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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Hunter McElrath, 23, has a criminal record across the United States; authorities said the burglary did not appear to be a hate crime or an anti-Semitic attack.
Incredible: Mass prayers held around the country by citizens and soldiers for Bar-el Shmueli.
More than 100 Israeli children living near the Gaza Strip attend camp run by The Jewish Agency’s Fund for Victims of Terror, which is supported by donations from world Jewry.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rabbi Marcus Solomon, an experienced commercial litigator and arbitrator, on Wednesday was sworn in to the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He chose to conclude the ceremony “with an old Jewish custom” — saying the Shehechyanu Jewish prayer, which is typically recited to celebrate new experiences.
If the person requesting help is female, it would be more halachically correct that she be treated by another female than by a male.
It was reportedly a drive-by shooting.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Professor Andrew Porwancher said he believes Hamilton’s mother, Rachel Faucette, who was born a Christian in the British Caribbean, converted to Judaism to marry a Jewish merchant named Johan Levine.
Mazal Tov and, well, Refuah Shleima.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It comes days after Poland passed a new law that sets a 30-year limit on restitution claims for property stolen by the Nazis during World War II, which has led to a row between Israel and Poland.
Rabbi Rimon, 53, from Alon Shvut, who is one of the Yeshivat Har Etzion rabbis, was appointed as Gush Etzion’s chief rabbi. Gush Etzion Regional Council Head Shlomo Ne’eman said: “We congratulate Rabbi Rimon - his successes will be the successes of the council and all of our residents.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated the US is “deeply concerned” by the law and urged Duda not sign the bill into law or refer the bill to Poland’s constitutional tribunal.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The passage of time is no barrier to justice when it comes to the heinous crimes of the Holocaust,” said Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Education Trust.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Data gathered by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry showed that the number of anti-Semitic abuses reported this year has already matched the total number of incidents from 2020.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
New York City Educators for Palestine wrote “it is vital that we continue to show our support for a free Palestine—and the more of us who can actively show our solidarity, the better protected we will all be from attacks by employers and union bosses.”
By David Isaac
What is raising suspicions for some is the identity of one of the key players in the accusations against NSO.
By Adam Kredo
Ben & Jerry’s brought in anti-Israel and anti-Zionist author Peter Beinart, who infamously called for the 'elimination' of Israel, to present the company's perspective to its store owners and franchisees.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Communal leaders Avi and Becky Katz have established a multi-year, multi-million national initiative with NCSY, the flagship youth movement of the Orthodox Union.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Activists and community leaders will hand out educational materials about the BDS movement against Israel, in addition to free ice-cream.
The average Israeli is spending thousands of shekels trying to figure out how to keep their kids busy in August.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Chanan Weissman, 37, currently director of technology and democracy at the National Security Council, has held the job before.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
South Korea is the first country in Asia to endorse the official definition, reported Akiva Tor, Israel’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea.
By Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal
Franchisees operating 30 stores across the country, generating $23.3 million in combined annual revenue, say the company’s stance on Israel has damaged their bottom line.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The five major social-media companies failed to act upon 84 percent of anti-Semitic posts on their platforms.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Protesters waved PLO flags while chanting “There is only one solution: Intifada revolution” and “We don’t want no two states, we want all of it.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
George Washington University has more than 4,500 undergraduate and graduate students who identify as Jewish.
“The second Ben & Jerry’s decided to discriminate against Israel, it affected Florida’s ability to make investments with its parent company,” said Jimmy Patronis, CFO of the State Board of Administration.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Please continue to be assured that Maryland is committed to diversity and inclusion, and ardently opposes any form of discrimination based on religion, national origin, place of residence or ethnicity,” stated a letter by Maryland Secretary of State John C. Wobensmith.
The Genius Star is a logic game with a difference.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
“UNRWA once again proves that it is not a humanitarian organization but an organization that encourages terrorism under the auspices of UN hypocrisy,” Ambassador Erdan stated.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
If Unilever is found non-compliant, the state would have to divest from it and any of its subsidiaries.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The report examined the online statements of UNRWA employees and teachers.
