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David Klein

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Reporter at Forward

Europe Correspondent at Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Living my best life and reporting the news. Covering Turkey and the Balkans. Words: @RNS, @JTAnews, @jdforward, @OCCRP and beyond.

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  • Isak Haleva, Turkey's chief rabbi and face of Jewish minority, dies at 84

    Jan 15, 2025 | forward.com | David Klein

    Haleva was the 35th person to hold the title of Hahambaşi, by which the chief rabbis of both the modern Turkish Republic and the Ottoman empire have been known since the position was established after the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul - then Constantinople - in 1453.

  • OPINION: Parents should be not freaked out when their kids want to pursue an arts education

    Oct 28, 2024 | hechingerreport.org | David Klein

    In my career as an arts educator and school administrator, I have met countless families whose children are excited to embark on a college education focused on filmmaking or acting. The parents are often less excited than their children, however: They seem both apprehensive and determined to steer their children to more “practical” pursuits. Given the financial realities regularly confronted by the arts and the high cost of postsecondary education, a bit of hesitation may be natural.

  • Fania Brantsovsky, Vilna ghetto survivor and partisan resistance fighter, dies at 102

    Sep 23, 2024 | forward.com | David Klein

    ( JTA) - Lithuania's Jews and Yiddishists around the world are mourning the passing of Fania Brantsovsky, the last surviving member of the Jewish underground in the Vilna ghetto and a keeper of the flame of the city's once glorious Yiddish past, who died at the age of 102 on Sunday in Vilnius. Brantsovsky escaped the ghetto in 1942 and fought against the Nazis and their local collaborators in the Rudninkai forest with a group of Jewish partisans under the command of Abba Kovner.

  • Fania Brantsovsky, Vilna ghetto survivor and partisan resistance fighter, dies at 101

    Sep 23, 2024 | clevelandjewishnews.com | David Klein

    Lithuania’s Jews and Yiddishists around the world are mourning the passing of Fania Brantsovsky, the last surviving member of the Jewish underground in the Vilnius ghetto and a keeper of the flame of the city’s once glorious Yiddish past, who died at the age of 102 on Sunday in Vilnius. Brantsovsky escaped the ghetto in 1942 and fought against the Nazis and their local collaborators in the Rudninkai forest with a group of Jewish partisans under the command of Abba Kovner.

  • Iranian Jew's execution reportedly delayed after prayer campaign by Jews around the world

    May 19, 2024 | forward.com | David Klein

    ( JTA) - An Iranian Jew who has been sentenced to death has reportedly received a one-month stay of execution after a global pressure campaign that included calls for prayer in Persian Jewish communities around the world. The stay came as Iran was plunged into political turmoil on Sunday when a helicopter carrying its president and foreign minister crashed under unclear circumstances.

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