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  • The Latvian Holocaust survivor promoting tolerance and education

    90,000 Jews lived in Latvia before the German invasion during WWII. But only 200 Jews survived the Holocaust on Latvian territory. As a teenager, {...}

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  • The European Days of Jewish Culture 2022: Renewal

    To celebrate the European Days of Jewish Culture, here are five interesting facts about Jewish life in Europe day.Find the program festival through {...}

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  • The black Jewish Ukrainian sisters promoting positivity through hip hop

    Hip hop trio Fo Sho isn’t the kind of music group you would expect to come out of Kharkiv, Ukraine – nor from a Chabad school. But it’s {...}

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  • An inside perspective from Jewish LGBTQ+ activists in Europe: Rabbi Mati Kirschenbaum

    To mark #PrideMonth, the NOA project is speaking with LGBTQ+ Jewish activists in Europe on the positives and challenges they are facing {...}

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  • An Inside Perspective from Jewish LGTBQ+ Activists in Europe: Albert Oliveras

    For Pride Month, the NOA project spoke with Jewish LGBTQ+ activists in Europe, discussing both the positives and challenges many face {...}

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  • Jews in Poland Helping Ukrainian Refugees

    Jewish organizations in Poland have been giving their all to help displaced Ukrainians refugees - an example of 'tikkun olam.' Photographer Chuck {...}

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  • From Preserving Jewish Heritage, to Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine

    When the Ukraine crisis began, Jewish organizations and communities across Europe immediately sprung into action to respond to the humanitarian {...}

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  • The activist giving visibility to Jewish voices in the Netherlands’ antiracism movements

    Far-right movements and antisemitism are on the rise in Europe. The NOA project spoke with Dutch Jewish activist Lievnath Faber on her efforts to {...}

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  • Jewish communities providing humanitarian aid to refugees from Ukraine: Romania

    Jewish communities bordering Ukraine have stepped up to help the refugees entering their countries. As of March 13th, an {...}

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  • Jewish Communities Providing Humanitarian Aid to Refugees from Ukraine: Hungary

    Jewish communities bordering Ukraine have stepped up to help the refugees entering their countries. Their actions speak directly to the Jewish {...}

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  • Jewish communities providing humanitarian aid to refugees from Ukraine: JCC Krakow

    Jewish communities across Europe, and particularly those bordering Ukraine, have stepped up to help the refugees entering their countries. Their {...}

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  • Empowering women through body positivity, burlesque, and Judaism

    When it comes to Jewish engagement in Poland, there’s nothing Ania Ciszewska aka Betty Q hasn’t done. From volunteering at Limmud; to {...}

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  • Remembering the Holocaust through dance – for the next generations

    Eva Fahidi was 18 years old when she was deported to Auschwitz with her family from their home city of Debrecen, in Hungary. Her mother, father, and {...}

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  • Building roots for young Jews in Georgia

    Just a few thousand Jews remain in Georgia today, a multiethnic country in the South Caucasus. They face many challenges, among them emigration and {...}

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  • Promoting environmental Jewish communities

    “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” a proverb says. For countering climate change, every step can help. EcoSynagogue {...}

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  • Raising breast cancer awareness in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Nela Hasic, who grew up in Sarajevo’s Jewish community, is the founder of the Think Pink Foundation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It supports women {...}

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  • A festival for Jewish culture in Europe

    The European Days of Jewish Culture is one of the largest festivals celebrating Jewish heritage in Europe. This September, it’s taking place under {...}

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  • Amplifying Roma voices in Hungary

    August 2nd is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, commemorating the 500,000 Roma murdered during WWII in Nazi-occupied Europe. More than seven decades {...}

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  • INACH: Fighting hate speech online, from the very beginning

    Suzette Bronkhorst founded INACH (International Network Against Cyber-Hate) together with her late partner Ronald Eissens back in 2002. They were {...}

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  • A Lyon Synagogue fights climate change

    When Rabbi Daniela Touati finished her studies and assumed leadership in France, she formed a group to create an eco-synagogue - and invited {...}

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  • LGBTQ+ Rabbis Come to Europe

    Brian Doyle-Du Breuil is a soon-to-graduate rabbinical student of Abraham Geiger College at the University of Potsdam in Germany. He’s also gay - {...}

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  • Portugal undergoes Jewish Renaissance

    Portugal holds the EU Presidency in the first half of 2021, and there’s exciting news coming from the country. 500 years after Portugal expelled {...}

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  • Playing jazz to overcome the Holocaust and the pandemic

    When the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone inside, Holocaust survivor Simon Gronowski lifted his spirits by opening the window of his Brussels {...}

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  • Jewish comedians spark French comedy

    It’s a running American joke: Without Jews, there would be little laughter. It now has become a French joke, too - Jewish immigrants to France are {...}

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  • In Hungary, remembering a lost Jewish community through education

