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South African twins arrested over the weekend were planning attacks on the U.S. Embassy in the capital Pretoria as well as on buildings owned by Jews, police said on Monday.

In a candlelit room in a small eastern Ugandan village Rabbi Gershom celebrates the ‘kiddush’ meal over wine as his wife, Tzieorah, removes a cloth covering the ‘challah’ bread.

Ynetnews reports: Elie Wiesel never lived in Israel, but on Sunday the country mourned the death of the esteemed author and Nobel peace laureate as though it had lost a national icon. A frequent visitor who was fluent in Hebrew, Wiesel

PARIS — Arab immigration to France and deep-seated anti-Semitism in that country mean French Jews have no future there, the head of the Jewish Agency for Israel said.

A 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard was convicted on Friday of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people, at the end of what is likely to be one of Germany’s last Holocaust trials.

Siavosh Derakhti, 24, a young Muslim of Azeri origin who lives in Malmö, Sweden, well-known for openly fighting anti-Semitism in his country, is currently visiting Israel.

A German court is due to rule Friday in the mass murder case of a former Auschwitz SS guard, more than 70 years after the end of World War II.

Ukraine’s state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the Ukrainian-Polish border had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 football championship it is hosting.

DJERBA, Tunisia — Despite warnings from Israel to avoid traveling to one of the Arab world’s last Jewish communities, thousands came to the ancient El Ghriba synagogue this week to celebrate the Jewish festival of Lag b’Omer.

A French court on Tuesday ordered the chief suspect in a deadly attack on a Paris synagogue in 1980 to be sent back to jail, ten days after he was released on bail.

The Times of Israel reports: British Jewish groups and lawmakers have called on the Labour Party to suspend a member of the European Parliament who compared Israel to the Nazis.

The Jerusalem Post reports: Children throughout the Middle East have been brainwashed to believe that Jews are akin to apes and pigs and should be killed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.

The Jerusalem Post reports: For two-time Academy Award winner Michael Douglas, this has been the year in which he rediscovered his secular Jewish values.

PARIS (AFP) – The chief suspect in a deadly attack on a Paris synagogue in 1980 has been released on bail after being held for 18 months, judicial and investigation sources told AFP Tuesday.

JAFFA, Israel – The hashtag #Saudi_marries_israeli has gone viral on Saudi social media, although the credibility of the story is in question. Several Saudi news outlets reported on an unnamed Saudi marrying an unnamed Israeli, but presented no evidence that the marriage took

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — The congregation that worships at the nation’s oldest synagogue prevailed Monday in a bitter legal fight that threatened its existence, as a federal judge ruled it may now control its own destiny and decide what

The Times of Israel reports: The umbrella group of French Jewish communities objected to the planned marketing at Cannes of a film it said falsely blames German security forces for the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes held hostage by Palestinian

CANNES (FRANCE) (AFP) –  Actress Charlotte Gainsbourg (pictured) is to star in a provocative new comedy which parodies deep-rooted anti-Semitism in France, its director said Thursday. “The Jews” — titled “They are everywhere” in French — is being shot by Gainsbourg’s

The vilification of Jewish students is tarnishing the reputation of UK universities, the chief rabbi has warned. Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said “Zionist bashing” is taking place unchecked and Jewish students can be defined by “the ugly term Zios” as they simply go about their studies.

London’s newly elected Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, attended an annual memorial to the millions of Jews slain in the Holocaust as his first official act in office on Sunday.

 An ancient Spanish town that voted to change its name because it was deemed anti-Semitic has come under attack from extremist groups who have daubed the town’s signposts and buildings with offensive right-wing symbols and messages protesting the change. Castrillo

A book of fairy tales that belonged to Anne Frank sold for $62,500 dollars at a New York auction on Thursday, Swann Auction Galleries said. The 1925 edition of “Grimm’s Fairy Tales,” including “Snow White” and “Hansel and Gretel,” belonged

The New York Times reports: JERUSALEM — Nini Ungar clearly recalled that Friday in February 1942 when the Nazis loaded her, her husband and her parents on a cattle cart and transferred them, standing upright, to the railway station in Vienna.

Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked challenged British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to crack down hard on Wednesday after fresh allegations of anti-Semitism in its ranks. “Mr. Corbyn must clarify that anti-Semitic comments are not within legitimate political debate, and

The Jerusalem Post reports: The number of violent attacks against Jews abroad dropped significantly in 2015 despite an increase in institutionalized anti-Semitism, an annual report released Wednesday found.

Ynetnews reports: Before Louis’s Gross’ father, Jozef Gross, passed away in Melbourne, Australia, he bequeathed an unassuming box to his son. The box would have been thrown in the garbage but for the interest of one of Louis’ acquaintance. When he saw the ring, he recognized its importance and suggested that it be looked at.

The Washington Post reports: JERUSALEM — Israel’s justice minister, Ayelet Shaked, on Wednesday slammed European leaders who criticize Israel and advocates of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against the country, accusing them of simply swapping old anti-Semitic tropes for a new format.

TEL AVIV – Fifty Holocaust survivors were finally given Bar Mitzvahs 70 years after they should have received the Jewish coming-of-age ceremonies.

The Jerusalem Post reports: Recent revelations of anti-Semitism among British Labour MPs and officials show the extent to which radical Islam has made inroads in Europe, Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan said Monday.

The Jerusalem Post reports: Another three Labour Party members were suspended Monday after posting anti-Israel messages on social media, continuing a rash of damning revelations that has placed Jeremy Corbyn’s movement under scrutiny for widespread anti-Semitism.

TEL AVIV – Anti-Semitism sweeping Britain’s Labour party has “crossed a red line” and British leadership must condemn it, Ambassador to the UK Mark Regev said on Sunday to the BBC.

The Times of Israel reports: A report on anti-Semitism in Britain published Sunday found that hate crimes against Jews rose sharply in the past two years, with a 50 percent increase in violent crimes, while police have been charging fewer perpetrators.

The Times of Israel reports: Amid an ongoing row over anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour Party, a Jewish member of parliament from the party published a series of tweets and private messages she received online in recent years which highlight the disturbing level of abuse endured by Jewish politicians in the United Kingdom.

The Jerusalem Post reports: NEW YORK – One of Austria’s largest companies – the Erste Group – closed a bank account held by BDS Austria.

The Guardian reports: Ken Livingstone persists in mangling facts to suit his argument in his continued attempt to defend his comments on Hitler and Zionism.

DETMOLD, Germany (AP) — A 94-year-old former SS sergeant admitted in court Friday that he had served as an Auschwitz death camp guard, apologizing to Nazi Holocaust survivors looking on in a German courtroom that even though he was aware Jews were being gassed and their corpses burned, he did nothing to try to stop it.