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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicJewish Community

Topic: Jewish Community

Who are the Bnei Menashe and why is Israel taking 5,800 of them from Northeast?

The process of moving all 5,800 Bnei Menashe is due to take about five years, with 1,200 people migrating to Israel by the end of 2026.

Kamala Harris remembers victims of Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack

In a statement released by the White House, Harris highlighted the administration's efforts and commitment for safety of the Jewish people.

From Nazi-era Vienna to Ludhiana. How an Indian helped Jewish families escape

In 'A Rescue in Vienna', Vinay Gupta narrates how his grandfather saved five Jewish families from going to the internment camps in 1938.

Mexico’s first female president Claudia Sheinbaum inherits a country ravaged by violence

Sheinbaum, the first Jewish person to lead Mexico, must confront the increasing militarisation of public life and misuse of executive power. Can she emerge from her predecessor's shadow?

Medieval Jewish merchants connected Mangalore to Egypt and Spain. Trade in India thrived

India is often treated like a side-act to Jewish history in Europe. But India, Egypt were central to medieval Jewish merchants

‘Lost confidence’. Millionaire Bill Ackman writes to Harvard chief on ‘antisemitic incidents’ at alma mater

Ackman, a hedge fund manager and Harvard graduate, wrote a letter to university president Claudine Gay, urging her to take action against harassment of Jewish students & faculty.

Woman who typed up Schindler’s list and saved 1000s of Jews dies at 107

'I didn't know it was such an important thing,' Mimi Reinhard had famously said of the 1943 list that spared Jews from Nazi concentration camps.

Israel unveils Gandhi’s handwritten 1939 letter wishing Jews an ‘era of peace’

Gandhi's letter was written on to mark the Jewish new year on 1 September 1939, the day Germany invaded Poland and triggered World War II, and eventually the Holocaust.

Global Pulse: China’s missing kids still sold, Kenya’s opposition leader goes to court

Netanyahu's condemnation of the violence and neo-Nazi protests in Charlotteville is even more equivocal than Trump's.

In Israel PM Modi said he was proud of Jewish sons and daughters in India. Here’s a brief history of the community

A look at the Jewish community in India that the Prime Minister will be engaging with during his trip to Israel TALHA ASHRAF & AADYA SINHA

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.