Opinion: What Jewish law really says about abortion
by Ephraim Sherman (JTA) – Alabama and Georgia have passed laws recently that limit or forbid abortions in unprecedented ways, joining a growing number of states that…
Human Rights
Wealthy Luxembourg is Western Europe’s last Holocaust deadbeat
by Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — When Luxembourg assumed the chairmanship of the world’s foremost international Holocaust remembrance task force, its government pledged energetic action. “We…
B’nai Brith Audit: Antisemitism in Canada sets record for third consecutive year – decreases in Alberta
(April 29, 2019 – Edmonton – For the third consecutive year, records were set in 2018 for antisemitism in Canada. The 2018 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents,…
The liberation fight for Soviet Jews was a miracle. Most of us didn’t know about it.
by Izabella Tabarovsky (JTA) — In 1989, as the Soviet bloc was falling apart at the seams, the sea parted for our family, and we,…
Notre-Dame will be rebuilt – but most European Jewish sites never will be
by Ruth Ellen Gruber BUDAPEST (JTA) – Architecture and built heritage can be powerful symbols. Notre-Dame de Paris is one of the most famous and familiar…