Examples of “physical security enhancements” include, but are not limited to, “alarm systems, impact-resistant doors and gate, lighting, access control systems, video systems, jersey walls, fencing, fixed or handheld screening systems.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
At 10 a.m. on Thursday morning, sirens were sounded for two minutes throughout Israel, bringing the streets to a complete standstill as Israelis marked in unison Yom HaShoah, Israel’s national Holocaust Remembrance Day.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The program provides unprecedented funding for security grants for nonpublic schools, places of worship and other nonprofit institutions.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The year 2018 was one of the worst years in the last decade with regards to Anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish violence.
Ari Fuld's broadcast for Yom Hashoah - May 5, 2016.
Rabbi Uriel Vigler was on his way to morning prayers.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"It’s striking that 3 days later editors choose to publish yet another image that caricatures and denigrates Israel’s prime minister and links the message to Judaism."
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon thanked the Times for the apology, but noted that “now comes the hard part.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Just the other week, the NY Times called Jesus a "Palestinian", which is quite the political anachronism.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“There’s no doubt that Tlaib and Omar have close-knit ties with Hamas affiliated CAIR, and we, as concerned citizens, call on [the] Attorney General and U.S. Special Envoy for Anti-Semitism to investigate these ties,” states the petition, which to date has 33,337 signatures.
A woman has been murdered in Chabad of Poway, and 3 more people wounded, including a child.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
While they stopped short of ruling that any gender-segregated pool is unlawful, one of them expressed “vehement disapproval of segregation” over the “separate, but equal” policies.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel’s president and Knesset made the final preparations for the Passover Holiday, which will begin on Friday night, and sold their Chametz, leavened foods that are not kosher during Passover.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Surprisingly, some of Notre Dame’s most prominent artwork concerns Jews.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday ruled that the work permit of Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), should be canceled and that he should be deported from Israel by the end of the month. The ruling upheld Minister of Strategic affairs Gilad Erdan and Minister of Interior Aryeh […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
66% of millennials are unable to state the significance of “Auschwitz.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The signees were the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Union for Reform Judaism, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, MERCAZ, the Rabbinical Assembly, the ADL, Ameinu, the National Council of Jewish Women and the Israel Policy Forum.
An estimated 4,000 Jews lives in Poland, though experts suggest there may be tens of thousands more who, to this day, are either hiding their identities or are simply unaware of their family heritage.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Barghouti opposes “the Jewish right to self-determination and Israel’s existence, openly calling for its destruction as a Jewish state.”
The 3 join 11 Labour Member of Parliament (MP) who have resigned from the Labour Party over anti-Semitism in recent months.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
It's an all-star lineup of anti-Israel NGOs.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A man threw a Molotov cocktail onto the sidewalk outside Beth Israel Synagogue; no damage was reported.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Despite Gov. Alexander Rogachuk saying, “We will not allow the building of anything on bones of people,” officials are moving ahead with plans to build a luxury apartment building complex at the site.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“One meaning is, obviously, to remind staff that Hamas is violent—violent against both Israel and its own people,” explains executive director of CAMERA Andrea Levin.
“One of the speakers slated to come, Omar Barghouti, has said that he supports the euthanasia of Zionism,” said sophomore Gabriel Dardik. “It makes me feel unsafe that this kind of person could come here.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) reintroduced the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, which would require the Department of Education to adopt the State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism in evaluating incidents on college campuses.
“It is disgraceful that Tel-Aviv University allows its students to hold demonstrations in solidarity with terrorists."
Vice President Mike Pence blasted Democratic freshmen in the House of Representatives on Monday, in addition to certain candidates on the 2020 presidential campaign trail, for the former using “rank anti-Semitic language” and the latter for avoiding the AIPAC annual policy conference in Washington.
The Rabbinical Center of Europe (RCE) hosted 120 boys and girls from across Europe, in Israel, to help them get in touch with their Jewish roots and heritage.
“The Land of Israel legally belongs to the Indigenous Jewish Community,” said Bishop Scott Mwanza
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A message sent to Auckland Hebrew Congregation members said that law enforcement was “unable to guarantee us protection this evening as they mobilise to support Christchurch, as well as protect mosques throughout New Zealand. It is therefore with deep regret that the AHC BOM takes this unprecedented step in cancelling organised service this Shabbat, as we are concerned about the security of our community.”
