At the initiative of the Paris City Council, a promenade named after Aristides de Sousa Mendes was inaugurated on the borders of the 8th and 17th districts of Paris. In the presence of the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, elected officials of Paris, the Secretary of State for Internationalisation of the Portuguese Republic Bernardo Ivo […]
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The city of Antwerp has approved the installation of 50 new memorials to commemorate victims of the Nazi persecution during the war, in addition to the existing 107 so-called “stumbling stones” already in place. Under the Nazi occupation of the Flemish city, people were ordered to turn in Jews living in the city. Jan De […]
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Cafés, bars, bakeries, restaurants, and fashion houses line Tel Aviv’s longest thoroughfare. Dizengoff Street, a three-kilometer stretch of fashion, food, and fun in the center of Tel Aviv, stretches north from Rothschild Boulevard up to Tel Aviv Port. Named for Tel Aviv founder, town planner, and first mayor Meir Dizengoff, this thoroughfare has something for […]
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The ancient theater was reintroduced to the art scene during the twentieth year of the area’s excavation. Following the completion of its restoration, Türkiye’s ancient Laodicean Theater just hosted its first performance after 1,690 years of silence. The İzmir State Symphony Orchestra performed a concert for nearly 15,000 people at the theater’s re-opening ceremony. The […]
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Morocco is ready to return to all its pre-pandemic glory. On May 19th, members of the Moroccan National Tourist Office, alongside a host of trusted tourism professionals, hosted an industry event at The Plaza in New York City to unveil their new campaign: “Morocco – Kingdom of Light”. Famous for its uniqueness, the light in […]
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Austria dedicated a new memorial to murdered Jews this week, on the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht. The Shoah Wall of Names Memorial is Austria’s first public Holocaust memorial and is seen as a gesture that the European country is finally taking public responsibility for its past – something Austria has been notorious for avoiding for decades. The […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron has inaugurated near Paris what is believed to be the world’s first museum on the wrongful and antisemitic persecution of the late army captain Alfred Dreyfus. The new museum, inaugurated in the suburb of Médan, features at least 500 documents including photographs, court papers and personal objects from the 8-year ordeal […]
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This new digital resource takes the form of a freely available interactive website, which maps stories, histories, and recollections of the Jewish community who once lived in the Cheetham Hill, Strangeways, and Hightown areas of North Manchester. The Memory Map of Jewish Manchester aims to create a lasting document of the living memory of […]
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Amazing views, gorgeous wines, fascinating history, and all sorts of active adventures, push the southern desert to the top of our travel wish list. TIME magazine recently named Israel’s Negev Desert as one of the World’s Greatest Places for 2021. And for good reason, too, since despite its seemingly arid appearance the southern desert is one […]
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From drinks on upturned crates to inoculation bravery stories, you’ll find the coronavirus crisis has left quite an impact here in Israel. Walking around Israel, you wouldn’t know that the coronavirus crisis is still raging in large parts of the world: restaurants are open, weddings are back, and tour groups are making their way to […]
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