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Romanian secret police trailed a Jewish photographer in the ’80s. Those files are now a film

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:07:21 +0000

Edward Serotta only recently discovered he'd been surveilled while traveling the communist country. Acclaimed director Radu Jude has turned the findings into a short documentary

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After a contentious election, Romania’s few Jews remain on guard against antisemitism

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:53:35 +0000

While Jewish communities in Western Europe are on edge due to the Gaza War, their Romanian counterparts worry over a rising far-right fueled in part by lack of Holocaust awareness

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Jewish Romanian lawmaker slams president for opposing antisemitism bill

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 20:10:36 +0000

Silviu Vexler returns national order of merit after Nicusor Dan challenges bill outlawing celebration of fascist leaders at Romania's high court

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Politician whose party called Holocaust ‘minor topic’ loses Romania presidential bid

Mon, 19 May 2025 20:11:13 +0000

George Simion met with Israel’s envoy to Romania in 2022 amid criticism from Yad Vashem over far-right party's antisemitism record, ending official Israeli boycott of group

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Romania ‘shocked’ by Israeli minister’s call with candidate who praised WWII antisemites

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:56:50 +0000

After Amichai Chikli talks with Calin Georgescu, Bucharest's ambassador denounces 'insult,' demands apology for the apparent backing of far-right figure who lauded murderers of Jews

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Israeli envoy meets head of Romanian party accused of antisemitism, drawing rebuke

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:10:46 +0000

Foreign Ministry lifts ban on AUR party, which issues statement partly walking back glorification of fascists and objection to Holocaust studies; Yad Vashem: We weren't consulted

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Foreign minister denies lifting ban on Romanian party accused of antisemitism

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 15:57:13 +0000

But Eli Cohen acknowledges assessing whether the Alliance for the Union of Romanians has undergone 'a real change that will open the door for Israel to revisit its boycott'

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Michael Shafir, scholar who wrote ‘encyclopedia’ of Holocaust denial, dies at 78

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:11:51 +0000

Israeli-Romanian researcher, who played key role in Holocaust memory in the former Soviet country, is remembered for his straightforward, humorous presentation of difficult truths

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Romania passes ‘landmark law’ guaranteeing right to kosher slaughter

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 01:13:44 +0000

Conference of European Rabbis hails legislation as a model for other European countries amid battle over ritual killing of animals on continent

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Romania’s ornate and sometimes crumbling synagogues get new access via virtual tours

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:38:30 +0000

Through the Stories of the Synagogues website, visitors can view the beautiful houses of worship that stand where few, if any, of their previous congregants remain

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Rabbi spends 7 years translating the Torah into Romanian

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:47:01 +0000

With an eye on translating the entire Bible, Rabbi Sorin Rosen is taking a moment to appreciate the texts that are already changing the way Romanian Jews engage with tradition

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For 1st time, Romania commemorates Holocaust refugees who died when Struma torpedoed

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:10:03 +0000

Ceremony held to honor the estimated 779 Jews killed when ship was mistaken by Red Army submarine for a hostile vessel; only 1 survived the 1941 attack

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Liviu Beris, Romanian Holocaust survivor who became a genetics pioneer, dies at 93

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 04:42:15 +0000

Beris tirelessly shared his personal story with younger generations and famously debated an antisemite on live TV

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2 solo exhibits look back on Jewish communities lost to Holocaust

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:13:18 +0000

Works by British artist Beverly Jane Stewart represent Romanian Jewry and European synagogues, in Tel Aviv and Rishon Lezion, respectively

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Right-wing Romanian political party calls Holocaust education a ‘minor topic’

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 05:54:15 +0000

Populist AUR says subjects such as national history have been relegated in schools in its favor; statement draws criticism from Israeli ambassador, watchdogs

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