Israel’s Euroleague Champs, French Jews Want Out, MK Geraldo Rivera?

Israel’s Euroleague Champs, French Jews Want Out, MK Geraldo Rivera?

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In a country where only one in four Jews survived, the province of Limburg saw its Jewish population rise by 46 percent during the Holocaust.
Maccabi Tel Aviv upset favored Real Madrid to win the Euroleague basketball championship.

The ADL’s new international survey will inform efforts to fight anti-Jewish bigotry, Abraham Foxman writes.
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Geraldo Rivera is a J Street endorser, tattooed Jew and one-time aspiring Israeli parliamentarian.
For a parallel to the party change that just took place in India’a national elections, observers of the world’s largest democracy could look to Israel.
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Young Israelis are increasingly moving to Germany’s capital, where a complicated Jewish past is both resonant and irrelevant.
Israel’s economic boom is a bubble similar to those that caused the global financial crisis, writes Jesse Colombo.
An annual Jewish pilgrimage and festival in Tunisia has sparked tensions between the North African country’s tourism industry and politicians who oppose any relations with Israel or Israelis.
The Atlantic republishes a 1939 essay by a “pro-German” American woman who is married to a Jew and complains he’s a bit oversensitive about the Hitler thing.
Reinhold Niebuhr’s daughter and nephew come to Israel’s defense, slamming members of the Presbyterian Church (USA) for maligning the late theologian’s views on the necessity for a Jewish homeland.
Give your Shavuot a Big Apple vibe with this decadent cake that combines two quintessentially New York desserts.