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Illustrative: Children look out from a doorway as armed soldiers patrol outside a school in the Jewish quarter of the Marais district in Paris, January 13, 2015. (Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)
December 11, 2018, 9:54 am
The latest poll on anti-Semitism in Europe looks bad. Trust me: It’s true
Jews in Europe unsurprised by results of grim survey that found some 90% of the local community sense increasing levels of hatred toward them
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Lemonade co-founder Shai Wininger at his office in Tel Aviv on Dec. 20, 2017 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
November 29, 2018, 4:23 pm
Israeli-founded Lemonade insurance startup sets its sight on Europe
With investments from AXA and Allianz, CEO Daniel Schreiber says this will be the company’s first major market outside the US
By Shoshanna Solomon
An 'Enlightenment' scene with guests in the home of Moses Mendelssohn, by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim,1856 (public domain)
November 25, 2018, 6:48 am
Early ‘Jewish jokes’ are anything but funny, argues new book
Very little is known about the origins of Jewish jokes, but one expert has started to unravel the mystery — and he’s not amused
By Matt Lebovic
Ahmed Ayouby, 32, left, and Mounir Aguida, 30, who want to leave Tunisia, stand at the beach where migrants leave for Italy, in the town of Ras Jabal, Bizerte, Tunisia, on April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
November 1, 2018, 10:29 am
Almost 4,900 migrants headed to Europe went missing, investigation finds
Despite relatively high attention compared to other parts of the world, AP reveals many previously unreported cases; hundreds of unidentified bodies pack Tunisia cemetery
By Lori Hinnant
Palestinian protesters chant slogans and confront Israeli forces on September 14, 2018, as they demonstrate against the blocking of the road leading to the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
September 21, 2018, 12:13 am
At UN, 8 European countries urge Israel not to demolish Palestinian village
Envoys from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands warn razing Khan al-Ahmar would undermine peace efforts
By Agencies and TOI staff
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) listens as US President Donald Trump seeks to the press in the Oval Office before a meeting during a state visit to the White House April 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski)
September 1, 2018, 11:58 am
How Macron won Trump’s friendship, failed to influence him
An official compares the French president to a ‘horse whisperer’ for his ability to make Trump smile, but he seems unable to change the US leader’s mind on Iran, climate change
By Sylvie Corbet
Illustrative: People hold up placards and Union flags as they gather for a demonstration organized by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism outside the head office of the British opposition Labour Party in central London on April 8, 2018. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)
August 23, 2018, 3:25 am
What’s in a hyphen? Why writing anti-Semitism with a dash distorts its meaning
Regularly spelled with a hyphen in American English but without in academia, some experts claim the punctuation mark slashes the word’s potency
By Matt Lebovic
During World War II, Italian Jews at forced labor in the Italian camp at Gorizia (public domain)
August 13, 2018, 4:04 am
Italy’s Holocaust executioners revealed in ‘historiographical counterblast’
After decades of silence about Italian citizens’ role in the Holocaust, author Simon Levis Sullam restores the record in a book to be published in English on August 28
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative: Women wearing niqab exit the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 31, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Ritzau Scanpix / Mads Claus Rasmussen)
August 4, 2018, 10:18 am
First woman fined in Denmark for wearing full-face veil
Scuffle breaks out when woman tries to tear niqab from another woman’s face; two charged with disturbing the peace
By AFP and TOI staff
Protesters against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump hold up flags and placards as they take part in a march and rally in London on July 13, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Niklas HALLE'N)
July 15, 2018, 9:20 am
Trump’s remarks about Europe’s migrants draw charges of racism
Activists and historians blast US president for calling increased immigration ‘very very sad,’ say comments will fuel white nationalism on both sides of the Atlantic
By Jesse J. Holland and Russell Contreras
US President Donald Trump raises his hands as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left background, listens during a press conference after a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 12, 2018. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)
July 12, 2018, 5:49 pm
Trump forecasts ‘escalation’ with Iran, but says Tehran showing more respect
US secretary of state urges European nations to cut off all funding Iranians could divert to spread instability in the Middle East
By Matthew Lee
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a visit to the Golan Heights near the border with Syria on July 10, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
July 11, 2018, 9:12 pm
Liberman calls on ‘hypocritical’ Europeans to cut ties with Iran
Europe has no qualms about giving cash to Iranian regime which imprisoned teen over dancing video, but then interferes with Israeli security concerns, defense minister charges
By TOI staff and Agencies
Emanuele Giaufret
June 22, 2018, 3:40 pm
Emanuele Giaufret
There’s no Planet B
All countries must support long-term structural change in energy systems worldwide
The Ohabei Shalom Cemetery with its burial chapel in East Boston, Massachusetts, on June 10, 2018 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
June 20, 2018, 10:55 pm
Immigrant center planned in the grounds of Boston’s oldest Jewish cemetery
Inside a converted burial chapel, the city’s newest and most vulnerable residents will access citizenship resources alongside content on East Boston’s Jewish past
By Matt Lebovic
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Friday, June 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
June 16, 2018, 4:25 pm
Ahead of Macron meeting, Merkel insists migration needs ‘European answer’
German leader facing insurrection from her interior minister amid broad public support for a harder line on immigration
By Agencies
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