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Charges dropped against Swedish artist who stole Holocaust victims’ ashes

(JTA) — Prosecutors in Lublin said they have no legal basis for prosecuting a Swedish artist who admitted to stealing ashes of Holocaust victims who died in Poland.

An investigation into the actions of Carl Michael von Hausswolff, who allegedly...

Calls growing for French rabbi to resign over plagiarism charges

(JTA) — Calls for the resignation of France’s chief rabbi, Gilles Bernheim, are increasing over revelations that he allegedly committed plagiarism and used unearned academic titles.

The French daily Le Figaro on Tuesday reported that “there was heavy pressure” on...

Israeli teenager who disappeared in Toronto contacts parents

(JTA) — An Israeli teenager who disappeared from a Jewish leadership program in Toronto has contacted his parents, who said he was safe.

Raphael Arega Tesfaye, 16, a native of Ethiopia, contacted his parents twice last week, according to the...

Iran, world powers ‘far apart’ after new nuke talks

JTA) — World powers will not pursue talks indefinitely with Iran over its nuclear program, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said after another round failed to produce new proposals.

Kerry made the statement Sunday in Istanbul a day after...

Facebook removes page featuring anti-Jewish content

SYDNEY (JTA) — Facebook removed a page featuring anti-Jewish content, including a photo of murdered Jews in a mass grave at Bergen-Belsen with the headline “Lazy Jews.”

In response to a formal complaint by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry,...

Poland has one month supply of kosher meat left

(JTA) — Poland’s Jewish community has about a one month supply of kosher meat left, following a ban on ritual slaughter that went into effect at the beginning of the year.

Piotr Kadlcik, president of the Union of Jewish Religious...

Shell reportedly to dump Australian firm over Israeli ties

THE HAGUE (JTA) – Royal Dutch Shell reportedly will divest from Woodside Petroleum because of the Australian energy firm’s investment in Israel’s gas fields.

According to the RTL Dutch television network, a Shell spokesman said April 3 that he had...

Irish teachers union calls for Israel boycott

(JTA) — The Teachers’ Union of Ireland adopted a resolution backing an academic and cultural boycott of Israel.

Israel was seen as an “apartheid state” in the motion passed unanimously on April 4 during the union’s annual congress. The union...

Egyptian official quotes Sunni Muslim verse on killing Jews

(JTA) — Egypt’s minister of religious endowments quoted an Islamic Sunni verse about killing Jews. The interview with Talaat Mohamed Afifi Salem was aired last month on Sada Al-Balad TV, according to the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute.

Asked...

Kerry: Full Turkey-Israel reconciliation would help peace bid

(JTA) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Israel and Turkey to reconcile completely, saying it would help with peacemaking in the Middle East.

“With respect to the Israel-Turkey track, it is not for the United States to...