep working with Mahmoud Abbas despite his planned resignation as Palestinian Authority president.
- Obama cancels GA appearance
- Reform endorse qual treatment for Israeli Arabs
- Iran may have tested secret nuclear warhead design
- Report: U.S. stopped Israeli attack on weapons ship
- U.S. sees Abbas in continuing role
- Groups blast UNGA Goldstone vote
- Israel delivers swine flu vaccines to Palestinian Authority
- Abbas announces he won’t run for re-election
- Obama’s Nobel, Israel’s problem?
- Jews of color come together to explore identity
- FBI: Alleged spy wannabe asked for Israeli citizenship
- Family likely murdered by professional killer
- New signs that Ethiopian aliyah will resume
- U.S. appetite for Israeli food grows
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Attacks on J Street as parley approaches
