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Nearly half of French Jews tell their children not to reveal religion in public

A new report says that antisemitism 'often conceals itself behind the mask of human rights and egalitarianism'

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Nearly half of French Jews tell their children not to reveal religion in public
Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks to members of the media at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, September 11, 2022. (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel considers expanding Return law to help Russians flee war

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Hasidic Jewish pilgrims pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, in the town of Uman, about 200km from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, on September 25, 2022. - Tens of thousands of Jewish pilgrims flock despite war to Ukrainian city of Uman for their annual pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman from Breslov (1772-1810), founder of an ultra-Orthodox movement that settled in Uman in the early 1800s. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Despite war and Iranian drones, Chasidic pilgrims flock to Uman

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Jewish politician jailed in Russia after comparing Soviet regime to Nazis
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Jewish politician jailed in Russia after comparing Soviet regime to Nazis

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Book review: The People Immortal - A final war novel from a Russian master
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Book review: The People Immortal - A final war novel from a Russian master

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Obituary: Mikhail Gorbachev
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Obituary: Mikhail Gorbachev

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The ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbatchev (L) shakes hands with former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's widow Leah, under the gaze of former Israeli Nobel peace prize Shimon Peres (R), 10 January at the memorial in Tel Aviv where Rabin was murdered in 1995. Gorbachev arrived here today to participate in a three-day conference organized by the Peres Center for Peace. A bevy of current and former world leaders will also take part in the event in a bid to breathe economic life into the moribund Middle East peace process. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) / AFP / SVEN NACKSTRAND (Photo credit should read SVEN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)
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