By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The ads feature images of individual New Yorkers, including two women, a person of color and a Chassidic man, along with the message “Jewish New Yorkers belong here. Anti-Semitism does not.”
Yamina made inroads deep into the heart of Aguda/Shas territory.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It will now likely be heard again by the student government, where this time it will need a two-thirds majority to override the president’s veto.
Several European countries, the US, Canada, Brazil, and Uganda have voiced their opposition to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe against Israel.
White supremacists targeted a total of 433 campuses in 43 states and the District of Columbia in 2019.
Another US university where Jewish students should not go.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated after the report’s publication that “whoever boycotts us will be boycotted. "
If Sinn Féin’s election manifesto is anything to go by, Israel’s relationship with Ireland is in for a bumpy ride.
Professor Vered Noam is a Talmudic studies lecturer at Tel Aviv University.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Other than the Democrats circling the wagons around their anti-Israel radicals, it's not clear exactly what AIPAC should be apologizing for.
“ ‘Rise Up Ocean County’ has been operating under the pretense of opposing overdevelopment; in reality, the group was dedicated to disparaging Orthodox Jews, using ugly tropes that have plagued society for too long," said Avi Schnall, executive director of Agudath Israel’s New Jersey office.
“The Democrat Party is turning their back on Israel,” said Republican Jewish Coalition spokesperson Neil Strauss.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jamaal Bowman, a progressive Democrat running to unseat incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We know that education and awareness are essential in the journey towards ensuring our health and the health of our families,” said Karen Arnovitz Grinzaid, executive director of JScreen.
Addressing the deeper issues that may lay behind the recent surge in anti-Semitic violence, Barr said that strengthening religious values within society may be necessary.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Anti-Israel EAPPI activists, sent by the WCC to Israel were documented in Hebron on Monday working in the area where violent Arab riots were taking place.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The WCC has been running the anti-Israel "Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel" (EAPPI)
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Data can be filtered by state and keyword, and include criminal and non-criminal acts of anti-Jewish vandalism, harassment and assault.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Inside were 350 objects, including artifacts from the World War I and 18 cap badges with the initials of Austro-Hungarian emperor Franz Joseph, who ruled from 1848 until his death in 1916.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Maimonides rules that a Jew is obligated to offer the Passover sacrifice even when the Temple has not yet been built.
Butcher Block Grill Serves Fresh Ingredients and Kosher Meats in Style
Israel's Amb. Dani Dayan: "When an American elected official retweets an unfounded blood libel against Jewish Israelis, I cannot remain silent."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Sheikh Mohammed al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, is the most senior Islamic leader to visit the former death camp.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Of the reported 81 total hate crimes that targeted religious groups in 2019, 69 of them were anti-Jewish, compared to 43 of the 52 total hate crimes in that category the previous year as anti-Semitic.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called on the world to unite against growing anti-Semitism, and notably called out Iran for its Holocaust denial and threats to wipe out Israel.
By Ariel Kahana
Senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner, along with other White House envoys, will return to the U.S. from Switzerland together with the president after inclement weather prevented them from catching their flight to Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Tarantino won a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” and in his acceptance speech thanked his Israeli wife, Daniella Pick, in Hebrew.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Pelosi was accompanied by six members of Congress from both sides of the political aisle.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The French president also threw a hissy fit against his Israeli security detail.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I’m upset and outraged by it—that we are targeted like that—but at the same time I’m not entirely surprised,” said Temple Sinai chair Matthew Smith.
By Ariel Kahana
French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to meet with P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah ahead of the 2020 World Holocaust Forum has ruffled some feathers at the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The revealing images came from the estate of Johann Niemann, a deputy commandant at the camp who was one of 10 SS-men killed by inmates during the October 1943 uprising.
The youngest Jews, ages 18-24, are on the "front line" more than older cohorts in confronting anti-Semitism.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jordanian parliament passed the motion in a unanimous vote, but it may not become law • Vote come just days after mass protests in Amman against Israel-Jordan gas deal.
“One shot will disrupt the ceremony and one dead body will cancel the ceremony.”
