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Romania

Gaza / Health and Medicine

Sick Gazans and Their Caregivers Leave Gaza in War’s Largest Medical Evacuation

By Noah Michaeli

In total, 86 Gazan patients accompanied by 124 family members were taken to the UAE. The rest were flown to Romania.

Business and Economy / Eastern Europe

Israel’s Elbit Systems Signs $410 Million Romanian Drone Contract

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Israeli defense electronics company announced Wednesday that it had been awarded the lucrative contract to supply Romania with up to seven Watchkeeper X tactical unmanned aircraft systems.

Jerusalem / Eastern Europe

Romania 'Remains Committed to Relocating Embassy to Jerusalem'

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“I stand behind what I said in the past. There is no change in policy,” said Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă.

Antisemitism / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Elie Wiesel's Childhood Home Vandalized by Anti-Semites

By JNi.Media

The Romanian group for Monitoring and Fighting Anti-Semitism condemned the vandalism against the "memory of Elie Wiesel, the memory of the Holocaust victims and the souls of the Holocaust survivors."

IDF & Security / Eastern Europe

A First: IDF Participating in NATO Eastern European Exercises

By JNi.Media

Nineteen countries participate in the maneuvers, with about 18,000 soldiers spread around Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

Heart Surgeon-Turned Pilot Saves El Al Passenger's Life

By JNi.Media

'I reminded the captain that I was also a doctor and told the flight attendant to let me know if the passenger's condition was getting worse.'

Terrorism / US / Politics / News Briefs / Turkey / Russia / ISIS / NATO

Turkish PM Denies Russia Demanding to Use NATO Nuke Base

By JNi.Media

US-Turkey relations have so deteriorated after the coup that Washington no longer trusts Ankara with the nuclear weapons.

Politics / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Painter Jonasz Stern's 'Landscape after the Holocaust' in Krakow Museum

By JNi.Media

Painter Jonasz Stern left a permanent mark on the Polish art of the 20th century.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Obituaries / Holocaust

Holocaust Author and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel Dead at 87

By JNi.Media

For ten years after the war, Wiesel refused to write about or discuss his experiences during the Holocaust.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Jewish Watchdog Group Sues Romanian Mayor for Hitler Hairdo in 2009

By JTA

He explains he was just following that other people were doing. Sound familiar?

Op-Eds

Zionism in Jassy: The Importance of History Today

By Milad Doroudian

The history of Zionism in Jassy, Romania, amidst persecution and antisemitism.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Romanian President: Palestinians Should Recognize Israel as Jewish

By JTA

Romania supports in principle Israel’s demand for Palestinian recognition of Israel as the Jewish state but encourages compromises on this and other issues, Romanian President Traian Basescu said. Speaking to JTA at his presidential palace two days before an Israel visit that  began Sunday, Basescu said that “if they [the Palestinians] want peace, they must […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / News Briefs

Israeli-American Nabbed in Taliban weapons Jailed for 15 Years

By JTA

An Israeli-American man caught in a sting operation trying to sell weapons to Taliban terrorists was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison. Oded Orbach, 55, of Highland Park, Ill., was convicted in April of conspiring to provide material support to the Taliban and conspiring to acquire anti-aircraft missiles. A U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Ukrainian Jewish Leaders: Romania Unfit to Lead Holocaust Body

By JTA

Ukrainian Jewish leaders said Romania was unfit to head a Holocaust remembrance forum because it has not done enough to come to grips with its own Holocaust-era culpability. Approximately 380,000 Jews were murdered in Romania-controlled areas during the Holocaust, according to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. “Romania’s actions prove it is not ready […]

US / News Briefs / Religion / Holocaust / Judaism

The Ultimate Revenge for Holocaust Survivor: New Torah Scroll

By Jewish Press Staff

Holocaust survivors have at least two ways to take revenge against the Nazis. One is to overcome the past and bring a new family into the world. The other is to donate a Torah. Marge Fettmen did both.

Op-Eds

How the Holocaust Never Happened in Rumania

By Michael Curtis

The virus of antisemitism is alive and well in Eastern Europe, and so is the denial of the Holocaust. It is particularly disconcerting that a younger generation in Rumania, and more than likely everywhere else in the world, should be infected with this virus, and is -- or claims to be -- ignorant of the real treatment of Jews in the 20th century.

Lessons In Emunah

Reaping The Fruits Of His Labor

By menachembraun

Reb Pinchos, born in Romania, moved shortly after birth with his parents to Vienna. As a teenager, he learned in another city and took his Gemara with him. Pinchos remembered how his rebbe always liked to teach from his Gemara.

Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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