(JTA) – The United Kingdom launched an inquiry and condemned a Chasidic group in London for barring women from driving. [Read more…]
U.K. launches inquiry into Chasidic group over female driving ban
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Alleged Nazi war criminal who moved to Canada dies at 93
MONTREAL (JTA) – Vladimir Katriuk, a native Ukrainian who avoided deportation from Canada for 64 years after hiding his Nazi past to move here, died in Quebec. [Read more…]
In Belgium and France, Jews and Jewish museum employee threatened
(JTA) – A Jewish family from Belgium and a French university director received anti-Semitic threats, according to reports in French-language media. [Read more…]
Child Holocaust survivors get $60 million – in a single day
NEW YORK (JTA) – The Claims Conference sent out payments totaling about $60 million in a single day last week – the first of an estimated 70,000 one-time payments of approximately $2,750 to child survivors of the Holocaust. [Read more…]
British Jewish woman wins $25K in religious discrimination suit
(JTA) – A British Jewish woman won $25,000 in damages from a company that refused to hire her because she is Sabbath observant. [Read more…]
Turkish Jews staying put but eyeing exit amid president’s hostile rhetoric
Turkish Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva at a commemoration organized by the City of Istanbul for 781 Jewish refugees who drowned in the sinking of the Struma ship in 1942. (Courtesy of the City of Istanbul)
The Grand Synagogue of Edirne was renovated this year. (Wikimedia Commons)
ISTANBUL (JTA) – In the backyard of the Etz Ahayim synagogue in Turkey’s largest city, congregant Yusuf Arslan hollers pleasantries as he mingles with other members of the small congregation. [Read more…]