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How I brought a Jewish wartime refugee’s lost fairytale back to life
Ulrich Boschwitz, who wrote the recently rediscovered thriller The Passenger, left another gift behind him when his life was tragically cut short. I had the honour of reinterpreting it for today’s ...World - The Guardian - 10 hours ago -
Russia's soldiers bringing wartime violence back home
Many of the attackers have previous criminal convictions and were released from prison purely to fight.Top stories - BBC News - November 17 -
Japanese Princess Yuriko, wartime Emperor Hirohito's sister-in-law, dies at 101
Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recentlyWorld - ABC News - November 15 -
The modern intellectual diktat for Jewish authors
It is a dangerous precedent that cleverly endows hate with logic and respectability masking a markedly more malign and malevolent intention.Politics - The Hill - November 10 -
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2 Jewish students attacked on DePaul campus
Two Jewish students were attacked on DePaul University’s campus on Wednesday after showing visible signs of supporting Israel, according to the school’s president. President Robert Manuel released ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
Antisemitic Attacks in Amsterdam Prompt Tight Security at Jewish Sites
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof condemned an overnight wave of violence as Israel begins efforts to evacuate its citizens.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 8 -
Refugee homes branded eyesore by nearby residents
Ukrainian refugees are moving into a temporary housing development branded an eyesore by locals.Top stories - BBC News - November 11 -
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Indonesian fishermen rescue 116 Rohingya refugees
Indonesian fishermen have rescued 116 Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, after their rickety boat sankWorld - ABC News - 12 hours ago -
‘I wanted those 828 men not to be forgotten’: the Chinese documentary raising wartime ghosts
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru – rejected earlier this week as China’s official Oscars contender – recounts a terrible and forgotten tragedy. Director Fang Li explains why, 80 years on, the story ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Iran executes a Jewish citizen convicted of murder following a dispute over money
Iran has executed a Jewish citizen convicted of murdering another man following a personal disputeWorld - ABC News - November 4 -
Israel withdraws from agreement with UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Israel notified the United Nations on Monday that it was withdrawing from the 1967 agreement with UNRWA, the main aid agency for Palestinian refugees, following passage of two laws in the country’s ...Politics - The Hill - November 4 -
2 Jewish DePaul students punched while showing support for Israel
The students suffered physical injuries, but declined medical treatment, according to the university.Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
2 Jewish students attacked on campus at DePaul University in Chicago: Officials
Two Jewish students showing support for Israel were attacked by "masked attackers" on the Lincoln Park campus at DePaul University in Chicago, the university said.Top stories - ABC News - November 6 -
Investigation underway after 2 Jewish DePaul students attacked on campus
An investigation from DePaul University and the Chicago Police Department is underway after two Jewish students who were visibly showing their support for Israel were attacked on the university’s ...Top stories - NBC News - November 7 -
'They shouted Jewish, IDF': Israeli football fans describe attack in Amsterdam
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans say they were beaten and kicked by gangs of young men.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
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Caught Between Wars, Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Return Home
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians who escaped civil war at home over the past decade have now fled the conflict in Lebanon, seeking safety in their own shattered country.World - The New York Times - November 11 -
'Wanted' posters targeting Jewish faculty spread across University of Rochester campus
Several Jewish faculty members at the University of Rochester were targeted by antisemitic vandalism that depicted them in hundreds of "wanted" posters plastered around the upstate New York school, ...Top stories - NBC News - November 13 -
University of Rochester plastered with 'wanted' posters of Jewish faculty, staff
The University of Rochester in New York found "wanted" posters of Jewish faculty members on campus on Sunday night. “This act is disturbing, divisive and intimidating and runs counter to our ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
Ben & Jerry’s claims Unilever ‘silenced’ it over support for Palestinian refugees
Owner rejects accusation it breached agreement allowing the brand to pursue its own social missionBusiness - Financial Times - November 14 -
Women’s rights groups fear FGM is rife among Sudanese refugees in Chad
Practice banned in both countries but widespread among those displaced by Sudan’s civil war, say aid workers. Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female ...World - The Guardian - November 18 -
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‘Every night we only hoped to survive’: Sudanese refugees’ search for safety
Refugees who escaped Sudan’s civil war and fled to Ethiopia have found themselves on the run from another conflict. Abdullah*, a Sudanese English teacher from Khartoum, had never imagined that ...World - The Guardian - November 21 -
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Israeli Spy Agency Investigates Missing Jewish Community Leader in U.A.E.
The disappearance of a Chabad rabbi prompts fears of Israeli citizens being targeted outside of Israel.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 23 -
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Hate crime and terrorism charges filed after Jewish man shot in 'targeted' attack
Hate crime and terrorism charges were announced Thursday after a Jewish man was shot while walking to synagogue in Chicago over the weekend in what police now say was a “targeted” attack.Top stories - NBC News - November 1 -
Review: Bickering cousins run into 'A Real Pain' exploring Jewish heritage, grief and resentments
Writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg, working alongside a coiled Kieran Culkin, evinces some of the year's finest family dysfunction on a tourist trip to Poland.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 2 -
14 people killed when lightning hits a church in a remote refugee camp in Uganda
Fourteen people were killed when lightning struck a church in a refugee camp in northern Uganda, according to policeWorld - ABC News - November 4 -
While Syrian refugees don't want to return, officials in Lebanon and Syria see exodus as opportunity
Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have returned to their country since Israel launched a massive aerial bombardment on wide swathes of Lebanon in SeptemberWorld - ABC News - November 9 -
Women suing over Idaho's abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming 'medical refugees'
Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to ...Health - ABC News - November 12