    Israel and Jewish communities are commemorating Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, this week. This is how one regional town in Hungary has {...}

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  • Bulgaria’s Jews: Building a culture of tolerance

    When neo-Nazis planned to march the streets of Sofia in 2019, Bulgaria’s Jews responded by organizing a march for tolerance. Indeed, Shalom - {...}

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  • Austria’s surprising turnaround

    Austria long portrayed itself as the first victim of Nazi aggression after its native son, Adolf Hitler, annexed the country in 1938. But the {...}

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  • Jewish musician Tomi Juhász: Demonstrating the importance of culture for inclusion and activism

    February is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month. It is a unified effort among Jewish organizations to raise awareness and {...}

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  • Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: Holocaust survivors who built /changed Europe – Yvette Anavi

    In December 2020, just a few days before her 101st birthday, Yvette Anavi (maiden name Kalo), a Holocaust survivor from Bulgaria and inspiring {...}

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  • Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: Holocaust survivors who built /changed Europe – Marek Edelman

    “Hate is easy, love requires effort.” Marek Edelman, who passed away in 2009, was the last surviving leader of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto {...}

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  • Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: Holocaust survivors who built /changed Europe – Imre Kertész

    “When I am thinking about a new novel, I always think of Auschwitz.” Hungarian Jewish writer Imre Kertész was born in Budapest, Hungary in {...}

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  • Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: Holocaust survivors who built /changed Europe – Charlotte Knobloch

    Charlotte Knobloch survived the Holocaust in hiding with a Christian family on a farm in northern Bavaria, Germany. After the war, she and her {...}

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  • Rabbi Haim Casas

    Rabbi Haim Casas is Spain's first native-born rabbi, 500 years after Jewish communities were expelled and obliterated during the Inquisition. {...}

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  • A friendship in Romania connected by the love of Judaism

    As we celebrate another night of Hanukkah, here is another little miracle story brought to you by NOA: A friendship in Romania connected by the love {...}

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  • A Jewish miracle: Spain’s young Jewish generation

    Meet Camila Piastro, part of a young generation of Jews from Spain. 500 years after the Inquisition and exile from the Iberian peninsula, the {...}

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  • Jewish miracle stories for Hanukkah: Yiddish in Sweden

    As we light the Hanukkah candles tonight, let us reflect on the little miracles we encounter every day, sometimes in less expected places. This is {...}

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  • Hanukkah miracle story: Poland

    As we light the Hanukkah candles tonight, let us reflect on the miracles we encounter every day, even in the face of difficult obstacles. This photo {...}

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  • Facing the Facts, combating hate

    In Europe, minority groups have joined forces to improve the prevention and recognition of hate crimes and hate speech. With the rise in hate, {...}

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  • Human Rights Day 2020

    On December 10th, we celebrate Human Rights Day, marking when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948 and which proclaims that {...}

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  • MENA region commemoration

    After France’s colonies gained independence after World War II, almost 250,000 Sephardic Jews emigrated, often to Israel, but also to France. On {...}

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  • Eric Mark was a “secret listener.”

    Eric Mark was a “secret listener.” Along with other German-speaking émigrés, he worked for British intelligence during WWII, eavesdropping on {...}

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  • International Tolerance Day 2020

    For International Tolerance Day, this is the story of a religious odd couple, who through their friendship, are advocating for greater tolerance {...}

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  • Maccabi FC in Brussels – an inclusive sports team

    Racism and antisemitism pervade European football, from the top professional to bottom amateur leagues. Amid the hate, one team stands out for its {...}

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  • Positive developments in 2020

    2020 has been a difficult year globally, but there have been some positive steps to counter antisemitism, racism, and xenophobia.   As we {...}

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  • Emouna, bringing faith leaders together in France

    In France, a new interfaith program is bringing a diverse group of religious leaders together. Founded by a rabbi, an imam, and a priest, the course {...}

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  • HIAS helping refugees in Greece

    Each year on August 19, the UN honors humanitarian aid workers by celebrating World Humanitarian Day. This year’s celebration pays special tribute {...}

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  • Mapping Jewish Hamburg

    Discover the Jewish history of Hamburg – all on a digital map. Geschichtomat is engaging German school students to discover the Jewish history of {...}

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  • Jewish in Barcelona: Reviving the intercultural tapestry of a city

    Barcelona's Mozaika project started off as a self-published Jewish magazine which aimed to popularize Jewish culture and counter stereotypes. It has {...}

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  • Meeting the neighbors in the Netherlands

    From synagogue visits to communal dinners, young members of the Jewish and Muslim communities in the Netherlands are coming together. Chantal {...}

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  • Charity Taxi turns to produce masks during Corona crisis

    In Hungary, Adománytaxi or ‘Charity Taxi’ is using the helping potential of people in the capital to support the country’s most {...}

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  • Nominate a person or a project!

    The project will feature regular social media campaigns that will focus on past and present Jewish contributions to Europe, representing {...}

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