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May 19, 2014
4:37 am

A French Jew, Bebert Zouili, attends the annual Jewish pilgrimage in the resort of Djerba, Tunisia, in the Ghriba synagogue, the oldest Jewish monument built in Africa more than 2,500 years ago, Friday April 26, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Aimen Zine)

Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia grows despite debate

In spite of security threats and passport controversy, 2,000 people flock to the Ghriba synagogue in Djerba

By AP

May 19, 2014
4:22 am

Monument at Westerbork transit camp in the Netherlands, from which Jews were transported to Nazi camps in Germany during WWII. (Photo credit: Patricia Hofmeester / Shutterstock.com)

In eye of Nazi storm, Dutch Jews found unlikely refuge

Research shows one Dutch province was safest place during Holocaust, with more Jewish residents post-war than before

By Cnaan Liphshiz

May 19, 2014
3:37 am

Jews participate in a Havdalah ceremony in a synagogue in Odessa, Ukraine, 2012. (photo credit: CC BY-Senia L/Flickr)

Under tight security, Odessa Jews celebrate Lag B’Omer

Participants gather for bonfire accompanied by song, dance while guards secure perimeter

By JTA

May 19, 2014
2:55 am

Illustrative photo of swastika graffiti (photo credit: Flash90)

Swastikas, anti-Semitic graffiti found on synagogue in Italy

Religious establishment, abandoned for some time but undergoing reconstruction, built in the 1600s

By Times of Israel staff

May 18, 2014
10:57 pm

New Jersey governor Chris Christie (photo credit: Bob Jagendorf)

After Israel slip-up, Christie gets second chance

NJ governor offered another opportunity to assure right-wing Jewish support at prominent Jewish event

By AP

May 18, 2014
10:12 pm

Primo Levi (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Factory where Primo Levi worked becomes museum

Train of Memory House in the Siva factory where the survivor worked from 1947-1975 inaugurated as Holocaust center

By JTA

May 18, 2014
7:29 pm

Serbian police officers carry an old woman from a military helicopter during evacuation from Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade Serbia, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Record flooding in the Balkans leaves at least 20 people dead in Serbia and Bosnia and is forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. Meteorologists say the flooding is the worst since records began 120 years ago. (photo credit: AP/Darko Vojinovic)

Toll mounts as Serbians, Bosnians flee record deluge

Israel dispatches emergency aid to Balkans, offers medical assistance for dealing with ‘worst floods in history’

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

May 18, 2014
3:06 pm

A rally in North Korea. (photo credit: Shutterstock)

How to escape from North Korea

The heavily-fortified DMZ can’t be breached, so those wishing to flee use a massive underground railroad across Asia. Defying the risks, thousands make it out

By Debra Kamin

May 18, 2014
1:41 pm

The far-right Mayor Cyril Nauth speaks to the demonstrator outside of the town hall in Mantes la Ville, north west of Paris, on Friday, May 16, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France’s far right on the rise ahead of EU vote

National Front Party mayors testing new-found power in 11 towns, aiming for strong showing in May 25 European Parliament vote

By Elaine Ganley

May 18, 2014
12:04 pm

Inside the Mir Yeshiva, in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, in 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox rabbi retracts ‘kill ministers’ statement

Nissan Kaplan of the Mir Yeshiva, who teaches in English, says his statements were ‘a joke’

By Times of Israel staff

May 18, 2014
5:12 am

Annie Blumenfeld posing with Teddy, her furry inspiration. (Courtesy Annie Blumenfeld/JTA)

Jewish teen on a crusade to keep pets healthy

16-year-old Annie Blumenfeld raises $15,000 for her organization Wags 4 Hope, an awareness campaign about heartworm disease

By Suzanne Kurtz Sloan

May 18, 2014
5:00 am

Aleksandr Borodai, the self-proclaimed prime minister of the pro-Russian separatists' self-declared 'People's Republic of Donetsk,' speaks to media during a press conference in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Saturday, May 17, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/Alexander Khudoteply)

Mysterious Russian fixer heads Ukraine rebel state

Aleksandr Borodai, elected premier of Donetsk, says he is a ‘professional consultant’ with expertise in ethnic conflict

By Max Delany

May 18, 2014
3:00 am

Former NYT executive editor Jill Abramson (screen capture: YouTube)

NYT publisher defends removal of top editor

Arthur Sulzberger Jr. denies reports that ouster was due to gender bias

By AP

May 17, 2014
8:38 pm

Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden in Russia, October 11, 2013 (photo credit: AP)

‘New NSA document highlights Israeli espionage in US’

Newsweek, in 3rd article on issue, says Israel’s is third most aggressive intelligence service after Russia, China

By Times of Israel staff

May 17, 2014
2:54 pm

The Harvey Milk commemorative Stamp, to be issued May 22, 2014 (Photo credit: JTA)

White House to dedicate Harvey Milk stamp

Jewish politician was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the US

By JTA

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