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Making a Difference in Nepal
In Tevel B’Tzedek, Israeli Micha Odenheimer has created a Jewish Peace Corps that brings Jewish aid and ideals to Nepal, one of the world’s most impoverished nations.

Volunteers from Tevel B’Tzedek enhance Nepalis’ skills as farmers, educators and community leaders.
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Keeping the Faith in Vilnius
Before World War II, the streets of Lithuania’s capital were thronged with Jews. Today, the country is home to 4,000 Jews committed to preserving their heritage.

Before World War II, the streets of Lithuania’s capital were thronged with Jews. Today, the country is home to 4,000 Jews committed to preserving their heritage.
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Passage to the Pyrenees
Jews and others trekked over the treacherous mountain range to flee from the Nazis. These days, people are following in their footsteps.

Jews and others trekked over the treacherous mountain range to flee from the Nazis. These days, people are following in their footsteps.

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At 98, Gymnast and Holocaust Survivor Agnes Keleti Is as Feisty as Ever

by Cnaan Liphshiz | JTA

With 10 Olympic medals, Keleti is the most decorated female Jewish Olympian of all time.

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UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid Visited the Western Wall

by Marcy Oster | JTA

Javid wore a black kippah and placed a note in a crack between two stones in the Western Wall.

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Anti-Semitic Dutch Rapper Goes by the Stage Name ‘Anne Frank’

by Cnaan Liphshiz | JTA

This year, the artist seemed to dabble in Holocaust denial when she wrote: “Anne Frank died of typhus so she was never murdered.”

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Semion Rosenfeld, Last Living Survivor of Sobibor, Dies

by Marcy Oster | JTA

Semion Rosenfeld was transferred to Sobibor in 1943 and participated in the uprising there in September of that year.

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An Island of Tolerance for Jewish Students in England

by Cnaan Liphshiz | JTA

At the University of Birmingham, the Jewish student body now outnumbers the centuries-old Jewish community in the United Kingdom’s second largest city.