By contrast, roughly half or more of agnostics (49%) say that UFOs reported by people in the military are definitely or probably evidence that intelligent life exists beyond Earth.
By Ariel Kahana
“Discrimination against some Jews harms all Jews worldwide,” says El Rosado Group CEO Johnny Czarninski.
Lipstadt’s nomination was hailed by numerous Jewish organizations, which over the past months had been lobbying the White House to appoint a candidate as violent acts of anti-Semitism have surged.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Construction of the $16 million facility started in 2020.
By Israel Hayom
Passengers handed back the anti-Israel ice cream to the flight attendants.
The Religious Services Minister will appoint a woman rabbinical court advocate.
The NGOs have been helping Hamas claim that their dead terrorists were innocent civilians, or that civilians killed by Hamas were killed by Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Unilever’s North American headquarters are in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and employs 1,600 people.
Look out: PayPal and ADL have launched a research effort to understand how extremist and hate movements throughout the US leverage financial platforms to fund criminal activity.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will direct the state’s Hate Crimes Task Force to help investigate the incident.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez named the defendants: Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst; Haider Anjam, 21, of Midwood; and Ashan Azad 19, also of Midwood
Ben & Jerry's was already being removed from Australian kosher supermarkets.
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“To our Jewish community—I know this is exhausting. No one should have to worry about being attacked for their religious beliefs, ever,” said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The UN reporting "often omits the 'implementing partners' that receive the funding to carry out the programs."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jeffrey Abrams, Los Angeles regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said it will “help create a productive and safe environment for Jewish students, and all students and families.”
Canadian Minister of Parliament Anthony Housefather: “I have never in my lifetime seen the levels of anti-Semitism as I have in recent weeks.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
“The anti-Semites weren’t only in the Budapest ghetto,” said Lapid, referring to the place his father and grandmother hid during the Holocaust. He said there were also slave traders—the Hutu who massacred Tutsis in Rwanda, Muslim fanatics and those “who beat LGBTQ people to death.”
Every Jewish Caucus member supported the bill in the Assembly vote.
On Av 10, 5765 the Ariel Sharon government uprooted thousands of Jews from the Gaza Strip.
Katumbi’s grandparents were murdered in Auschwitz. His father, Nissim Soriano, a Greek Sephardic Jew, fled Rhodes and settled in Congo’s Katanga province where he married the granddaughter of the local King Msiri.
Michael Park, 32, was first arrested on Saturday after police responded to a report of an assault of a 33-year-old Jewish man.
Rossman-Benjamin was the first to expose how the discipline of Critical Ethnic Studies is deeply antisemitic and anti-Zionist.
Brandeis Center and StandWithUs demand action.
“The lack of boundaries, combined with the growing success of this platform, makes it an ideal virtual home for hate speech and extremist content,” it concluded.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Superior Court Judge Kenneth Medel said the gunmaker negligently marketed its rifle to youth on social media.
Im Tirtzu advocates increased transparency and the passing of a UN equivalent of the Taylor Force Act.
Watch the full, 2.5 hour video of the rally (or just part of it).
Who are you, Yerubbaal? Was the Judge Gideon the owner of this ancient vessel inscribed with his nickname?
They say positions of the Muslim American political action organization Emgage, where Dilawar Syed served on the board, are anti-Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
B’nai B’rith International was “outraged and disgusted” by “anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic” tweets.
By Alan Zeitlin
When he ran into the street, he saw another man and tried to alert him to the attack. At that point, the attacker put the gun away but pulled out a knife.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Mohammed Othman, 24, is being charged with three separate hate-crime assaults.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Our hope is that this repository of ideas can serve as a launching pad for others,” said Rabbi Adir Posy.
Burj Al-Luqluq stated that it completely rejects “conditional funding that affects the sanctity of the Palestinian national struggle.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Yoseph Haddad is a pro-Israel activist and CEO of "Together – Vouch for Each Other."
The attacked tried to force the rabbi into a car.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We condemn the disgraceful comments made by [Omar] in a CNN interview in which she accused her Jewish Congressional colleagues, along with the Jewish people as a whole, of not being committed to the pursuit of justice,” Conference of Presidents chair Dianne Lob, CEO William Daroff and vice chair Malcolm Hoenlein said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A second Montreal kosher bakery target of attempted arson attack
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Police are reviewing the security video and footage from nearby businesses to help identify the suspects.
