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Using Anne Frank to Discuss Race
Could Anne Frank be the key to educating Gen Z Americans about antisemitism—even if they’ve never met a Jew?

Could Anne Frank be the key to educating Gen Z Americans about antisemitism—even if they’ve never met a Jew?
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Bahraini Journalist Leading Advocate of Abraham Accords
The veteran journalist and first woman to head the Bahraini media group plans to lead a group of Bahraini reporters on their first-ever trip to Israel this spring.

The veteran journalist and first woman to head the Bahraini media group plans to lead a group of Bahraini reporters on their first-ever trip to Israel this spring.

Hungary’s Population Has High Rate of Ashkenazi Genes

Testing revealed that more than 7.5 percent of 4,981 people tested in Hungary had more than 25 percent Jewish Ashkenazi genes.

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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.