World stories
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From darkness to light
The rescue of Prague Torah scrolls
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10 observations from the Solidarity Mission to France
JUF Chairman Bill Silverstein and JUF Executive Vice President Jay Tcath share what they learned…
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JUF condemns Copenhagen terror attacks
The Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago condemns the brutal, hate-filled terror attacks in Copenhagen…
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Ukrainian Jews cautiously optimistic on Russia-brokered cease-fire
Leaders of Ukrainian Jewry reacted with cautious optimism to news that Russia and Ukraine worked…
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Local Jewish leaders conduct national solidarity mission to France
A group of Jewish leaders representing 18 communities throughout North America traveled on the JFNA…
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Survivors gather for historic anniversary at Auschwitz
Holocaust survivors gathered in Krakow on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz amid unease regarding the…
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JUF opens emergency fund to aid French Jews
Following last week’s terrorist assaults in Paris, JUF has opened an emergency “French Terror and…
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Jewish United Fund abhors terror targeting Jews and others in France
The Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago has issued the following statement in the wake…
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Paris hostage takers dead, hostages being freed after simultaneous raids
All hostage takers are dead, and their hostages are being freed after simultaneous raids on…
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Sephardic community commemorates the forgotten Jewish refugees
A teenager in miniskirts when the Iranian Revolution broke out in 1979, Jacqueline Saper remembers…