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UNESCO postpones Jewish exhibition on Arab warning

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 09:01

UN`s cultural agency has said it would postpone exhibition tracing 3,500 years of relationship between Jewish people and Israel, after Arab countries warned show could jeopardise the peace process.

Radical Jewish settlers seek image makeover with sushi

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 06:08

Radical Jewish settlers from a West Bank outpost with a reputation for violence have set up a sushi business in a bid to revamp their image, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Hollande says France will not tolerate religious hatred

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 03:08

France will not tolerate any hate speech or acts against Jews, Muslims or Christians, President Francois Hollande said, days after comic whose sketches were viewed as anti-Semitic was banned.

Nazi hunters call for protests against French comic

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 14:27

A Nazi-hunting family has called for protests against controversial French comedian Dieudonne over his vitriolic brand of humour targeting Jews, as a government minister said he must pay fines accrued for racist abuse.

New calls for Jewish prayer at Jerusalem holy site

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 00:52

For decades, religious Jews who bucked a rabbinic ban and visited a contested holy site in Jerusalem where the ancient Jewish temple once stood were seen by many as a fanatic fringe.

Israel allows 899 Indian Jews to immigrate

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 18:56

Israel has allowed 899 Indian Jews from Manipur and Mizoram, the members of the "lost" Bnei Menashe tribe, to immigrate to the Jewish state.

`Indian Jews must play a role akin to Diaspora in US`

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 10:46

Indo-Jewish community in Israel must play a role akin to the Indian and Jewish Diaspora in the US to build strong bridges of friendship between the two countries, a top Indian diplomat has said.

Iran`s foreign minister condemns Holocaust

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 15:13

Iran`s foreign minister said on Facebook that Tehran condemns the World War II Nazi massacre of the Jews, in stark contract to Holocaust denials by former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Camera rolling for documentary on Kolkata`s Jews

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 10:42

A new documentary is on its way to showcasing the status of the dwindling number of Jews in the city through the eyes of the youngest member of the community.

Amsterdam made Jews pay rent while in WWII camps

Last Updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 17:55

Amsterdam has now made contact with Jewish organisations to find out to what extent Jews living elsewhere in the Netherlands were affected by back rent demands.

Poland honours Jews who fought Nazis

Last Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013, 21:53

A ceremony was held Friday here in the Polish capital to honour Jews who fought overwhelming Nazi German forces 70 years ago in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, BBC reported.

Man sentenced for NYC synagogue bomb plot

Last Updated: Saturday, March 16, 2013, 00:48

An Algerian man who pleaded guilty to charges that he plotted to blow up New York City synagogues was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison.