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The opening ceremony of the ´Izmir Jewish Heritage´ project financed by the European Union and developed by the Izmir Jewish Community Foundation, aiming to preserve the Jewish Heritage in Izmir was realized on June 21st, with the participation of Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, the Head of European Union Delegation to Turkey, Tunç Soyer, the Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, and Abdül Batur, the Mayor of Konak District.

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, which is being broadcasted as the Jewish Women Archive in the US, added Karen Gerson Şarhon, the Sephardic Culture R...

The old Bet El Synagogue in Jaffa which had served the Turkish Jews in Israel is renewed and opened for service once again on June 19th.

The opening ceremony of the Izmir Jewish Heritage Project run by the Izmir Jewish Community Foundation and the Kentimiz Izmir (Our City Izmir) Association, was realized on June 22nd.

The Harvard GlobalWE Essay Contest was established in 2015, to invite students to think critically about the status and rights of women, in order to h...

The Turkish online store called Tilki Shop is selling t-shirts with tanks used by the Nazis during World War II prints on them. The Twitter post by this store where this t-shirt is advertised got reactions from some users.

Turkish Jewish Community filed a criminal complaint against Cemil Kandemiroğlu, the Head of the Bayburt Branch of the Health and Social Service Workers´ Union ´Sağlık-Sen´.

Cemil Kandemiroğlu, Head of the Bayburt Branch of the Health and Social Service Workers´ Union ´Sağlık-Sen´ said, "You all are dishonest. You are traitors. You are Jews." for the academics protesting at Boğaziçi University.

On Friday, Israel decided to lift the travel ban on several countries that had been heavily affected by COVID-19.

Rüşdü Saraçoğlu, the former president of Central Bank of Turkey, and the grandson of Şükrü Saraçoğlu, who had been t...

Centropa Jewish Network (CJN), with more than 20 countries as project partners in Europe, keeps on organizing competitions for students in various cat...

The first of ´Kitchen talks´ where Jewish diasporas cuisines will be introduced by culinary researcher and journalist Roy Yerushalmi every month for a year at the ANU Museum (Museum of the Jewish People - Former Beit Hatfutsot) located in Tel Aviv University, with Foodish Organization, was organized on Friday, May 28th.

Polish President Andrzej Sebastian Duda inaugurated the monument in the Latin Catholic Cemetery in Şişli, Istanbul, in memory of Wojciech Rychlewicz, Consul General in Istanbul of the period, who had saved many Jews from the Holocaust.

The Quincentenial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews will be screening the movie ´Sefarad´ based on the true story of Portuguese Crypto-Jews, from 1946 to our day, on Saturday, May 29th, at 21:00 hrs, via Zoom and their Facebook account.

Cervantes Institute and the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) are organizing a certified course program on Sephardic language and culture in Toledo in June and July.

Or-Yom has succeeded in making Mothers Day unforgettable for their residents, regardless of all the restrictions taken for COVID-19. Or-Yom staff who ...

Translation by Janet MITRANIThe famous Turkish singer Can Bonomo gave a harsh response to the racist comment made to his post where he had requested h...

Viktor Apalaçi has been seen worthy of becoming a FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) jury member in the IKSV International Istanbul Film Festival.

The Turkish Jewish Community made a declaration about the happenings in Israel.

The Anatolian Youth Association (AGD) and the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) organized a meeting in front of the Israeli Consulate, despite the lockdown.