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U.K. launches inquiry into Chasidic group over female driving ban

By JTA: June 1, 2015

(JTA) – The United Kingdom launched an inquiry and condemned a Chasidic group in London for barring women from driving. [Read more…]

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Alleged Nazi war criminal who moved to Canada dies at 93

By JTA: June 1, 2015

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…]

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In Belgium and France, Jews and Jewish museum employee threatened

By JTA: June 1, 2015

(JTA) – A Jewish family from Belgium and a French university director received anti-Semitic threats, according to reports in French-language media. [Read more…]

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Child Holocaust survivors get $60 million – in a single day

By JTA: June 1, 2015

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…]

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British Jewish woman wins $25K in religious discrimination suit

By JTA: June 1, 2015

(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…]

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Turkish Jews staying put but eyeing exit amid president’s hostile rhetoric

By Cnaan Liphshiz: June 1, 2015

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)
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)

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)

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…]

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