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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. president's executive order reportedly targets four Israelis Washington says "directed or participated" in violent actions or threats.
By COLlive.com
Eli Lipsker became a pathfinder, paving the way for other observant musicians to follow.
António Guterres didn't mention Jews in a clip shared on social media, but his full statement did and quoted former chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Meirav Eilon Shahar, Israel's representative to the United Nations in Geneva, issued a statement for International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Pramila Patten will “report back on what she has seen or what she has heard” about Hamas’s sexual violence on Oct. 7 but isn’t empowered to conduct a formal investigation.
It might also be a good time for all the Jews left in South Africa to pack up and leave.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Since October 7, Israel has suspended visits to the Palestinian prisoners in the prisons. At the same time, Hamas has so far not allowed visits to the abductees it is holding. This is unacceptable."
8,000 Arabs in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen and the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas in Judea and Samaria were surveyed.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
They laid wreaths, lit candles and observed a memorial service ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"They heard about the militaristic Friday night song Jews sing: Eshet Chayil," wrote David May, of Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Amichi said "I felt that it wasn’t appropriate to have a party now. When I saw the soldiers eating and enjoying themselves, I felt that it was 1,000 times more meaningful."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“There is political interference stemming from South Africa’s relationship with Iran, Hamas, Qatar and others that is now starting to affect the local Jewish community,” said the South African Zionist Federation.
From Hamas and Al-Qaeda flags to references to the Rothschilds and Nazis, ralliers went well beyond just “from the river to the sea.”
“Harvard is a ripe target for antisemitism litigation,” said Kenneth Marcus, of the Brandeis Center. "No one should be surprised to see this lawsuit filed."
Israel has long said that UNRWA was created to perpetuate the conflict, not help Arab refugees.
UN Watch exposed the 3,000-member chat group for promoting terrorism against Israelis.
By David Isaac
The government's choice of one of its biggest opponents has surprised observers and has met with mixed reactions from ministers.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Insiders at the organization said Technology Center director Yaël Eisenstat’s departure reflected internal disagreements with some of the decisions made by CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
"Only the fixed Jewish presence of a farm or town will prevent further damage or destruction," activist group says.
By COLlive.com
"Regrettably, many Israeli citizens, including Knesset members and party members, can hardly wait until the war ends and are already now starting the campaign of 'anyone but Bibi.'"
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The pro-Hamas Nazi activists disrupted 60 flights during the long holiday weekend, one of the year’s busiest travel times.
Context does matter, after all.
“Everywhere around Israel, there is one actor that continues to pull the strings, though its proxies, and this is Iran,” says Albania’s envoy.
By Ariel Kahana
"Battling violence is an objective that we share—but our efforts must not stray from the facts and the truth," the lawmakers write.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A security camera caught the unidentified criminal now being sought by law enforcement.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I, for one, will not be intimidated,” wrote Rep. Ritchie Torres.
“I want to feed all the Israeli soldiers! They all are like my children, doesn’t matter, Druze or Jewish,” said Basma Hino, the owner of the restaurant Noor.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Pope gets it wrong again.
Francesca Albanese: "Palestinians, who are deprived of their right of self-determination, have the right to resist."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The university must reject antisemitism, protect Jewish students and include the Jewish narrative, per a letter sent to university leaders.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Some 65% of respondents said funding should be cut from universities that fail to tackle Jew-hatred.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Interest in the Cambridge, Mass. Ivy League school is at a four-year low as it is "embroiled in a national row over how U.S. colleges are handling incidents of antisemitism," Bloomberg reported.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The attacker sprayed "an unknown substance" at two Jews leaving the Kesher Israel shul and yelled an antisemitic phrase, per police.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The 13-year-old, who isn't named, posted about his plan to carry out a mass shooting on the messaging app Discord.
The Chinese-owned social network that has received scrutiny for its anti-Israel propaganda appears to struggle with a bigoted company culture.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The justices based their decision on the need for equality and "respect for religious freedom."
By Israel Hayom
Someone didn't escape the wrath of Allah.
By COLlive.com
Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi: Harvard “would not allow us to leave the menorah here overnight, because there’s fear it’ll be vandalized.”
“I never imagined I would see such unspeakable barbarity against Jews in my lifetime,” Spielberg said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Some 10% of surveyed students also thought that PLO leader Yasser Arafat was the first prime minister of Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Law enforcement characterized the crimes as “swatting,” efforts to provoke unwarranted SWAT team responses.
It's all about the context.
By COLlive.com
The attacker also stole the victim’s cell phone and then called him a [expletive] "dirty Jew" before fleeing the scene. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A White House spokesman also condemns "shocking, antisemitic statements" from the Council on American-Islamic Relations executive director.
By COLlive.com
The Chabad House sign was proudly hung in a building in Beit Hanoun which has been damaged in the fighting and is surrounded by rubble.
By COLlive.com
Tzach of Israel will also be distributing personal Menorahs and sufganiot (Hanukah donuts) to more than 10,000 Israeli soldiers currently deployed in Gaza.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
One yelled “God kill all the Jewish people” repeatedly while in police custody.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The decision was wrong and reeks of discrimination,” the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies stated of the initial ban.
