Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)
After its latest strike on Syria, Israel’s cozy relationship with Russia could be over
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, greets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, Jan. 29, 2018. (Alexey Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images) (JTA) — Israel attacked Syria on Monday, just like it (reportedly) has countless times before. The difference now is that Russia is angry about the strike —...
Mueller investigating payment to Trump Organization by Ukrainian-Jewish billionaire
Victor and Elena Pinchuk attending the Ninth Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation benefit, New York, Oct. 18, 2010. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images) (JTA) — Robert Mueller is reportedly investigating a payment to President Donald Trump’s foundation from a Ukrainian steel magnate who, among other things, has supported the resurgence of the...
Lithuanian bill banning published material critical of the country seen as response to Holocaust book
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite at the European Council leaders’ summit in Brussels, March 23, 2018. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images) (JTA) — The Lithuanian parliament is preparing to vote on a government-sponsored bill that would ban selling material that “distorts historical facts” about the nation. The bill, which Economy Minister...
Lithuanian bill would ban books critical of the country
(JTA) — The Lithuanian parliament is preparing to vote on a government-sponsored bill that would ban selling material that “distorts historical facts” about the nation. The bill, which Economy Minister Virginijus Sinkevičius submitted Monday, is widely seen as a response to the controversy in Lithuania around the publication of a 2016 book about...
Humanitarian groups provide matzo for needy Jews in former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
(JTA) — Humanitarian groups are providing food packages for needy Jews in the former Soviet Union and throughout Eastern Europe. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee will distribute 20 tons of matzo to tens of thousands of elderly Jews living in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and Russia. The effort is supported by JDC’s partnerships...
Serbian and Hungarian leaders help dedicate restored historic Serbian synagogue
(JTA) – President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary took part in an official ceremony opening a synagogue in northern Serbia following a full restoration of the art nouveau building. Some 900 invited guests attended the ceremony Monday in Subotica. The synagogue, which is owned by the municipality, will be...
Law on Holocaust rhetoric unconstitutional, Polish attorney general says
(JTA) — The Polish attorney general’s office described as partly unconstitutional a law passed last month that criminalizes blaming Poland for Nazi crimes. Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro published a statement on the law Thursday. The legislation, which came into force earlier this month, imposes fines or up to three years in jail on...
Polish government backs away from Holocaust-denying remarks by prime minister’s father
Kornel Morawiecki is the father of current Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. (Wikimedia Commons( (JTA) — A Polish official said that Holocaust-denying comments by a former politician who is the father of the country’s prime minister do not reflect the position of the Polish government. Kornel Morawiecki, a former senator whose son,...
Ukraine to commemorate Reform synagogue destroyed by Nazis in Lviv
(JTA) — Municipal authorities in the city of Lviv in Ukraine are designing a commemorative monument atop a square where one of the region’s first Reform synagogues once stood before the Nazis destroyed it. A preliminary design for the project features the use of paint or red-tinted bricks that would trace the contours of the Temple...
Father of Polish prime minister says Jews gladly moved to ghettos to get away from non-Jews
(JTA) — A former Polish politician who is the father of the country’s prime minister said that Jews during the Holocaust moved to ghettos of their own accord to get away from non-Jewish Poles. Kornel Morawiecki, a former senator whose son, Mateusz, became prime minister last year, made the remark in an interview published Tuesday by the...
