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Rockets Fired From Gaza Into Southern Israel

Rockets Fired From Gaza Into Southern Israel

Two rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza, police said on Wednesday, after warning sirens were heard in Israeli towns near the border. There were… Read More ›

Woman arrested for online anti-Semitic videos in Spain

Woman arrested for online anti-Semitic videos in Spain

Foreign national, 28, posted clips calling on viewers to ‘catch and kill all the Jews’ that garnered thousands of hits Amid fears of resurgent anti-Semitism… Read More ›

Belgian cop says he’d ‘kill each and every Jew’

Belgian cop says he’d ‘kill each and every Jew’

A junior police officer in Belgium is facing dismissal after saying he would kill “each and every Jew” during a debate on Facebook this past… Read More ›

Muslim TV host makes questionable comment on air about a Jewish Business

Muslim TV host makes questionable comment on air about a Jewish Business

The Jewish owner of a gym that teaches counter-terrorism style firearm training to regular people has demanded The Project host Waleed Aly apologise for a… Read More ›

Head of the UN Ban Ki-moon likely to oppose placing Israel on rights abuse list

Head of the UN Ban Ki-moon likely to oppose placing Israel on rights abuse list

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon indicated that the international body would not include Israel in its list of entities committing “grave violations against children,” officials at… Read More ›

Hitler Ice Cream’ – The Latest Rage in India

Hitler Ice Cream’ – The Latest Rage in India

A new brand of ice cream being sold across India is labeled with the name and images of infamous Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.   Rocky-Road, Cherry-Garcia, Vanilla and…Hitler?!… Read More ›

British Prime Minister pledges $14.7 million to protect Jews

British Prime Minister pledges $14.7 million to protect Jews

British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged 10 million pounds (about $14.7 million) to protect Jewish schools and synagogues in the wake of recent terror… Read More ›

Greek Jews gather to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of Auschwitz deportations

Greek Jews gather to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of Auschwitz deportations

Some 2,000 Greek Jews on Sunday commemorated the 72nd anniversary of the first forced deportations to Auschwitz from Thessaloniki. Among them were more than 200… Read More ›

Economic disaster could engulf Europe if Jews decide to leave

Economic disaster could engulf Europe if Jews decide to leave

 Europe is on the verge of a serious economic crisis if the European Union does not introduce new legislation to counter anti-Semitism, according to the… Read More ›

FIDF raises $24M at annual GALA in NY

FIDF raises $24M at annual GALA in NY

The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) raised $24 million at the annual gala held at New York’s historic Waldorf Astoria, the organizers said. The… Read More ›

Despite tensions between Israel and Iran, Jews live in peace

Despite tensions between Israel and Iran, Jews live in peace

Despite the increasing tension between Iran and Israel, many may be surprised to find out there is a rather large Jewish community in the Iranian… Read More ›

Israeli intelligence officer visits the United States

Israeli intelligence officer visits the United States

Israel’s top intelligence officer will visit the United States this week, sources with knowledge of the itinerary said; a sign that security cooperation continues despite… Read More ›

Arab states look to Israel as their best hope for confronting threats from Iran

Arab states look to Israel as their best hope for confronting threats from Iran

Major Arab states like Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia have lost confidence in the White House, and now look to Israel as their best hope… Read More ›

A sold-out London play ‘Bad Jews’ has had it posters banned from the subway

A sold-out London play ‘Bad Jews’ has had it posters banned from the subway

A sold-out London play that received a favorable 5 star review from the London Jewish Chronicle has had it posters banned from the London subway.… Read More ›

Apple watch for Jewish and Kosher use

Apple watch for Jewish and Kosher use

Apple may not have had Jews in mind when they created the watch, but a new app makes this gadget a must have for halachically-minded… Read More ›

Murder of Russian former prime minister Nemtsov remains a mystery

Murder of Russian former prime minister Nemtsov remains a mystery

On March 1,  thousands of people, many of them Jewish, in protest of the murder in central Moscow of Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister.… Read More ›

German Jewish magazine won’t say publication’s name

German Jewish magazine won’t say publication’s name

A monthly Jewish magazine in Germany said it will deliver copies to subscribers in blank envelopes as a response to recent anti-Semitic attacks across Europe.… Read More ›

Hillary Clinton hires Jewish lawyer

Hillary Clinton hires Jewish lawyer

Marc Elias, a veteran campaign finance lawyer who was general counsel for John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, is scheduled to be Mrs. Clinton’s lead… Read More ›

Arab nations do not support Iran Nuclear Deal

Arab nations do not support Iran Nuclear Deal

In a strange twist, not only is Israel concerned about Obama’s negotiations leading to a nuclear Iran, but there may also be several Arab nations… Read More ›

Jewish college students face antisemitism on campuses

Jewish college students face antisemitism on campuses

In high school many of us learned about WWII and the injustice done to the Jewish people. Some of us may have even had the… Read More ›