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- Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after they were stolen by the Nazis(JTA) — A trove of sacred Jewish objects from Greece that was stolen by the Nazis and displaced for decades in Poland is finally heading back home. Poland returned 91 religious and ceremonial artifacts to the Greek government at a ceremony in Warsaw on Wednesday. Among them were Torah scrolls, a Torah mantle and silver... […]
- Israel shoots down Iranian fighter jet; Iranian drone targets Turkey as war enters 5th day(JTA) — Two unprecedented developments took place in the U.S.-Israel war against Iran on Wednesday, as fighting entered its fifth day. First, Israel said its forces had shot down an Iranian plane over Iranian territory, in the first-ever direct combat between the two nations. Second, Turkey says an Iranian drone headed toward its airspace was... […]
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