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80 years after Kristallnacht, German president lights massive menorah

Eighty years after Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass,” in which Nazis terrorized Jews throughout the German Reich, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was lifted in a cherry picker crane alongside Berlin community Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal to kindle what is billed as Europe’s…

Synagogue holds Hannukah ceremony at mass shooting site

Hundreds of people gathered in Pittsburgh at the site of last month’s deadly attack to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. Read more.

IDF says 200m attack tunnel from Lebanon uncovered as operation launches

The Israeli military on Tuesday said it uncovered the “first of sure to be many” cross-border attack tunnels dug by the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist group, this one from under a house in the Lebanese village of Kafr Kila, across from the Israeli town of Metulla. Read more.

Rabbis who survived Pittsburgh shooting mark 30 days of mourning

Two Pittsburgh rabbis who survived last month’s horrific attack reflect as the 30-day mourning period for the 11 people lost in the attack comes to a close. Read more.