‘Now they can kill Jews with impunity’: fury among French Jews as court rejects trial for murderer A French court's decision means that Halimi’s accused murderer, 31-year-old Kobili Traore, will never have to stand trial in a French court for his act. April 15, 2021
Bernie Madoff, Ponzi scheme mastermind, dies in prison His clients, many Jews like Madoff and Jewish charities, said they didn’t know. April 14, 2021
City University of New York’s student senate votes not to adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism: ‘Devastating to Jewish students’ The debate was filled with 'heated and derogatory rhetoric' against the IHRA supporters, 'with threats, accusations, and name-calling,' said Ilya Bratman, a Hillel executive. April 14, 2021
Neo-Nazi underground in Latin America exposed by Argentinian journalist Julio López’s goal is to help people confront hate speech in Spanish-speaking countries, which have different cultures and histories when it comes to the problem. April 13, 2021
‘Deep disgust’ as elite Paris college is defaced with anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist slogans Two slogans invoked the word 'kuffar' — an Arabic term for 'infidel' used by Islamists — while a third declared, 'Death to Israel.' April 12, 2021
Prosecutors seek 5-year term for ex-leader of neo-Nazi group The charges against Denton and other Atomaffen members and associates centered on hoax 'swatting' calls that they made to targets in 2018 and 2019. April 12, 2021
Outrage erupts over Florida mayor’s plan to add menorah to holiday display Miami Shores raised the idea of putting up a menorah during the wintertime, a proposal supported by many in the heavily Jewish area. April 12, 2021
University of Kentucky fraternity members allegedly greet pledge with Nazi salute 'We are absolutely disgusted and upset by the behavior of those members,' said the council’s Diversity and Inclusion chair Brandon Brown. April 11, 2021
‘Blood libel’ priest blasted by leaders of Poland’s Jewish community Director of Warsaw Jewish Museum calls on Polish Catholic University to take action against ‘blood libel’ priest. By Ben Cohen, The Algemeiner The director of the widely-celebrated, multi-million dollar... April 11, 2021
Nazi salute allegedly used by University of Kentucky fraternity members “We are disgusted and upset by the behavior of those members,” said Interfraternity Council’s Diversity and Inclusion chair Brandon Brown. By JNS An anonymous Instagram post by a Jewish college student la... April 11, 2021
Jewish Republican Lee Zeldin announces bid for governor of New York “I’m ready to go all-in on this mission and bring New York back from the brink and return it to glory,” said the congressman from Long Island. By JNS New York Congressman Lee Zeldin, a Republican from Lon... April 10, 2021
‘Kill Jews’ scrawled outside Canadian synagogue Cops in British Columbia investigate ‘Kill Jews’ graffiti scrawled outside Chabad center. April 10, 2021
Monsey machete-attack suspect unfit for federal trial, say DOJ attorneys Grafton Thomas was charged with stabbing five people at a home and prayer hall in New York on the seventh night of Chanukah in 2019. April 10, 2021
Holocaust survivors harness social media to spread knowledge 'We're few in numbers but our voices are heard," said a survivor from Poland who turns 90 later this year. April 8, 2021
Spirit of insanity: Jewish 2-year-old kicked off flight after removing mask 'The flight was delayed due to compliance issues with the federal mask requirement,' said Spirit Airlines. April 7, 2021
Jewish cemetery in Denmark vandalized with red paint, hanged dolls Jewish cemetery in Denmark vandalized over Passover with red paint, hanged dolls April 6, 2021
Slashing attack on Jewish family investigated by NYPD hate crime task force The family was attacked by a knife-wielding parolee who was released in February after serving an attempted murder sentence. April 6, 2021
Church of England apologizes for offensive ‘Christian seder’ booklet It suggests that readers say the Hebrew prayer Shema Israel, and hold a dinner meal in which guests perform certain rituals which are lifted from the Passover Seder. April 4, 2021
New York teens launch attack on Jewish man, one bites policeman This incident follows a much more serious attack on Wednesday, when an ex-convict knifed a young Hasidic couple and their baby in broad daylight. April 4, 2021
British court sentences Holocaust denier to prison time for ‘baiting Jews’ Alison Chabloz is expected to serve nine weeks in prison for promoting anti-Semitic rhetoric in two interviews with far-right online sites. April 4, 2021
WATCH: Hasidic family stabbed in New York City Darryl Jones, a 30-year-old on parole for attempted murder, attacked a Jewish couple and their one-year-old baby with a knife in Manhattan, near Battery Park. April 2, 2021
Vandals deface monument to Holocaust victims with Nazi symbols in Polish city of Częstochowa A Nazi swastika and the symbol of the SS were among the daubings left by the vandals on the monument. March 31, 2021
Documentary critical of Israel slams Christian supporters, includes fake quote from Trump The fake quote falsely suggests Trump supported the annexation of the entire 'West Bank' into the State of Israel. March 31, 2021
Romanian Jewish actress gets death threats on Passover Maia Morgenstern, who leads the Jewish State Theater in Bucharest, posted an email on social media in which the sender threatened to murder her and her family, among other acts of violence. March 29, 2021
Atlanta-based non-profit screens Jews for hereditary diseases, offers counseling 'There are a lot of tests for different cancer genes, but we wanted to test people to show that if they have a positive result, that result could be actionable,' the director of JScreen said. March 29, 2021
US honors late ‘Lubavitcher Rebbe’ in annual event to inspire new leaders In 1994, just months after his death, Rabbi Schneerson was awarded with the Congressional Gold Medal for his 'outstanding and enduring contributions toward world education, morality and acts of charity.' March 29, 2021
