Auschwitz museum prohibits Pokémon Go play on its grounds
(JTA) — The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is not buying into the Pokémon Go craze. On July 12,2016, the Holocaust memorial site tweeted that it will…
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75 years after Jedwabne pogrom, Poland wrestles with evidence of complicity
By Cnaan Liphshiz JEDWABNE, Poland (JTA) — As German army troops invaded eastern Poland, Ichak Lewin’s family fled their town of Wizna. On July 10,…
Turkey, Egypt, Africa: How ‘hard-liner’ Netanyahu pulled off a diplomacy trifecta
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) – The conventional wisdom has it that earning the sobriquet “the most right-wing government in Israeli history” does not lead…
Claims Conference secures major increase in aid to survivors through 2018
(JTA) — The Claims Conference, which manages aid to Holocaust survivors, has negotiated a budget increase through 2018, including the largest one-time increase in homecare…
op/ed: How Elie Wiesel inspired the Free Soviet Jewry movement
By Glenn Richter (JTA) — On my bookshelves there are two rows of volumes on the Soviet Jewry movement. Squeezed in among the tomes is…