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WATCH: Austrian Holocaust Survivor Pleads for Vote Against Far-Right Presidential Candidate
An octogenarian Holocaust survivor made an emotional video plea urging fellow citizens to vote against Norbert Hofer, a far-right candidate in Austria’s presidential election who stands a good chance of winning power this December.
The Mexican Jew Who Helped Negotiate NAFTA Remains Proud of It. Is He Just An Elitist?
For the so-called “alt-right,” Jaime Zabludovsky Kuper may seem like a ready-made stereotype. A scion of one of Mexico’s most prominent Jewish families, Zabludovsky is a longtime member of Mexico’s elite. Holder of a doctorate in economics from Yale University, he is a former under secretary for international trade negotiations and a former senior economist for Banco de México and the Mexican president’s Economics Council. Most important of all, Zabludovsky was the deputy chief negotiator for Mexico in the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The Jew Who Gave Fidel Castro a Boat — and Helped Launch a Revolution
Encased in a glass box on one of the main plazas in old Havana is a small and ordinary fishing boat called “El Granma.” Sixty years ago a young group of socialist militants led by Fidel Castro crossed the Gulf of Mexico on it, igniting a revolution that would affect the region for decades to come.
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Ottawa Synagogue Hit by Swastikas in City’s Second Anti-Semitic Incident This Week
In addition to swastikas painted on the front doors to the synagogue, the vandals also graffitied anti-Semitic phrases, like the Nazi slogan Seig Heil (Hail Victory).
The Conversation
Jared and Ivanka, Separate Business From Politics Before You Become Walking Anti-Semitic Tropes
Jane Eisner pens a plea to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, right now the most powerful Jews in America: The presidential campaign unleashed a surge of anti-Semitism. Please don’t make it worse.
Young Jews in Hungary Fight Rightist Government on Behalf of Immigrants
As Hungary grapples with the impact of an unprecedented refugee crisis — and the government’s own vitriolic anti-refugee campaign — young Budapest Jews have come to the forefront of the fight for refugees’ rights.
How Young Jews in Hungary Are Fighting To Help Refugees — Despite Right Wing Rule
It’s a significantly risky proposition to host a social event focused on human rights in a country led by a right-wing prime minister who inveighs regularly against Muslim refugees as a toxic tide engulfing the nation.
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Germany Investigates Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Over Slow Removal of Hate Speech
The criminal complaint lists 438 hateful or inciting posts that were reported throughout the year but not deleted.
Britain’s ‘Titanics’ Kosher Deli Sinks Under Financial Pressure
Titanics, a historic kosher deli in Manchester, England, has met the same fate as its namesake: It’s gone under. The last branch of the store, the oldest kosher delicatessen in Manchester — named for the ill-fated liner because its founder survived the famous shipwreck — was recently forced to close its doors. “It is a very…
Mexico’s Jewish Envoy Slammed by All Sides After UNESCO Vote Drama
October was a tough month for Andres Roemer — Mexico’s now former ambassador to UNESCO and a highly public, if controversial, member of Mexico’s Jewish community. Suddenly, last month, a rapid and complicated tangle of Middle East-related developments conspired to recast the 53-year-old star diplomat as a piñata, subject to severe whackings by both his government and his community.
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Is Jewish Oligarch the Cyber Link Between Donald Trump and Russia?
Is a Russian Jewish oligarch with Israeli citizenship and close ties to both Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu a channel for secret cyber-communications between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russian authorities?
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