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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.

Chiune Sugihara: Heroism in the Face of Evil

Japanese officials have launched a new campaign to bring attention to Sugihara's courageous actions to save Jews during the Holocaust.

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Israelis Embrace Their Moroccan Cultural Roots

by Yardena Schwartz

Israelis of Moroccan descent are traveling to the country their parents left behind, exploring their heritage and helping to sustain the remnants of Morocco's once-thriving Jewish community.

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Warsaw Teachers Defy New ‘Holocaust’ Law in Open Letter

by Debra Nussbaum Cohen

Decrying that "Polish complicity in the Shoah needs to be taught," the educators and Holocaust archivists pledge to challenge the law by speaking out.

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Text of Letter from Piotr Laskowski and Sebastian Matuszewski

This letter challenges the new Polish law seeking to criminalize speech linking the Polish nation to Holocaust-era crimes.

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Encountering Fate at Babi Yar

by Marvin Kalb

On the 100-year anniversary of the Russian Revolution a writer ponders what would have happened if his mother had not left Kiev in 1914, fleeing the omnipresent anti-Semitism.

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Tevel b’Tzedek Offers a Helping Hand in Nepal

by Rahel Musleah

Villages in Nepal are remote, but Tevel's volunteers persevere: They hike mountains, share unheated cabins and outdoor squat toilets and use water from village taps.