New Ukraine Holocaust museum honors Bay Area man’s history By Emma Goss Sep 24, 2021 As San Francisco resident Leo Gulko approaches his 90th birthday on Sunday, a gift honoring his past is waiting for him 6,000 miles away, in the Ukrainian town of Lypovets. Gulko and his daughter, Yana Rathman, spent the past year and a half coordinating, planning and fundraising for the Lypovets Holocaust museum, a one-room exhibition… Read More
World Close to crumbling, the tomb of an ancient prophet is saved in Iraq For nearly 30 centuries the tomb of the prophet Nahum was an important pilgrimage site for Jews in what is today Kurdish Iraq. But after the founding of… By David Ian Klein, Forward Sep 22, 2021
World Israeli philanthropists help dozens flee Afghanistan for UAE Several Israeli philanthropists have helped bring to Abu Dhabi dozens of asylum seekers, including female athletes, fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan.… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Sep 22, 2021
World Mallorca’s first ‘public’ sukkah is a triumph over the Spanish Inquisition Before the Spanish Inquisition, the island of Mallorca had a sizeable Jewish community. Every fall, the island became dotted with the leaf-roofed huts… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Sep 20, 2021
Politics A year later, the Abraham Accords draw a rare show of bipartisanship Jared Kushner had plenty of folks to praise at an event in Washington Tuesday marking the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords, the deals he brokered… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 15, 2021
Israel Taliban: We want ties with the rest of the world — but not Israel The Taliban, the extremist Islamist movement once famously insular, is ready to build relations with the world — except for Israel. Suhail Shaheen, the… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 10, 2021
Politics An oral history of the Durban Conference — a ‘festival’ of antisemitism Some of the Jewish organizational officials flying into the coastal city of Durban, South Africa, on the last week of August 2001 were excited. They… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 10, 2021
World Afghanistan’s last Jew has left the country Zebulon Simantov, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan, has finally left the country for fear of persecution by the Taliban, an Israeli television… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Sep 9, 2021
World Jewish Agency: World Jewish population rises slightly The world population of those who self-identify as Jews stands at about 15.2 million — an increase of 100,000 over last year — with the number in the U.S.… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Sep 9, 2021