“Academic boycotts violate the rights of students and faculty on U.S. campuses, and this precedent-setting vote is frightening,” AMCHA Initiative co-founder and director, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, said in a statement.
The anti-Israel voters had the majority, but not the two-thirds majority required.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The grave diggers were apparently searching for gold, jewels and other precious items the Jews were wearing when they were slaughtered.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s campaign manager Faiz Shakir and foreign-policy adviser Matthew Duss have been accused of furthering anti-Semitic conspiracy theories during their tenure at the left-wing think-tank Center for American Progress.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The Democrats have become an anti-Israel and anti-Jewish party,” said U.S. President Donald Trump.
The final tally of the legislation, which defines anti-Semitism as “the centuries-old bigotry and form of racism faced by Jewish people simply because they are Jews,” was 407-23.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said he will not eject Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the committee over her latest anti-Semitic remarks.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Pope Pius XII, the World War II-era pope, has been accused by many of having been a Nazi sympathizer who failed to act to save Jews from the Holocaust.
“I will not stay low-key when I see anti-Semitism. I will always be respectful, but I will not be quiet. If anyone sees it another way, I challenge you to question your ethics and truly ask yourself where you stand,” said WFU Hillel Israel chair Phillip Yurchenko.
By Yacov Segal
Team 'Lions of Tzion' will commemorate Ari Fuld by running in the Jerusalem Marathon on Friday, March 15, 2019
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We expect the number of victims to go over 1,000,” said Brest official Anna Kondak. “During three weeks, every day about 40 remains are being found."
By Israel Hayom
Jews who tried to hide in urban areas during the Nazi occupation of Poland were much less likely to survive • “Poles who chose to save Jews were essentially violating the unwritten norms of their community.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"This . . . is a powerful call for long-awaited legislation in Bosnia to provide justice for Holocaust survivors and their families, and to the Jewish community and other religious communities."
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Wine Spectato recently awarded the high grade of 90 to the Tura Winery’s 2014 Mountain Peak wine.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It just doesn’t stop, it’s shock after shock,” Maurice Dahan, the regional head of the Israelite Central Consistory of France, said after the cemetery attack. “I don’t know how long we are going to carry on. ... It makes me feel sick.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Tim Anderson, a a life-long radical and virulent hater of Jews, was placed under official investigation after he defended a former colleague for wearing a badge proclaiming “Death to Israel.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The talk served as a call to action for the English-speaking audience in the room to do what they can to support the embattled Jewish community.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The vote to ban kosher food only makes the diversity issue worse.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jewish women seeking ritual pool services have thus far had to travel quite a distance, to China or Japan, to use a mikvah for family purity.
When Ilhan Omar complains about the role of lobbyists in politics, it seems she only means certain lobbyists.
RUOC consistently denies being anti-Semitic, but many find its Facebook posts and videos unmistakably anti-Jewish.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The latest include the cutting down of a memorial tree, the word “Juden” (German for “Jew”) scribbled on the window of a Paris bagel bakery, and swastikas drawn on mailboxes decorated with a picture of former government minister and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
An estimated 1.1 million people were killed at Auschwitz, including as many as 960,000 Jews.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The party is not obligated to appoint any female candidate to its electoral list, but the door is opened to the possibility.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Anti-Semitism is spreading like poison.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
French Jews have been abandoning the country in increasing numbers, with more than 2,300 making aliyah to Israel between January and October of 2018.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
After two years of hard work and negotiations, the Psagot wine factory shipped their first container to China a few days ago.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
An Executive Director at HRW retweeted an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.
Israeli police made sure the radical leftwing provocateurs did not enter Oz v'Gaon and destroy the access road.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The idea behind BINA (the Hebrew word for “wisdom”) is tied to three pillars: textual learning, social change and community.
“He is a committed Jew and pro-Israel advocate, and is smart as a whip. He is an extremely successful prosecutor,” said AEPi executive director Andy Borans.
J Street U and Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at the University of Vermont released corresponding letters last week blasting the school's Hillel for accepting funds from the pro-Israel group Maccabee Task Force.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN.) offered Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) the opportunity to discuss how to fight religious bigotry over Somali tea.
Two of the attackers have been arrested, the third is still on the run.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
House Democratic Caucus chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) sidestepped the anti-Semitic and anti-Israel issues revolving around the congresswomen at issue: “I’ve found those two new freshmen members to be thoughtful colleagues on a wide variety of issues.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The congresswoman was photographed with Abbas Hamideh, who has repeatedly expressed support for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, at her swearing-in ceremony in Detroit on Jan. 12.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Governor DeSantis announced that he stands with the Florida Cabinet which accepted the State Board of Administration’s recommendation to place Airbnb on the Scrutinized Companies List.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The mosque has not been in use for some 50 years.
