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