Tag: jewish community

The story always suggested to me the idea that there might sometimes be a reason that bad things happen, though not apparent at the time.

PARIS — A suspected arson attack on a French kosher grocery store revived fears over anti-Semitism on Tuesday, three years to the day since an assault on a Jewish supermarket by an Islamist gunman.

Germany’s Jews are becoming increasingly fearful as the migrant crisis drives hostility towards them, an investigation has found.

The new Saudi Crown Prince is startling the world with his seeming willingness to reform his country, moderate Islam, cease funding of terror, and send subtle yet public signals to the Jewish community.

At the ZOA dinner, I was shocked to see a highly placed communal leader whom I greatly respect escorting the former Qatari ambassador to the United States to meet attendees.

RABAT, Morocco — Representatives of Morocco’s Jewish community joined other religious minorities on Saturday to urge the government to clarify the law on freedom of worship in Morocco, where Islam is the state religion.

If Trump blesses the Iran deal, Iran will march ever closer toward the soon-to-be inevitable prospect of nuclear power.

Up to 50 per cent of activists involved with a Scottish pro-Palestine group hold anti-semitic views, according to a new report compiled by Jewish Human Rights Watch (JHRW).

To raise these issues is not Islamophobic. It is the opposite — a refusal to condescend to Muslims by demanding less of them, by excusing them from the mutual civic responsibility of tolerance.

Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has been suspended by the Labour Party for one year after a disciplinary hearing found he had brought the party into disrepute over past comments about anti-Semitism, Hitler, and Zionism.

Scottish Jews are continuing to abandon the country amid a rising tide of anti-Semitism, local leaders have said. They point to incidents such as the Palestinian flag being flown by Glasgow City Council as signs that they are being made to feel increasingly unwelcome in their own cities.

The 67 Yemeni Jews who chose to stay in their war-torn country instead of joining the recent secret airlift to Israel are now having second thoughts amid ongoing harassment from their Muslim neighbors, the Media Line reported.

TEL AVIV – Belgian authorities have asked local Jewish communities to cancel celebrations of the Jewish festival of Purim and stay in their homes following Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels, the Israeli daily Ma’ariv reported. Two large Purim events in the capital were cancelled, and Jewish schools

Armed security patrols outside synagogues and Jewish institutions across Britain are the “only feasible solution” to threats from terrorism, according to a petition to the UK government. Started by Golders Green resident Moses Hoffman on December 7th, the petition has

TEL AVIV – French Jews are divided about their future as they face an ever-growing threat from radical Islam. Yet, for most, even the attacks that killed 129 people on Friday have not been sufficient for them to consider emigration. Anti-Semitic attacks

Anti-semitic and Islamophobic hate crimes in London have surged over the last year, figures from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) show.

A Canadian Jewish businessman has spearheaded efforts to rescue Iraqi Yazidi and Christian girls from slavery after the girls were captured by ISIS troops, using money donated privately by business contacts. The businessman has cited Oskar Schindler, who rescued Jewish

While Israelis, left and right, are overwhelmingly opposed to the deal, American Jews are torn between their general support for President Barack Obama–only black voters have been more loyal–and the reality of what the deal will do to strengthen Iran and threaten both American and Israeli security.