Conspiracy videos about the Rothschild family appear on many yellow vest Facebook pages, stressing that Macron used to work for the Rothschild investment bank.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Vandals broke into the Siach Yisrael synagogue in Kiryat Yovel on Monday night and desecrated the Torah scrolls while pouring chemicals on them, broke the synagogue’s furniture and ransacked the sanctuary. Books were damaged and destroyed.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
In Israel, they will have an extensive tour of the nation to learn about the land, Jewish history and Zionism.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Yad Vashem has so far been successful in documenting close to 4,800,000 of the six million Jewish victims.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
If enacted, it would make Ireland the first European Union nation to criminalize doing business beyond the pre-1967 lines, including eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The exhibition tells the stories of diplomats who risked their lives and the safety of their families to rescue hundreds and even thousands of Jews.
That provinces within Belgium, the law-making capital of Europe, have passed this type of anti-religious measure is an affront to the European values we all hold so dear.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“After hearing from our loyal kosher consumers and after productive meetings with our Kosher Certifiers, Bimbo Bakeries USA is pleased to announce that we will once again be offering kosher products under the Arnold, Sara Lee and Ball Park brands,” the company announced.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The traditional event, which has been the city’s custom for over three decades, highlights the tolerance and coexistence among members of all faiths in Jerusalem.
The police have placed 10-15 more policemen on the street every day – but attacks on Jews keep on occurring.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel urged Israeli consumers to begin buying fresh fruits grown in Israel for their celebrations, noting that dried fruits became traditional only due to the difficulty in successfully transporting fresh produce from Israel to places around the world.
By Israel Hayom
Temporary International Presence in Hebron is accused of anti-Israel bias, violence, and overstepping its mandate as a neutral observer.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israeli politicians and the heads of the Jewish community in Hebron are calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) observer mission.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act makes the prevention of genocide and other crimes a matter of national security.
This development comes amid accusations of anti-Semitism within the movement’s leadership, causing many organizations to drop their support of the this year’s march, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 19.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Following the recitation of the Jewish traveler’s prayer, the Adas Israel synagogue, built back in 1876, was ceremoniously moved one block down Third Street.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Leaders of American national Evangelical organizations sent a letter to Airbnb strongly condemning its decision to “discriminate against the State of Israel” by removing Israeli-owned listings in Judea and Samaria, charing that Airbnb’s actions were “not only discriminatory but anti-Semitic in nature.” The company announced its decision to delist some 200 homes in November because […]
In an effort to bring down wedding costs, the Bobov-45 Rebbe gave new wedding ceremony guidelines his followers.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The medical resident was fired for tweeting threats to give Jews the wrong medication.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Religious parties in the coalition refused to back the legislation called the Hareidi Draft Law.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The latest legal course of action claims a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which prohibits enacting“a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person, including a religious assembly or institution” unless there’s “a compelling governmental interest.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Fundraising is oxygen to terrorists; we will use every legal way possible to choke off every platform they use to raise funds,” said Shurat HaDin president Nitsana Darshan-Leitner.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The two unidentified men ripped her cellphone out of her hands and punched her in the face, asking “Are you afraid, you Jewess?”
“The biggest problem is that aside from a handful of outraged Jewish students, nobody is talking about this. Not our administrations, not our school newspapers, not our campus minority groups; no one,” lamented Pomona College senior Hallie Goldstein.
By Marc Gottlieb / CulinartKosher.com
Marc Gottlieb received a detailed response as to which Bimbo Bakery products will be losing their Kashrut certification and which ones will keep them...
The final tally, which was conducted by a secret ballot, was 35 votes in favor, 14 against and 14 abstentions. The BDS measure was backed by 51 campus groups and 34 faculty members.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Consumers may have thought these were isolated business decisions or cost-cutting measures, but that’s not the case.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israelis tell New Israel Fund CEO Daniel Sokatch: “Stop harming us”
After having no success in reaching a compromise with the ultra-Orthodox parties, an additional 45 days were granted for the measure by the High Court.
3,070 Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Israelis enlisted in the IDF in 2017
Airbnb’s policy is the very definition of anti-Semitism.