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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Valdas Rakutis walks into the Seimas building in Vilnius, Lithuania on Nov. 24, 2020. (Wikimedia Commons/Sofija Vytautaitė)

In Holocaust memorial day speech, Lithuanian lawmaker says Jews and communists share blame

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 27, 2021 5:53 pm

Church bells toll in Nieuwlande, the Netherlands on Jan. 25, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

This Dutch village is finally ready to tell its unique Holocaust rescue story

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 27, 2021 5:42 pm

In first, Luxembourg offers $1.2 million in symbolic compensation to noncitizen Holocaust victims

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 27, 2021 1:25 pm

The Palais Ephrussi, seized by Nazis during WWII, is seen in Vienna, Nov. 7, 2019. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)

Austrian government, Jewish community vaccinate survivors on Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 27, 2021 12:05 pm

The aftermath of anti-Semitic vandalism at a kosher restaurant in Paris, France on Oct. 2, 2020. (UEJF)

Anti-Semitic incidents drop by 50% in France, but physical assaults remain almost unchanged

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 27, 2021 8:14 am

Antwerp Mayor Bart de Wever in Antwerp, Belgium in May 2014. (Joker / Alexander Stein/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Antwerp mayor says haredi Orthodox ignoring COVID measures has triggered anti-Semitism — and it could get worse

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 26, 2021 4:10 pm

10 sets of tefillin that the Shem Olam Holocaust museum said were found in Warsaw, Poland. (Courtesy of Shem Olam Faith & the Holocaust Institute for Education, Documentation & Research)

Israeli Holocaust museum under fire for allegedly smuggling artifacts out of Warsaw

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 26, 2021 7:33 am

The Jewish Council of Amsterdam, the Netherlands during World War II. (Courtesy of the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam)

In Amsterdam, the personal card of every Holocaust victim returns to Jewish hands

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 25, 2021 11:45 am

Jura Abaev in Khujand, Tajikistan. (Courtesy of Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)

For centuries, Jews thrived in Khujand, Tajikistan. Now the city’s last Jew has died.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 22, 2021 2:51 pm

City of Antwerp invites residents of heavily Jewish neighborhoods for COVID-19 testing

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 22, 2021 2:48 pm

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In Holocaust memorial day speech, Lithuanian lawmaker says Jews and communists share blame

This Dutch village is finally ready to tell its unique Holocaust rescue story

In first, Luxembourg offers $1.2 million in symbolic compensation to noncitizen Holocaust victims

Austrian government, Jewish community vaccinate survivors on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Anti-Semitic incidents drop by 50% in France, but physical assaults remain almost unchanged

Antwerp mayor says haredi Orthodox ignoring COVID measures has triggered anti-Semitism — and it could get worse

Israeli Holocaust museum under fire for allegedly smuggling artifacts out of Warsaw

In Amsterdam, the personal card of every Holocaust victim returns to Jewish hands

For centuries, Jews thrived in Khujand, Tajikistan. Now the city’s last Jew has died.

City of Antwerp invites residents of heavily Jewish neighborhoods for COVID-19 testing

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