Warsaw makes rare Hanukkah observance
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WARSAW -- Jewish community leaders and Warsaw officials lighted the candles of a large menorah in the center of the capital yesterday for Hanukkah, a rare public observance of a Jewish holiday in Poland. Israel's chief rabbi, Yona Metzger, chanted Hebrew prayers as he and Warsaw Deputy Mayor Andrzej Urbanski were lifted by an industrial crane to the top of ...
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Hanukkah is going mobile in suburban Detroit this year, as members of the Chabad-Lubavitch organization strap giant candelabra to the roofs of cars and vans to mark the start of the Jewish freedom festival on Tuesday night.
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The floors are polished, a Christmas tree glitters near the bar and the dining room is ready for hundreds of guests: The luxury Paradise Hotel is open for business for the first time since the latest Palestinian uprising erupted in 2000.
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The venturesome New York art gallery Broadway 1602 offers an utterly fascinating mix of photographs by a little-known Polish artist.
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Â· Mayor reaches out to Polish voters in capital  Â· Pork and pierogi at City Hall to woo community
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Germany&#39;s biggest synagogue reopened Friday after a major restoration, in a defiant symbol of the rebirth of Jewish life in the city where the Nazis planned the Holocaust.
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Chad Swan, left, assists as Rabbi Benny Zipple and John Price, former ambassador to Mauritius, light the Menorah on Sunday at the Gallivan Center in downtown Salt Lake City to mark the third night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Swan, an ice sculptor, created the frozen Menorah.
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Thousands of people hold rival demonstrations in Warsaw for and against the Polish government.
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Poland is holding a series of solemn ceremonies and re-enactments marking the 25th anniversary of the deadly nationwide crackdown by communist-era authorities.Comment
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Warsaw, not always a top tourist  destination, is determined to show off its charms to a huge  television audience when it hosts the Miss World beauty contest  on Saturday.
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WARSAW, Poland  - Poland's prime minister marked the 65th anniversary of the start of the Second World War on Wednesday, unveiling a new memorial on the spot where a German warship fired the opening shots at a Polish munitions depot, sparking nearly six years of bloody conflict.
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ZAGREB, Oct 3 (Reuters Life!) - Zagreb's tiny Jewish community will celebrate its 200th anniversary this year with a mixed blessing. It has won government approval to rebuild the capital's only synagogue, but infighting is slowing it down.
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A ceremony of commemoration to mark Holocaust Memorial Day took place in City Hall in Dublin this evening.
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The ongoing celebration in the Ukrainian capital is beginning to take on a tinge of nostalgia.
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Poland's beleaguered Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski surprised Warsaw's press corps when he called a news briefing on Saturday in a Warsaw park to call on Poles to feed ducks with the approach of winter.
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US pop diva Madonna and several other top Holywood celebrities who are fellow Kabbalah practitioners will visit Israel this week during the Jewish new year celebrations.
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The Jewish Museum of Prague, founded in 1906, is celebrating its 10th anniversary.