Jews

Ancient nation and ethnoreligious group from the Levant

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Jews or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah. Jewish ethnicity, nationhood, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the ethnic religion of the Jewish people, while its observance varies from strict observance to complete nonobservance.

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Ilhan Omar Predicted To Lose Primary Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar represents Minneapolis, Minnesota in congress. She is facing a stiff primary challenge from lawyer Antone Melton-Meaux. Melton-Meaux raised an absurd $3.2 million in the.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:38Published 2 weeks ago

Campaigners call for ruins to be included in annexation The Israeli government faces calls from campaigners to declare sovereignty over ancient Jewish ruins on land in the occupied West Bank that Israel does not plan to annex under U.S. President Donald.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:51Published on June 29, 2020

Labour Leader refutes criticism of Long-Bailey sacking Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has defended the sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey - saying the decision was about 'restoring trust' with Jewish communities after the former Shadow Education Secretary.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:53Published on June 29, 2020

Mel Gibson Denies Renewed Allegations of Anti-Semitism Against Winona Ryder \| THR News The actress says the actor asked her years ago at a party if she was an 'oven dodger,' an apparent reference to her Jewish heritage. Credit: The Hollywood Reporter Duration: 01:53Published on June 24, 2020

Facebook pulls Trump ad over 'hate' policy breach Facebook said on Thursday it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate. Gavino Garay has more. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:45Published on June 18, 2020

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Illegitimate children of Jews evicted by Nazis are German citizens, court rules A U.S. woman born to a Jewish father stripped of his German citizenship by the Nazis in 1938 cannot be denied naturalisation for being an illegitimate child, Germany's Constitutional Court has ruled. Reuters - Published on June 17, 2020

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Polish state TV uses Jewish property restitution issue to attack opposition Polish public television has raised the sensitive issue of Jewish property restitution during the country's presidential campaign by accusing the main opposition candidate, Rafal Trzaskowski, of.. Reuters - Published on June 15, 2020
Hides that reveal: DNA helps scholars divine Dead Sea Scrolls Genetic sampling of the Dead Sea Scrolls has tested understandings that the 2,000-year-old artefacts were the work of a fringe Jewish sect, and shed light on the drafting of scripture around the time.. Reuters - Published on June 2, 2020

Israeli settler found guilty of murder in arson attack on Palestinian family An Israeli court found a Jewish settler guilty of racially motivated murder on Monday in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian couple and their baby in the occupied West Bank. Reuters - Published on May 18, 2020
Don't forget past, Jewish leader warns Germans on eve of WW2 anniversary Many young Germans have failed to learn the lessons of history, and anti-Semitism is becoming entrenched in the land responsible for the Holocaust, a Jewish leader warned, a day before the 75th.. Reuters - Published on May 7, 2020
Israel plans thousands of new settler homes ahead of Pompeo visit Israel announced a plan for thousands of new Jewish settlement homes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday as Washington voiced readiness to back de facto Israeli annexations there. Reuters - Published on May 6, 2020
Without tourist revenue, Prague's Jewish community fears for future of welfare services With ticket sales to Prague's Jewish quarter halted during the coronavirus lockdown, the community is having to tap its reserves to pay for welfare services for Holocaust survivors that tourists.. Reuters - Published on April 27, 2020

Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews take to internet in coronavirus lockdown Israel's religiously devout Jews, who traditionally shun the use of internet or smartphones, are increasingly going online to shop, study and video chat as the coronavirus outbreak forces them to stay.. Reuters - Published on April 23, 2020
Coronavirus lockdown deepens Holocaust survivors' loneliness Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel's annual memorial day for the six million Jewish dead on Tuesday separated from his family because of the coronavirus.. Reuters - Published on April 21, 2020
The loneliness of the long-distance Holocaust survivor Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel's annual memorial day for the six million Jewish dead on Tuesday separated from his family because of the coronavirus.. Reuters - Published on April 21, 2020	Coronavirus crisis stoking anti-Semitism worldwide: report The coronavirus crisis is stirring anti-Semitism around the world, fuelled by centuries-old lies that Jews are spreading infection, researchers in Israel said on Monday. Reuters - Published on April 20, 2020
Anne Frank's diary in 2020: vlogging from the annex hideout A series of video diaries based on the writings of Jewish teenager Anne Frank during her years hiding from the Nazis during World War Two have become a hit with young viewers, the Anne Frank House.. Reuters - Published on April 16, 2020	UK Jewish Chronicle owner battles to save titles after collapse The owner of Britain's stricken Jewish Chronicle is battling to save a newspaper for the Jewish community by seeking to buy the assets of the title along with another failing newspaper, the Jewish.. Reuters - Published on April 14, 2020
Israel makes masks in public compulsory as Passover lockdown begins The Israeli government issued orders on Tuesday requiring citizens to wear face masks in public to try to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus as the country enters a lockdown for the Jewish.. Reuters - Published on April 7, 2020	Death in the Holy Land: Coronavirus changes burial for Jews, Muslims A rising death toll in the coronavirus crisis is forcing a change in Jewish and Muslim burial and mourning traditions in the Holy Land. Reuters - Published on April 2, 2020
Israeli chief rabbi curbs a Jewish tradition over coronavirus fears Israel's chief rabbi has advised Jews to forego the traditional touching of the "mezuzah", a decorative case containing a small holy scroll that is attached to many doorposts in the country. Reuters - Published on March 4, 2020	Spanish carnival troupe apologizes over Holocaust-themed parade A Spanish carnival troupe whose Holocaust-themed parade outraged Jewish human rights groups and Israel's embassy in Madrid has canceled its remaining shows, organizers said on Wednesday. Reuters - Published on February 26, 2020
Belgian carnival defies calls to cancel parade with Jewish caricatures A satirical Belgian carnival parade decried by Israel's foreign minister as "hateful" went ahead on Sunday despite being withdrawn from the United Nation's list of recognized cultural events over.. Reuters - Published on February 23, 2020	No 'smoking gun' in wartime archives of Pius XII on Holocaust, Vatican says The Vatican will on March 2 open up its archives on the wartime pontificate of Pius XII to allow scholars to probe accusations that he turned a blind eye to the Holocaust, but they will find he helped.. Reuters - Published on February 20, 2020
Record number of anti-Semitic incidents logged in Britain, again The number of anti-Semitic incidents logged in Britain last year hit record levels yet again amid accusations the opposition Labour Party had failed to tackle the issue within its ranks, a Jewish.. Reuters - Published on February 6, 2020	German court rules medieval anti-Semitic sculpture can stay on church A German court on Tuesday ruled a 700-year-old anti-Semitic sculpture could stay on the exterior of a church in the city of Wittenberg, dismissing a claim by a member of the local Jewish community that.. Reuters - Published on February 4, 2020
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UK's Prince Charles, in Jerusalem, honors grandmother's wartime heroism saving Jews Britain's Prince Charles paid homage on Thursday to his grandmother, Princess Alice, for sheltering Jews in Nazi-occupied Greece, saying the royal family took great pride in Israel's recognition of her.. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020	Cobblestones commemorating murdered Jews turn a new corner A German artist who is laying bronze-capped cobblestones commemorating members of families who were deported and killed by the Nazis says he can never honor all the victims of Hitler's atrocities, but.. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020
Polish art project marks sites of vanished Jewish cemeteries An ethnologist and photographer are trying to recover a lost chapter of Poland's past by marking the sites of now vanished Jewish cemeteries with transparent 'headstones' and taking photographs of.. Reuters - Published on January 21, 2020	Austria amended law to grant citizenship to Jews: Ram Madhav IndiaTimes - Published on January 19, 2020
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Jews

Ancient nation and ethnoreligious group from the Levant

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