TEL AVIV – Scapegoating Asian-Americans and Jews for the spread of the coronavirus has a “genuine threat” that will rob America of its civility, World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder warned in a recent oped.
TEL AVIV – Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday blasted presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders over his “shocking” declaration during Tuesday’s Democratic debate that he would consider moving the U.S. embassy from Jerusalem back to Tel Aviv if he won the elections.
TEL AVIV – Hundreds of worshipers gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday to pray for the recovery of people afflicted by coronavirus and to ask God to stop the outbreak of the disease.
Hungarian European Parliamentarian Balázs Hidvéghi declared this week that “radical Muslim antisemitism” is on the rise in Europe thanks to massive illegal immigration.
Ivanka Trump posted a tweet Sunday afternoon noting the arrival of the Jewish holiday of Tu BiShvat — the Jewish New Year for trees.
A German appellate court ruled Tuesday a 13th-Century antisemitic carving may remain on the wall of a church in Wittenberg, rejecting a plea by a local Jewish man to have it removed.
On January 13, 2020, Breitbart News reported a surge in gun permits among New York’s Jewish community and now the evidence suggests permits are growing among the New Jersey Jewish faithful as well.
OSWIECIM, Poland — Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered Monday for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, using the testimony of survivors to warn about the signs of rising anti-Semitism and hatred in the world today.
TEL AVIV – U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and other leading political figures around the world shared what has been dubbed a “blood libel” in which the drowning of a seven-year-old Arab child in Jerusalem was falsely attributed to “a herd of violent Israeli settlers.”
TEL AVIV – Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew a comparison between the Holocaust and Iran’s nuclear program.
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s Jewish community on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liberation by Soviet troops of the Budapest ghetto, where over 70,000 Jews were confined near the end of World War II.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Egypt reopened a historic synagogue on Friday in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria after a yearslong government renovation.
The suspect in the brutal attack at a rabbi’s home during a Hanukkah celebration on Saturday night has suffered from a long history of mental illness but has no known history of antisemitism, a family statement issued Monday outlines.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday condemned the “vicious attack” at a Hanukkah lighting ceremony in upstate New York, the previous night , in which a machete-wielding assailant stabbed at least five people.
A Hanukkah celebration in a New York suburb turned into horror Saturday night after a man entered and began stabbing people, witnesses say. Five victims were taken to nearby hospitals, according to police.
TEL AVIV – A Palestinian man who was convicted by a Palestinian Authority court of selling land to Israeli Jews died Sunday while still imprisoned, PA Police spokesman Louay Arzeikat said.
TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump’s executive order last week targeting anti-Semitism is a “game-changer,” the U.S.’ special envoy for combating anti-Semitism Elan Carr told a crowd in Tel Aviv Tuesday night.
TEL AVIV – Three Jewish Israelis have been indicted for praying at Judaism’s holiest site, the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, violating a ban on Jewish prayer at the holy site.
TEL AVIV – New Jersey officials have released videos with messages of support for the Jewish community days after a deadly shooting at a kosher supermarket claimed the lives of four people.
Beverly Hills police are investigating the vandalism of a synagogue Saturday after an employee arrived at the place of worship to discover an open door, overturned furniture and damage to several relics.
One of Germany’s richest families, which owns Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Pret A Manger and other international brands, is giving millions to support Holocaust survivors as it seeks to atone for its use of forced laborers during the Nazi era and its enthusiastic support of Adolf Hitler, The Associated Press has learned.
TEL AVIV – An anti-Israel aid worker for a Catholic organization who has accused Israel supporters of “vastly inflating” anti-Semitism will receive an award for peace at Belgium’s main Holocaust memorial museum, sparking fury from Jewish leaders.
TEL AVIV – World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder announced that he was pledging $25 million of his own money to launch a new organization aimed at rooting out antisemitism in American politics, the New York Times reported Monday.
Amazon has withdrawn a range of “Christmas ornaments” displaying images of a former Nazi concentration camp vendors had listed on its website.
A senior rabbi was left bleeding on the ground after two teens brutally beat him while shouting “f*** the Jews” and “kill the Jews” in London.
Speaking at a meeting in Munich of officials from around the world gathered to tackle the issue of antisemitism, World Jewish Congress President Ron Lauder demanded action against antisemitism, especially new laws that would regulate its spread over the internet.
An internet channel owned by Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera uploaded a video last week claiming Jews control the porn industry and use it to “corrupt people” because they “hate Christ.”
Yvette Lundy, a Resistance fighter who survived the horrors of Nazi concentration camps after helping Jews escape occupied France, has died aged 103, authorities said Sunday.
Tens of thousands of worshipers flocked to the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday night and Tuesday morning for penitential prayers ahead of Yom Kippur, which begins Tuesday evening.
Outspoken veteran Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge said she is “disappointed” to be facing a party reselection contest in her east London constituency.
Rising attacks on Jews across Europe as well as increased support for anti-Israel hate groups must be addressed by the European Union (E.U.), Israeli and U.S. officials warned Wednesday.
Sudan’s new Minister of Religious Affairs Nasr al-Din Mufreh has called on Jewish expatriates to return home to the African nation following the ousting of former president Omar al Bashir.
A violent attack on a group of Israeli students in a Warsaw nightclub has been condemned by Poland’s foreign ministry.
The Islamic monarchy of Qatar is yet to confirm Israeli soccer fans will be welcomed into the country for the soccer World Cup in 2022.
TEL AVIV – The Lithuanian Jewish community on Tuesday announced that it was shuttering its doors, and that of Vilnius’s only synagogue, in the face of antisemitic threats and incitement by right-wing nationalists.
Antisemitic incidents have spiked across the UK over the first six month of this year, a report released Thursday revealed.
TEL AVIV – Former NBA star Lamar Odom visited the New York burial site of the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, along with his two children.
TEL AVIV – Forty-four percent of young Europeans Jews have been the victim of anti-Semitic incidents in the past year and almost half of them choose not to wear items of clothing identified with Judaism out of fear for their safety, a new European Union report found.
Democratic socialist and Brooklyn state senator Julia Salazar was allegedly supporting herself with money from a trust fund during her 2018 campaign.
Buenos Aires — Argentina marks the 25th anniversary of the bomb attack on a Jewish center that left 85 people dead with a day of mourning on Thursday, but the relatives of victims are still waiting for justice.
