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Four artworks looted by Nazis in France during World War II have been returned to the heirs of their original Jewish owner, France’s ministry of culture recently announced.

A team of researchers from Israel, the United States and Germany have discovered the first evidence of beer consumption within a residential community.

Countries that bar athletes from other countries will not be allowed to host international sports championships, the International Olympic Committee said in a letter this week.

Jewish pop-culture had quite the “Unorthodox” year. 

New figures from the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency, and Nefesh B’Nefesh show the highest aliyah from France in four years, a dramatic increase in arrivals from South Africa, and the continued trend of rising aliyah among youth.

The first Jewish museum in Singapore opened earlier this month, highlighting the 200-year history of the country’s Jewish community.

A small percentage (0.1 to 0.3%) of people are born with congenitally deformed ears. This can have a severe psychological impact, and sometimes involves hearing loss.

Former professional American-Israeli basketball player Tamir Goodman, known informally as “The Jewish Jordan,”’ has made leaps and bounds on the court as a player, coach and educator, and now, he has started a new sports-equipment innovation company called “Aviv.”

By Dan Lavie
Israel Hayom via JNS

A synagogue dating back some 2,000 years has been excavated at Migdal in northern Israel, a modern town and the site of a large Jewish community in the Second Temple era.

This is the second synagogue excavated in Migdal, and the first time archeologists have found evidence of two synagogues coexisting in a Jewish community at a time when the Second Temple was still in use.

By Shahar Klaiman
Israel Hayom via JNS

King Mohammed VI of Morocco recently introduced an initiative to restore hundreds of historical Jewish sites in the kingdom, according to Arab media reports.

The move is part of the rapprochement between Rabat and Jerusalem, which resumed diplomatic relations earlier this year as part of the Abraham Accords, according to the reports.