Cnaan Liphshiz

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Cnaan Liphshiz is based in the Netherlands, where he reports on Jewish life throughout Europe. Born in Israel, he previously worked as foreign news editor for Maariv and as a reporter for Haaretz.

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Betty Grebenschikoff, left, 91, reunites with Ana María Wahrenberg, 91, on a Zoom call. The two Holocaust survivors were best friends growing up in Germany and had been searching for each other for more than 80 years. (Courtesy of USC Shoah Foundation)

Florida Holocaust survivor reunited with childhood friend 80 years after losing contact

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 10, 2021 3:26 pm

The main synagogue of Oslo, Norway. (Google Maps)

Norwegian city declines 2 Holocaust survivors’ request to move to country’s only Jewish nursing home

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 10, 2021 10:03 am

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt speaks at a synagogue in Monaco on Nov. 23, 2017. (Courtesy of the Conference of European Rabbis)

Swiss Jews join Muslims in protesting referendum banning face-covering veils

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 9, 2021 4:56 pm

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the House of Commons in London, UK on March 3, 2021. (House of Commons)

Changes to UK bill would make it easier to punish husbands who refuse Jewish divorce

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 8, 2021 5:26 pm

Rabbi in Moldova helps save a life and scores matzah for his community

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 5, 2021 12:58 pm

the Brody synagogue in Ukraine pictured in 2012. (Wikimedia Commons)

Roof collapses on dilapidated 18th-century former synagogue in Ukraine

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 5, 2021 11:55 am

Israeli is jailed in Russia for alleged ties to Putin opposition group and not reporting foreign nationality

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 5, 2021 11:51 am

The interior of the Great Synagogue of Slonim, Belarus pictured in 2007. (Wikimedia Commons)

In Eastern Europe, historic synagogues are sold for the price of a used car

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 5, 2021 10:43 am

A slide from a homework assignment that blames Jews for Jesus' death. (Joanne Bell via Topmarks/Twitter)

British elementary school gives homework assignment about Jews’ part in killing Jesus

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 5, 2021 10:25 am

The entrance to the Cache Food kosher eatery and bakery in MArseille, France. (Google Maps)

Jewish school guards overpower knife-wielding man outside kosher store in France

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 5, 2021 5:21 am

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Florida Holocaust survivor reunited with childhood friend 80 years after losing contact

Norwegian city declines 2 Holocaust survivors’ request to move to country’s only Jewish nursing home

Swiss Jews join Muslims in protesting referendum banning face-covering veils

Changes to UK bill would make it easier to punish husbands who refuse Jewish divorce

Rabbi in Moldova helps save a life and scores matzah for his community

Roof collapses on dilapidated 18th-century former synagogue in Ukraine

Israeli is jailed in Russia for alleged ties to Putin opposition group and not reporting foreign nationality

In Eastern Europe, historic synagogues are sold for the price of a used car

British elementary school gives homework assignment about Jews’ part in killing Jesus

Jewish school guards overpower knife-wielding man outside kosher store in France

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