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An elderly French heiress has given up her nearly decade-long battle with a US university to win back a priceless painting stolen by the Nazis in their occupation of Paris during World War II, AFP reported. Lone-Nolle Meyer, the 81-year-old heiress to a Jewish family from France, had been fighting for years with the University of Oklahoma to regain ownership of La Bergere rentrant des moutons (Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep),an 1886 impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro. Meyer had first found the painting in Oklahoma back in 2012 and tried to claim it, but the statute of limitations had expired
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admin | June 3, 2021
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Police released additional photos of men sought for questioning in connection with the alleged gang assault hate crime perpetrated against a 29-year-old Jewish man in Manhattan. Faisal Elezzi, 25, a resident of Mariners Harbor, previously was arrested and charged in connection with the incident on May 20 at about 6:45 p.m., according to police
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John Oliver sparked a fierce debate after he published his pointed criticism of Israel on his program Last Week Tonight. Local media personalities like Tom Aharon produced videos that rejected most of the comics claims. So did Naor Meningher and Eytan Weinstein, who operate the Nice Jewish Boys channel on YouTube, who about two weeks ago posted a video of their own, in which they countered Olivers claims one by one in English
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admin | June 3, 2021
PITTSBURGH The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is holding a rally to draw attention to the alarming increase in antisemitic attacks.
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BRUSSELS Belgium will return a painting to the family of a German Jewish couple from whom it was stolen after they fled Germany during World War II, the government research department said Wednesday. Blumenstilleben, or Still life with Flowers, was painted in 1913 by Lovis Corinth and has been kept in the collection of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels, alongside around 30 other works thought to have been stolen during World War II. After decades of analysis and research, experts have concluded that the painting was looted from a warehouse by officials of the German occupation, from goods owned by German Jewish refugees
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When her senior year at UC Berkeley was upended by the pandemic, Gen Xia Ye Slosberg started working on a very personal project: bringing together other young Asian American Jews in conversation about their identities, heritages and shared experiences. Hate against Asians in America was already a concern, given the way that some in politics and the media characterized Covid-19 as an invention of China
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admin | June 3, 2021
Hailing originally from Portland, Jewish deli Ben & Esthers, is expanding south to San Diego, starting in the College East neighborhood.
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Jewish and Arab producers, actors and directors have gotten together to rebuild theatre offices burnt in rioting in Acre during unrest in Israeli mixed cities, as detailed in a press release on Tuesday. As part of the initiative, theatre staff turned to the public to raise the money needed to renovate the burnt offices, buy new equipment and return the theatre to full operations. The fire caused extensive damage to archives, computers, sound and lighting equipment and other appliances that were stored in the theatre's offices
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I was 10 when mobs attacked the Jewish community of Baghdad, my community, with cruel and unimaginable violence. Rioters maimed, raped, killed and robbed the unsuspecting Jews
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The Bible depicts an ideal land, one flowing with milk and honey. Yet Israel has always been one thing in dreams and another in the tumult of everyday life. When the five books of the Torah end, the Israelites are still in the wilderness and Moses, our leader out of Egypt, has been denied the promised land.
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