A new genetic analysis has reconstructed the history of North Africa\’s Jews, showing that these populations date to biblical-era Israel and are not largely the descendants of natives who converted to Judaism, scientists reported on Monday.
French Jewish leaders are calling the tossing of two pig heads into a mosque not far from Toulouse \”an odious desecration.\”
French Olympic swimmer Fabien Gilot said the Hebrew tattoo on his left arm is a tribute to his late grandmother’s husband, a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz.
The roundup of thousands of Jews in Paris during World War II was a crime \”committed in France, by France,\” French President Francois Hollande said.
At least seven Israeli tourists were killed on Wednesday in an explosion on a bus outside a Bulgarian airport that Israel blamed on Tehran, promising a strong response to \”Iranian terror.\”
The only Jewish athlete on Australia\’s Olympic team unwittingly has been drawn into a racism scandal on the eve of the London Games.
Seventy years ago this week, 15-year-old Annie Kriegel was sitting in her Paris high school classroom, taking an exam, when her mother suddenly burst into the room and warned her not to come home—the Nazis were preparing to round up and deport any Jews they could get their hands on.
Muammar Gadhafi\’s mother was Jewish, the late Libyan leader\’s chief of protocol told an Arabic newspaper.
A German court\’s ban on circumcising baby boys has provoked a rare show of unity between Jews, Muslims and Christians who see it as a threat to religious freedom, while doctors warn it could increase health risks by forcing the practice underground.
Jewish religious leaders will hold an international meeting in Berlin on Tuesday to discuss how to respond to a German court ruling against performing circumcision on baby boys, which also sparked protests from Muslims and Christians in Germany.
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