By Ariel Kahana
The Polish ambassador was summoned by the Foreign Ministry over the draft legislation • Yair Lapid: “We will not allow any parliament to pass laws the purpose of which is to deny the Holocaust.”
For Herzog, who will be sworn in next month as Israel's 11th President, this new Hebrew language program is the perfect closure to his tenure as head of The Jewish Agency.
It appears that the two set fire to the land to prepare it for future agricultural activities as part of a move to illegally gain control of the area.
“We are not interested in Polish money and the very implication is anti-Semitic. We are fighting for the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, for the pride of our people, and no parliament can enact laws aimed at denying the Holocaust,” Lapid stated.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Dr. Fidaa Wishah is no longer affiliated with the center after posting that Israel was a state based on inhumanity and cannibalism.
New York Attorney General Letitia James: “The discriminatory and illegal actions perpetrated by Orange County and the Town of Chester are blatantly anti-Semitic, and go against the diversity, inclusivity and tolerance that New York prides itself on.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
John Rathbun, 37, was convicted of attempting to transport or receive explosive devices with the knowledge or intent to kill, injure or intimidate, or unlawfully damage or destroy property.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Eat Up the Borders and Sunflower Philly, organizers of the “Taste of Home” festival, kept Moshava from participating after being told about protests and threats of violence regarding the vendor’s involvement.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jeffrey Lax says a recent resolution seeks to put an end to American financial support to Israel, which is tantamount to divestment.
The study did not discuss the reasons for the sharp decline in support for Israel.
“No matter what your views on Israel, using Nazi imagery to describe it is not only inaccurate and offensive, but deeply anti-Semitic,” said Scott Richman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League NY/NJ.
By TPS / WAM
The Abrahamic Family House, the project inspired by the Document on Human Fraternity and constructed on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi and will house a mosque, church, and synagogue, will open in 2020.
Education in Israel about Diaspora Jewry is far less common than learning about Israel in America.
Across the globe, people from all walks of life came together on Sunday to mark the 27th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The group allegedly knocked Joseph Borgen to the ground and then punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and beat him with crutches while making anti-Semitic remarks.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, executive director of Chabad Lubavitch of Tucson, stated: “We are determined not to be affected by this distressing incident and will continue serving the wider community.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Called “AJC Abu Dhabi: The Sidney Lerner Center for Arab-Jewish Understanding,” it will be led by former ambassador Marc Sievers.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The PA has named at least 28 schools after terrorists and at least three schools after Nazi collaborators. The PA Ministry of Education is directly and solely responsible for naming schools.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
William Clinton III, 18, as well as a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old whose names have not been revealed, is being held without bail.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
After a covert and strenuous investigation, the public phase began Sunday with the arrest a number of suspects on suspicion of committing bribery, fraud and breach of trust offenses.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Legal counsel for the company said the message was in the game’s waiting area, where players decide which battle arena they want to join.
By Israel Hayom
Kamau Bobb wrote that Jews have “insatiable appetite for war, killing” • Antisemitism is a “vile prejudice” and has “no place in society,” says tech giant.
By Israel Hayom
Conference of European Rabbis president hails move for sending “a clear message of tolerance and pluralism.” Germany last had a chief military rabbi in World War I.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It’s the first time since 2016 that any American union has officially supported the anti-Israel boycott movement.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Amazon employs Palestinians in Tel Aviv and Haifa offices and around the world,” said the letter. “Ignoring the suffering faced by Palestinians and their families at home erases our Palestinian co-workers.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The country is facing a skyrocketing number of infections and an overstretched medical system.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Biden said that Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice will be using the “all of the tools at its disposal to combat hate crimes.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Haider Anjam, 20, and Ashan Azad, 19, were taken into custody on charges of harassment and aggravated harassment as a hate crime.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The white stickers, which say “We are everywhere” and include the Nazi symbol in the middle, were first discovered at a bar called “Mad Myrna’s,” and later in the day, at the Jewish museum.
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