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Zara removes Halloween costume likened to concentration camp uniform 

By GABE KAHN

(JTA) — Spanish fashion retailer Zara removed a children’s Halloween costume from its website on Wednesday after social media users noted that the gray-and-blue striped outfit resembled prison garb worn by inmates in Nazi concentration camps. 

Zara described...

What is flydubai and will it continue to link Israel and the UAE?

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) — TEL AVIV – The apparent hijacking attempt aboard flydubai Flight 1073 has put a spotlight on the Emirati airline, which has become a main air link connecting Israelis to the rest of the world.

The incident...

Israel-bound flight diverted to Saudi Arabia after terror attack on board

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) – A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after passengers reported that an altercation broke out between two pilots. Israeli officials are describing the incident as a...

UK foreign secretary: The threats to Israel don’t justify its treatment of Palestinians

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

(JTA) — British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband called Palestinian suffering in Gaza and the West Bank a “stain on the conscience of the world” at the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, his most blistering attack on Benjamin...

IDF troops hold fire as Gazan child carries weapon down street for terrorist

By JNS STAFF

 (JNS.org) – Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted video on Sunday of footage from the Israel Defense Forces showing a terrorist using a Gazan child as a human shield to move weapons to a civilian home. The IDF refrained from...

German city bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims

By TOBY AXELROD

(JTA) — A decision to bar the “stumbling stone” memorials to victims of the Nazis has touched a nerve in one small German town, and beyond.

At issue is a motion – passed Sept. 25 by the city...

More than 350 cultural figures slam Spanish festival for canceling a Jewish novelist for her Israel views

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — MADRID — More than 350 writers and other cultural figures have signed a petition defending the author Ariana Harwicz, who was disinvited from a literary festival in Spain over her support for Israel. 

The Jewish-Argentinian...

Hundreds rally at UN to urge world leaders to address antisemitism 

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(JTA) — Hundreds of members of New York’s Jewish community competed against stand-still traffic, security details and dozens of black SUVs Wednesday night to reach Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza near the United Nations. 

Their plea? For world leaders at...

Canadian leaders condemn shooting outside Ontario synagogue at the start of Yom Kippur

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

(JTA) — Canadian leaders have condemned a shooting outside the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, at the start of Yom Kippur that left a police officer seriously injured and forced the congregation to cancel services on...

LA Federation sues museum for custody of looted paintings once hoarded by Hermann Göring

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(JTA) — The Jewish Federation of Los Angeles and the heirs to a Jewish artist filed suit against a California museum to recover a pair of 16th-century oil paintings seized by the Nazis and held in the private...