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News in and about Jewish communities outside the United States and Israel, as well as related international issues

Hezbollah spokesman Ibrahim al-Mousawi addresses University of Cape Town students via Zoom, on Sept. 15, 2023. Courtesy of the SA Jewish Report.

University of Cape Town hosts talk by Hezbollah spokesman

Billed as an “evening of resistance,” the event allowed Hezbollah spokesman Ibrahim al-Mousawi to interact with students via Zoom.

September 26, 2023

Yaroslav Hunka fought in a Nazi unit during the Second World War, was inadvertently honored by the Canadian House of Commons, Sept. 22, 2023. Source: YouTube.

Canada’s House Speaker apologizes after Nazi honored in parliament

Anthony Rota had praised Yaroslav Hunka, who served in the Waffen SS, as a "Ukrainian hero" and a "Canadian hero."

September 26, 2023

Andrzej Duda, president of Poland, and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda present Stanlee Stahl (center), executive vice president of The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. Courtesy: Polish president's office.

Jewish leader receives Polish Knight’s Cross award

Stanlee Stahl, executive vice president of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, said the honor is also for the many Polish heroes who saved Jews during the Holocaust.

September 23, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state, in New York City on Sept. 21, 2023. Credit: Avi Ohayon (GPO)

Netanyahu meets with Kissinger in New York

The centenarian former U.S. secretary of state is “a longtime friend of Israel and a true statesman," wrote Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

September 23, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (third from left) meets with five heads of Caribbean Island states on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 21, 2023. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Netanyahu meets leaders of Caribbean Island states

The leaders discussed the public health and water management challenges that their nations face, and ways Israel can offer assistance.

September 23, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2023. Credit: UNGA/screenshot.

Foreign-policy expert: ‘Israel and Saudi have already normalized’

"Israel and Saudi have already normalized. When the formal agreement comes is anyone’s guess," wrote Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

September 22, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2023. Credit: United Nations.

In UN speech, Netanyahu threatens Iran with ‘credible nuclear threat’

A senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told JNS that Netanyahu meant to say "credible military threat" and that he stands by the original text of the speech.

Alex Traiman and Menachem Wecker

September 22, 2023

Participants in official ceremonies commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II, part of the National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews. At far right is Michel Gourary, director of the European March of the Living, Sept. 21, 2023. Credit: March of the Living.

Lithuanian, Jewish leaders mark 80th year since liquidation of Vilnius Ghetto

“We must show zero-tolerance towards antisemitism,” said Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan at the memorial event.

September 21, 2023

Israeli first lady Sara Netanyahu (left) with U.S. first lady Jill Biden at a reception in New York City during proceedings related to the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 20, 2023. Credit: Ohad Kav/GPO.

Sara Netanyahu, Jill Biden discuss global challenges to children

The first ladies of Israel and the United States met at a reception to honor the spouses of world leaders.

September 21, 2023