The extraordinary delegation of Muslim women leaders traveled, in extraordinary times, through war-torn southern Israel this weekend, braving renewed Hamas rocket attacks as the cease-fire collapsed and taking cover outside as the projectiles struck nearby.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The New York City Police Department is investigating the apparent hoaxes.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Archie Gottesman, who co-founded the nonprofit, said that its sometimes-snarky signage is important for reaching both Jews and non-Jews.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Censorship of these phrases will not reduce antisemitism,” said ADL advisory board progressive member Eli Pariser.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Hillel International found fear, sadness among surveyed undergraduates.
The assault on his home happened on Thanksgiving.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The antisemitism, hate and significant damage brought to Elbit America’s campus has no place in New Hampshire,” stated New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu.
"You can have as many nuclear bombs as you want, but you're on your way out," said Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
“That these schools can’t call out evil and immorality, I just don’t understand,” one high school principal said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"One horror does not justify another," said Josep Borrell after touring the devastated Kibbutz Be'eri.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The two groups repeatedly violated university policies,” said Gerald Rosberg, a senior executive vice president at the New York academic institution.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The news comes on the heels of her being censured by the U.S. House of Representatives for inciting violence against Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Jewish shul is Gaza is older than Islam.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"We’re seeing an immense amount of people wanting to connect, wanting to double down and leaning into their Jewish identity and practice," said Rabbi Motti Seligson, a spokesman for Chabad.
By David Isaac
Haredim have realized they need to rely on their own capabilities and resources to defend their communities and families.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
When Israel faces "a barbaric attack from Hamas, Obama blames Israel," says RJC CEO Matt Brooks.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
“Who is the editor of the Yale Daily News? Joseph Goebbels?”
“Due to his remarks we will refuse to issue visas to UN representatives,” Gilad Erdan confirmed to Army Radio.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
ZOA president demands that Jewish leaders in America denounce BLM’s “anti-Israel and anti-Jew positions.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Mahmoud Musa, Mohammed Othman and Mohammed Said Othman will be sentenced later this month for their assault on Joseph Borgen in May 2021.
The Washington-based advocacy group Israel Allies Foundation releases the list annually.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The decision came after anarchist protesters forcefully prevented Rosh Yehudi, an outreach group, from holding a public Yom Kippur service.
By COLlive.com
During the visit, Chikli toured the etrog orchard of the Gorlik family, discovering the secrets of growing the unique fruit for Sukkot.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I’m not going to toss someone to the wolves and cancel them,” the presidential candidate said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The current building dates to the late 19th century, though the synagogue’s origins trace all the way back to Maimonides and the Middle Ages.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Israeli security forces stand on solid moral and legal grounds while operating in Judea and Samaria," the Israel Defense and Security Forum stated.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The ADL has documented white supremacist content, including usernames, on certain video games.
The American Society for Yad Vashem has accused the Holocaust memorial's chairman Dani Dayan of attempting to "raid" an endowment built for the museum's perpetual support.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Abbas, whose doctoral dissertation denied the Holocaust, has also infamously accused Israel of “50 Holocausts.”
Chabad’s “record of centuries of serving the needs of Jews and all people in need speaks for itself,” said spokesman Rabbi Motti Seligson.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
"For some, the language symbolizes far-right Israeli militarism.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
New York's Congregation Shearith Israel says the congregation has failed to be a good steward of the site.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A Michigan pension fund sued for compensation for a drop in shares' value.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A lawyer for Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., sent the letter after traffic was held up by proceedings for the late Rabbi Chai Yitzhak Twersky.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Marc Lamont Hill's arrival will leave "Jewish students and staff feeling even less safe than they do now,” says New York City Councilman Ari Kagan.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“[U]nless Jewish power is named as the cancer, there is not hope for the white race,” wrote Boštjan Zupančič.
Adams met a group of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian religious leaders representing a diverse range of communities that comprise Israel's vibrant social fabric.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Santana’s visit [to Israel] constitutes a slap in the face to the Arab American community who has been supportive and respectful to the Senator.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The "Fellowship on Kaplan" initiative brought Israelis together to discuss their differences and to listen to each other.
Shlomo Danzinger, the mayor of Surfside, Fla., reportedly received a threatening email, after which he and his family went under police protection.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor condemned the attack, “Another Israeli is brutally attacked in the German capital. This is unacceptable!”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Maritza Ming allegedly called Jews “privileged,” claiming that there were too many Jewish bosses at the office.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The letter was organized by Americans for Peace Now.
The shooter was a former student of the school.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Two Pakistani suspects were arrested.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Five games were analyzed: “League of Legends,” “PUBG,” “Fortnite,” “Overwatch 2” and “Call of Duty.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The billionaire family sent $13,200 to a progressive representative criticized for statements called “dangerous and antisemitic.”
Attitudes in Europe, and in Sweden and Denmark in particular, have challenged basic respect for the religious beliefs of other and common decency in general.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Once used by Old Norse and Celtic cultures, white supremacists now tend to wield the Sonnenrad.
The San Diego Police Department is actively investigating the “disturbing incident” as a hate crime.
A total of 1,192 entities worldwide had adopted or endorsed the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism as of the end of June.
August 14, 2026 