From Wednesday to Thursday, January 22 to 24, 2020, the "Remembering the Holocaust: Fighting Antisemitism" international conference will be held in Jerusalem.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jordanian parliament is expected to submit an urgent request on Sunday to ban the purchase of natural gas from the Jewish state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Officers said he used orange paint to draw a swastika on the front steps of the temple and “F U Black Shirt” on the doors of the synagogue.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Efraim Zuroff slammed the proposed legislation as the “final stage of a long attempt to whitewash massive complicity by Lithuanians.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The museum visits are the second step in the new anti-hate crimes curriculum for New York City public schools introduced by city officials
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Mesarvot organization promotes and supports inductees’ refusal to be recruited by the IDF.
By Israel Hayom
This was not the first time this restaurant as been targeted.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
License-plate readers will be installed on street lights, street poles, highway overpasses, mobile trailers and police squad cars.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The paper advises that “an armed guard or armed congregant is not a security strategy or plan on its own. Armed security can be part of a plan, but it is only that—a component. A true security plan includes many other layers and components … .”
The act protects American companies from being coerced to provide information to international organizations for the purpose of furthering boycotts against Israel.
Shabina Lafleur-Gangji, editor of the Journal of the American Herbalists Guild, takes credit for convincing conference supporters and scheduled lecturers to boycott the conference in Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The suspensions meant that the groups’ privileges were temporarily revoked, including reserving rooms, and putting up posters and tables around campus for other events.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
History teacher JB Brager, who is Jewish, accused Israel of exemplifying “ethno-nationalist settler colonialism” in response to the Fieldston school inviting two pro-Israel rabbis, Ammiel Hirsch and Joshua Davidson, to speak at an assembly on anti-Semitism.
By Ariel Kahana
Israeli ministers reportedly believe the International Criminal Court will launch an investigation against Israel within 90 days, and that high-ranking Israeli officials and IDF officers may be arrested abroad and extradited to The Hague.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
100 new cameras will be installed in Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Borough Park. The first 30 cameras will be operational by March.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Hungary joined several other countries that have voiced opposition to the ICC’s move against Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“After much reflection and thought, I now realize my words were inappropriate. I apologize for raising questions about a people, a faith and a culture whose beliefs span a broad political spectrum,” she wrote.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The campaign website also states that “the U.S. government needs to stop enabling conflicts by reducing aid from nations committing human rights violations,” a reference implied of Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The museum also said that 900,000 users follow its account on Twitter, and more than 300,000 use the museum’s profile on Facebook with 80,000 on Instagram.
A few years later, he said, in 2015, he attended a Kahane Shabbaton and was inspired to embark on his video project after an old Kahane activist said, “When you go back home, don’t just say, ‘Kahane was right.’ Do something!”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I will be clear: We have decided that I as the Polish president will not participate in the event,” said Polish President Andrzej Duda, adding that not allowing him to publicly honor Polish victims of the Holocaust was equivalent to a “distortion of the historical truth.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The first recipients of the grant will help strengthen seven small European communities in Helsinki, Finland; Riga, Latvia; Oslo, Norway; and Warsaw, Szczecin and Wroclaw, Poland.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A concern, especially amid the spate of attacks against Orthodox Jews, is that those who allegedly commit nonviolent hate crimes would remain on the streets, putting the public at risk.
Asara B’Teves, the 10th of Teves, commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar that ultimately culminated with the First Temple’s destruction on the 9th of Av the following year.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“With the fuel each page gave me to learn the next, I can truly say it’s an endeavor which brought me so much, and I look forward to starting the next cycle,” said the 17-year-old from Efrat.
The Siyum HaShas in Jerusalem was held concurrently with the Agudath Israel Siyum HaShas at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, with livestreaming between the two events.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
John Barnett of Auckland was awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Bob Nerev was honored as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Israel released a series of reports exposing ties between supposed human rights organizations and terrorist groups.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Grants of up to $100,000 each to nonprofits at risk of terrorist attacks can go towards improving building security by acquiring and installing items ranging from fences, lighting and video surveillance to metal detectors and blast-resistant doors, locks and windows.
The son returned to Israel from Gaza and received immediate citizenship under Israel’s Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to Israeli citizenship.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
In Israel, image copyright violations can cost as much as NIS 100,000.
