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Israel’s education system is failing the students who will shape its future - editorial
Just as defense is paramount to securing a thriving future for Israel, education is vital to the well-being and continued success of the Jewish state.
Israel knocked out of World Cup qualification after defeat to Latvia
Israel’s World Cup basketball hopes dashed with loss to Latvia
Israel faces Poland in Latvia in a critical battle to keep its World Cup dream alive
Latvian FM decries ‘disproportionate’ response to Gaza riots
However, he also added that Israel is "responding in a proportionate way" to missile attacks.
European rabbis conclude meetings at Riga’s only surviving synagogue
The rabbis also prayed at the memorial of the destroyed Grand Synagogue.
Grapevine: 70th-anniversary damper?
This week's social news.
Man holding poster of soldiers killing Jews arrested at Nazi SS march in Latvia
The march in Latvia is currently the only public event in Europe and beyond honoring those who fought under the banner of SS, Nazi Germany’s elite security force.
Grapevine: The Latvian connection
This week's social news.
Poland isn’t the only country censoring speech about the Holocaust
Jewish organizations, including the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said for their part that they understand the Polish frustration with terms like “Polish death camps.”
Nationalist Latvian lawmaker says Russian is 'language of Zionism'
To prove his point about Zionism, he cited Jewish-sounding last names of people he said were involved in protests against a plan to phase out the instruction in Russian in the country’s schools.
Hundreds of teens gather in Ukraine for leadership conference
JDC says event is largest gathering of Jewish teenagers from FSU.
Latvian lawmakers to participate in annual SS march through capital
Around sixty seven out of seventy thousand Latvian Jews died in the holocaust, he said.
Latvia: An unlikely escape
"Latvia is like the Daugava River running through the capital, Riga: indifferent, serene and crisp."