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ADL: US elections driving antisemitic harassment online against journalists

ADL: US elections driving antisemitic harassment online against journalists

Disproportionate number of abusers are Trump backers.   Online antisemitism against journalists has risen over the past year, and has been driven by rhetoric in… Read More ›

Boy named Daud swallows Star of David, saved by doctors

Boy named Daud swallows Star of David, saved by doctors

Six-year-old Daud from Rahat in southern Israel was playing with a small piece of jewelry in his home, and accidentally swallowed it; he was taken… Read More ›

Europeans ignoring antisemitism at their peril, says EU human rights commissioner

Europeans ignoring antisemitism at their peril, says EU human rights commissioner

“The hate that begins with Jews never ends with Jews.”   The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights Nils Muižnieks delivered an urgent call… Read More ›

Harlem’s new Jewish renaissance

Harlem’s new Jewish renaissance

With prices rising around the city, there’s a return to a neighborhood that once boasted one of the largest Jewish communities in New York —… Read More ›

Austrian government to demolish house of Hitler’s birth

Austrian government to demolish house of Hitler’s birth

Though the plan must be formalized by the parliament, the Interior Ministry has announced the plans to eliminate the property’s significance for neo-Nazis as a… Read More ›

Altalena memorial to be redesigned and reopened

Altalena memorial to be redesigned and reopened

The new model, which will be unveiled on October 27th in a government ceremony, is set to commemorate the 16 Irgun fighters who were killed… Read More ›

Don’t quit over Jerusalem vote, Israel tells Mexico’s Jewish UNESCO envoy

Don’t quit over Jerusalem vote, Israel tells Mexico’s Jewish UNESCO envoy

Carmel Shama HaCohen praises Andres Roemer for walkout over his country’s support for anti-Israel resolution, but urges him to rethink ‘premature’ resignation   Israel’s ambassador… Read More ›

‘Tell us how you made Israel,’ the technological juggernaut

‘Tell us how you made Israel,’ the technological juggernaut

  Surrounded by an inhospitable mix of barren desert and malaria-ridden swampland, the fledgling State of Israel had little food with which to sustain its… Read More ›

‘Southern Israel is secure, but Hamas is getting ready’

‘Southern Israel is secure, but Hamas is getting ready’

Since the end of the 2014 war, the Eshkol region has experienced a population growth of around 8%, as new families move to the area.… Read More ›

Israelis believe Clinton will push them harder on peace, back her anyway — poll

Israelis believe Clinton will push them harder on peace, back her anyway — poll

Survey shows Israelis may have given up on peace, but not peace talks; Arab Israelis more optimistic than Jewish counterparts about state’s future   Last… Read More ›

Posters in Mea Shearim ask women to avoid main street

Posters in Mea Shearim ask women to avoid main street

After the High Court of Justice banned the use of partitions on public streets of the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood, pashkevils were posted telling women to… Read More ›

Mossad listened in on Arab states’ preparations for Six-Day War

Mossad listened in on Arab states’ preparations for Six-Day War

King Hassan II of Morocco, who didn’t trust his guests from the Arab League, secretly recorded the discussions at a 1965 summit. It was the… Read More ›

UK parliamentary report slams Labour’s ‘failure’ to deal with anti-Semitism

UK parliamentary report slams Labour’s ‘failure’ to deal with anti-Semitism

Cross-party report charges Corbyn with “lack of consistent leadership” on issue.   A British cross-party report released Sunday accused the Labour party of consistently failing… Read More ›

Dylan’s Nobel Prize in literature long overdue

Dylan’s Nobel Prize in literature long overdue

Cultural icon’s connections to Judaism, Israel permeate lyrics.   Bob Dylan, the 75-year-old American Jewish singer-songwriter who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman who revolutionized contemporary songwriting… Read More ›

Clinton or Trump: The Jewish dilemma

Clinton or Trump: The Jewish dilemma

Analysis: Many traditional Jews will vote for Donald Trump despite his image, personality, rhetoric and messages, yet the large Jewish majority will vote for Hillary… Read More ›

PA: Denial of Jewish history ‘victory for Palestinian people’

PA: Denial of Jewish history ‘victory for Palestinian people’

As UNESCO fails to acknowledge Jewish ties to Temple Mount, Palestinians celebrate, say resolution comes at a time of ‘increased Judaization of Jerusalem, and claim… Read More ›

UNESCO fails to acknowledge Jewish ties to Temple Mount

UNESCO fails to acknowledge Jewish ties to Temple Mount

The United Nations body passes resolution denying all connection between Jews, Jerusalem and the Temple Mount; Netanyahu: ‘To say that Israel has no connection to… Read More ›

Orange County, NY – Judge Upholds 164-acre Expansion Of KJ Village

Orange County, NY – Judge Upholds 164-acre Expansion Of KJ Village

  Orange County, NY – A state Supreme Court justice has rejected two legal challenges to a Hasidic Jewish village’s expansion in the Hudson Valley.… Read More ›

With Jew-Asian marriages on the rise, academic couple takes on subject close to home

With Jew-Asian marriages on the rise, academic couple takes on subject close to home

Helen Kim and Noah Leavitt’s new book tackles assumptions about Jewish identities of intermarried families and their children   When Noah Leavitt and Helen Kim… Read More ›

US-based BDS group seeks to lobby Congress

US-based BDS group seeks to lobby Congress

A briefing on Capitol Hill, which was sponsored by the group, was quickly canceled after its hostility toward the Jewish state was revealed by US… Read More ›