By Baruch Lytle
“Thank G-d, I had the presence of mind to go after him to his car. I got his license plate and that’s how he was caught so quickly.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The decision is in response to the Muslim country’s vicious anti-Israel stances and actions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
More than 100 Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox students from Israel and dozens of other countries took part in the fourth annual Jerusalem College of Technology hackathon, working for 48 hours on innovative projects and designs.
“Monsey used to be a nice, calm, quiet place, and now, not so much.”
"People are not sleeping, and they are having flashbacks to previous incidents of being attacked for “just being Jewish.”
Beit Tsur was an ancient town on the road between Hebron and Jerusalem where the last Hasmonean battle took place before they vanquished the Greeks, liberated the Temple and purified it.
Patrolling in Brooklyn, just like in the old days....
The community had gathered to light Chanukah candles to be followed by a Chanukah party when the machete wielding terrorist attacked them.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The anti-Israel protesters hold weekly protests outside the Michigan synagogue.
By Akiva Bigman
With European funding earmarked for the purpose, Israeli NGOs such as B’Tselem have ceaselessly attacked Israel’s Supreme Court with the aim of rendering the Jewish state vulnerable to prosecution in the International Criminal Court.
Adalah, which has received nearly $700,000 from the New Israel Fund (NIF), announced that it is “prepared to submit legal material” to the ICC to aid its war crimes probe against Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Jarrar was arrested for her role in the bombing and murder of Rina Shnerb and wounding her father and brother.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Smotrich called on Netanyahu to set a 48-hour ultimatum to the PA to withdraw the complaint, and if it fails to do so “immediately collapse it.”
Amnesty displays a symbiotic relationship with BDS and elements within Amnesty International actively seek to promote the destruction of the Jewish state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Eligible recipients will each get $50,000 for cameras, security training, door-hardening and other security enhancements.
The Ukrainian diplomat's social media activities also included a photo of him celebrating his 6oth birthday while posing with a cake depicting Hitler’s 'Mein Kampf.'
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Detectives investigating a racially aggravated assault on a 54-year-old man in Stamford Hill have charged two boys ... a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old boy in connection with an incident in Amhurst Park on Friday, 29 November,” said Met Police in a statement.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
NGO Monitor dismissed the report as ”simply bizarre" and pointed out how it whitewashes terror.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy ordered flags across the state to be flown at half-mast for a full week beginning on Friday, Dec. 13, in “recognition and mourning of the passing of the victims in Jersey City.”
Under the new ruling, Judaism will be defined as a national origin, rather than as a religion.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The gift—one of the largest focused on Jewish education the institution has ever received—will help boost undergraduate scholarships.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The neighborhood watch group Shomrim said the victim, a judge in a Judaic court, was left “on the pavement, bleeding and dazed where he lay for several minutes” following the attack.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We are shocked and saddened about the appearance of this representation of Nazi ideology. Ironically, we learned about this symbol of hate appearing here on the same day we hosted a major public event on anti-Semitism,” the museum released in a statement.
The anti-Semitic motion caused further outrage as it became clear that a non-Jewish student who will also be on the trip to Israel and, like Wright, holds a role in the student union, was not threatened with sanctions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Tlaib said that she’s also advocating for clean water in her Michigan district and “fighting for clean water in Gaza.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Swastikas were written in red ink on a staircase, and the word “JEW” was etched onto a door.
Jordyn Wright has refused to quit or cancel her trip to Israel, risking impeachment once she returns from the Hillel-sponsored trip.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Deri threatened to ban Jordanian workers from Israel if Jordan didn't end their ban against religious Jews.
By Campaign Against Antisemitism
Following the attack, the Rabbi left the UK and flew to Israel.
Each week, a raffle is drawn with 20 lucky winners. Prizes include vouchers for toys and Sefarim.
The Conservative Party’s move is seen as a reaction to Jeremy Corbyn.
EJA's Rabbi Margolin announced that Chatila will join a delegation of European politicians travelling to Auschwitz, where he will receive an award for his actions.
Authorities have reportedly intervened in the matter and are seeking to ensure that no loudspeaker for the muezzin or green lighting is installed on the mosque.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The ADL has failed to call out any form of anti-Semitism that isn’t borne of white supremacy, and their curriculum is more about tolerance and racism in general than it is about the unique history of anti-Semitism,” said Bryan Leib, a board member of Americans Against Anti-Semitism.