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Jewish woman once held up by Nazis as ideal Aryan baby dead at 91

Born in Berlin in 1934 to Latvian Jewish parents Jacob and Polin Levinson, Taft was photographed when she was 6 months old by a German photographer, Hans Ballin.

HESSY TAFT poses holding a photograph of herself taken in 1935 by well-known German photographer Hans Ballin during an interview with Reuters July 9, 2014.
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From Paris and Milan to Israel: The studio bringing true couture to brides

People gather on the Place de la Republique square to pay tribute to the victims of last year's shooting at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, France, January 7, 2016. France this week commemorates the victims of last year's Islamist militant attacks on satirical weekly Charlie

Are we watching the collapse of Western Europe in real time? - comment

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, with a map of the Middle East (Illustrative).

Israel and Syria agree to US-supervised communication cell for military de-escalation


Freezing weather across Europe causes flight cancellations, rail network disuption

All domestic rail services in the Netherlands were suspended early on Tuesday after an IT outage compounded disruption across the country's rail network.

PEOPLE WALK in the snow-covered Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower, as winter weather with snow and cold temperatures hits a large part of the country, in Paris, France, January 5, 2026.

Refill era here to stay? Luxury hotels ditching bottled water

Refill stations now appear in lobbies, gyms, pool areas, and increasingly on guest floors.

FILLING A stainless-steel bottle in the corridor’s dispenser at Hilton Paris Opera.

A Monet walk through Paris: Seeing the city as the artist did

Monet is still gently celebrated across France each autumn through museum tributes, Impressionist displays, and a renewed reverence for the light and landscapes that shaped his art.

THE CLAUDE Monet room at La Maison Proust.

How Europe turned Jewish visibility into a thought crime - comment

The message is simple, and very old: if you are visibly Jewish, if you defend Israel, if you challenge the narrative that paints Hamas as “freedom fighters,” you are the problem.

Past and present meet in antisemitism. Zvika Klein and Noa Tishby in Paris, two cases with ten years of difference, but the same endings

WATCH: Noa Tishby chased and cursed at Paris pro-Hamas rally

Noa Tishby says activists at a Paris pro-Hamas rally grabbed phones, hurled insults, and chased her while shouting anti-Israel and pro-Hamas claims.

Israel's former envoy for combating antisemitism and delegitimization Noa Tishby.

Authorities charge two French teens for planning ISIS-linked antisemitic terror attack - report

French authorities charged two teens with an ISIS-inspired terror conspiracy after finding messages suggesting a planned antisemitic attack.

 A police officer waits outside the courtroom at the courthouse in Paris, March 31, 2025.

“The Far Left Is Exploiting Israel’s Suffering to Legitimize Antisemitism in France.”

The French Minister spoke out at CAM's European Summit of Mayors Against Antisemitism

2025 European Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism in Paris, France, 2025

Paris prosecutors investigate Musk’s Grok AI over antisemitic, Holocaust denial posts - POLITICO

French prosecutors have launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s Grok AI after it published alleged antisemitic and Holocaust denial comments, following complaints filed by human rights groups.

An illustration of Elon Musk and the Grok logo.

EJC president warns of dangerous influence of social media in youth radicalization

EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor warns that social media is fueling antisemitism as leaders gather at the Paris summit.

EJC President Dr Moshe Kantor at the Paris Mayors Summit on Antisemitism

Antisemitism won't be tolerated in France, new interior minister tells Jewish community

Laurent Nuñez visited the European Center for Judaism in Paris to announce his "total commitment to responding to fears of antisemitism."

France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez speaks during a session of questions to the government at The National Assembly, France's lower house parliament, in Paris, on October 21, 2025.

Shots fired at Paris train station, police evacuate the scene as investigations continue

The French police carried out an operation in the Montparnasse train station in the centre of Paris and ordered its evacuation, a Reuters witness saw.

 A police officer waits outside the courtroom at the courthouse in Paris, March 31, 2025.