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A police vehicle is parked in the atrium of the new police center in Braunau, Austria, which is housed in Hitler's birthplace. (Peter Kneffel/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Austrian town turns Hitler’s birthplace into a police station to keep neo-Nazis at bay

by Toby Axelrod July 24, 2026July 24, 2026

(JTA) — How do you stop neo-Nazis from meeting up at Adolf Hitler’s birthplace? Station officers there around the clock, of course. That is just what the small town of […]

A gathering on July 17, 2026, memorialized the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires 32 years ago. (Juan Melamed)
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Argentina’s Jews turn a World Cup chant into call for justice 32 years after AMIA bombing

by Juan Melamed July 20, 2026July 20, 2026
Hella Eskenazi (center) poses with the Cuban delegation for the Maccabiah Games in Israel. (Courtesy Hella Eskenazi)
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Five countries over four days: How Cuba’s Maccabiah Games delegation made it to Israel

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis July 15, 2026July 15, 2026
A 9,000-square-foot Chabad center has opened in a former nightclub in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland. (Courtesy Beit Shvidler Jewish Center of Iceland)
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Europe’s smallest Jewish community gets a home of its own — complete with geothermal mikvah

by Jenna Gottlieb July 9, 2026July 9, 2026
A portrait of the late historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch adorns the facade of the Pantheon before his induction ceremony along with his wife Simonne Vidal in Paris, France, June 23, 2026. (Li Yang/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)
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A Jewish hero’s elevation to the French Panthéon uncorks simmering divisions

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov June 29, 2026June 29, 2026
Police attempt to detain protesters opposed to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in front of a government building in Tirana, Albania, June 2026. (Larry Luxner)
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As protests over Jared Kushner’s Albania resort grow, antisemitic messages emerge

by Larry Luxner June 26, 2026June 26, 2026
A banner is held by pro-Israel fans outside Villa Park, home of the U.K. team Aston Villa, before its UEFA Europa League match against Israel, Nov. 6, 2025. (Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)
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Israel’s path to the World Cup would be easier through Asia. Why is it sticking with Europe?

by Deborah Danan June 26, 2026June 26, 2026
Participants in the Miszpucha Foundation trip for Polish Jewish emigrants and their descendants have lunch at the Jewish Community Center in Warsaw, Poland. (Adam de Kaminski)
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13,000 Jews were driven out of Poland in 1968. Now, some are returning to tell their story.

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov June 12, 2026June 12, 2026
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At the dawn of the World Cup, the story of the Jews who helped bring soccer to America

by Dan Friedman June 11, 2026June 11, 2026
Marchers take part in the Roma Pride parade in Rome, June 11, 2022. (Camelia Boban/Wikimedia Commons)
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Rome’s Pride parade bars Jewish LGBTQ float over refusal to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

Simone Somekh by Simone Somekh May 29, 2026May 29, 2026

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