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Interior of the Cetate Synagogue in Timisoara, Romania: A gallery can be seen at the top left of the picture, a rose window in the middle, and below it the upper part of the shrine where the Torah scrolls are kept
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Jewish life in Europe

Jewish life is an integral part of Europe's past and present. How do Jewish Europeans live, keep their traditions and customs alive and view both current developments and the way the past is dealt with?

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Jewish life in Thessaloniki, Greece

Greece: How the Jewish cemetery in Thessaloniki disappeared

Greece: How the Jewish cemetery in Thessaloniki disappeared

The Jewish cemetery in Thessaloniki was once one of the largest in the world. Remnants are now dotted around the city.
SocietySeptember 27, 202403:41 min
Bojanczyk family, Warsaw

Young Polish Jews rediscover their Jewish identity

Young Polish Jews rediscover their Jewish identity

Young Polish Jews are keen to explore their Jewish roots and live their Jewish identity.
SocietySeptember 16, 202403:20 min
The Documentation Center in Munich

Munich: Nazi past and new Jewish life

Munich: Nazi past and new Jewish life

Thursday's shooting near the Nazi Documentation Center has put a spotlight on Munich's Nazi past and Jewish present.
HistorySeptember 5, 2024
Serbia - Jewish cemetery in Novi Pazar

Restoration project brings Novi Pazar's Jewish past to life

Restoration project brings Novi Pazar's Jewish past to life

The restoration of the Jewish cemetery in the Serbian city of Novi Pazar shines a light on the city's Jewish history.
SocietyAugust 28, 202404:19 min
Challah bread and Kiddush wine cup

Moldova's young Jews find strength embracing their culture

Moldova's young Jews find strength embracing their culture

At a time when antisemitism is on the rise in Europe, young Moldovan Jews live out their Jewish traditions in unity.
SocietyJuly 25, 202403:55 min
Sanja Petrusic Goldstein, Principal of the Hugo Kon Elementary School in Zagreb, stands in a hallway with children's artwork lining the walls

Jewish school in Croatia's capital fosters tolerance

Jewish school in Croatia's capital fosters tolerance

Jewish and non-Jewish children learn respect and tolerance side by side at the Hugo Kon Elementary School in Zagreb.
EducationJuly 12, 202404:21 min
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An older man stands in a courtyard in Zagreb

Jews in Croatia seek justice over confiscated property

Jewish Croatian families are still fighting for justice over property seized by the state before and after World War II.
SocietyMay 13, 202404:21 min
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Budapest Jewish community collects for Hungary's rural poor

Budapest-based charity Donation Taxi collects donations for Hungary's rural poor, building bridges between communities.
SocietyApril 8, 202404:33 min
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