Shooter at Kansas Jewish centers appeals death sentence The murderer testified during trial that he drove to the Kansas City area in April 2014 to kill Jews before he died. March 29, 2021
WATCH: ‘Next Year in Jerusalem,’ says VP Harris at virtual White House Passover seder 'Next year in Jerusalem, next year in person,' says U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris at virtual White House Passover seder, March 29, 2021
‘Auschwitz’ play lands high school football team in hot water Massachusetts high school football team used anti-Semitic language in play-call system. March 25, 2021
New Jersey newspaper fires journalist after anti-Jewish, misogynistic caption 'This was an inexcusable act. The objectification of women and religious insults are intentional actions,' said Paul D’Ambrosio, the executive editor of the Asbury Park Press. March 24, 2021
Colorado Jewish community ‘shaken to core’ after mass shooting in Boulder 'We are traumatized. This is our home, this is our grocery store,' said a social-media post signed by leaders of the Boulder JCC. March 24, 2021
Hollywood legend George Segal dies at 87 'Today we lost a legend. It was a true honor being a small part of George Segal's amazing legacy,' said Adam Goldberg, who created Segal's most recent TV show. March 24, 2021
Canadian Jews urge NDP party to uphold IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, reject BDS agenda Radical members of a Canadian social democratic party attempt to dismiss the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism as well as to endorse the anti-Israel BDS movement. March 23, 2021
Suspect in vicious attack on pregnant Jewish woman arrested in London London police arrested a man suspected of a brutal assault on a pregnant woman in the heavily Jewish Stamford Hill section of the city. March 23, 2021
Rome deliveryman rants about Jews, stabs bystander who confronted him The attacker launched into an anti-Semitic tirade and stabbed a fellow deliveryman who confronted him. March 23, 2021
Anti-Semitic corona conspiracy theories on the rise, warns watchdog British anti-racism group issues report detailing spread of anti-Semitic COVID-19 conspiracy theories. March 23, 2021
Opinion: ‘Who needs the Daily Stormer when you’ve got the NY Times?’: An excellent question As if anyone could miss the point, the Times illustrated its article with a Protocols-of-Elders-of-Zion diagram ishowing how all these rabbis have their tentacles in President Trump. March 22, 2021
Brutal murder of 102-year-old Jewish grandfather shocks LA community 'He was a great, great person, and I'm just broken,' said the victim's nephew. March 21, 2021
Greek Jews condemn vandalism of new mural honoring Thessaloniki Jewish Holocaust victims Thessaloniki’s once-thriving Jewish community of over 50,000 was all but decimated by the Nazis, with only a few thousand surviving. March 21, 2021
‘Soup Nazi’ restaurant blasted by community in Washington Residents of Everett, Washington slammed a local restaurateur for naming his new establishment 'The Soup Nazi Kitchen.' March 21, 2021
‘Hitler’ taunts result in federal hate crime charge in Ohio Columbus man who harassed Jewish neighbors with ‘Hitler’ taunts charged with federal hate crime. March 20, 2021
Cornel West again blames Israel views for Harvard tenure denial Jewish student leaders call petition ‘absurd’ and ‘harmful.’ By Sharon Wrobel, The Algemeiner Student representatives of Jewish and pro-Israel groups at Harvard University said they were “deeply hurt” by ... March 18, 2021
Orthodox Jews detained in ‘prison-like conditions’ in German airport for no reason, says advocacy group 'Here, there was no question from beginning to end, it was hatred, and pure intimidation,' one man said. March 17, 2021
White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says The ADL said that last year marked the highest level of white supremacist propaganda seen in at least a decade. March 17, 2021
California model curriculum offers problematic lesson on American Jews Its first draft, completed in spring 2019, led to complaints from California’s legislative Jewish Caucus, but the changes may not be enough. March 16, 2021
‘You should all have died in the Holocaust’: Crazed anti-Semitic attack in Buenos Aires She pulled off the woman’s sheytl — the wig traditionally worn by Orthodox Jewish women to cover their hair — and threw her to the ground, shouting, 'you f***ing Jew.' March 16, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Serving up kosher Emirati fusion thanks to the Abraham Accords 'When it comes to kosher, the spotlight is on Dubai now because of the Abraham Accords,' says Ellie Kriel, a food entrepreneur living in the Emirates. March 16, 2021
France to return Nazi-looted painting to rightful Jewish heirs The oil work will be returned to the family of Nora Stiasny, a Holocaust victim from whom it was stolen via a forced sale in August 1938. March 16, 2021
Biden Pentagon pick bad for Israel, says Zionist Organization of America The ZOA says it was Kahl who co-wrote the 2012 Democratic platform that removed support for Jerusalem as Israel's capital. March 15, 2021
Architect of North Carolina’s woke curriculum supports Obama’s anti-Semitic pastor 'Mr. Ford embraces the anti-Semitic Jeremiah Wright and spews continuous racial hatred via social media, yet he plays an outsized role in what millions of children will be taught in North Carolina.' March 15, 2021
‘Anti-Jewish conspiracy theory’: Harvard student petition supporting Cornel West blasted by Hillel rabbi Head of Harvard University Hillel blasts student petition supporting academic Cornel West as ‘anti-Jewish conspiracy theory.’ March 15, 2021
Swastikas found on student housing at California university 'Acts of hate like this are disgraceful and cowardly,' university leaders wrote in a joint statement. March 14, 2021
Montreal police arrest suspect in synagogue desecration case Congregation Sepharde Kol Yehouda was ransacked in the incident, with some religious items, including Torah scrolls, dumped on the floor, and others stuffed into toilets. March 13, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Tech Rabbi becomes sensation dispensing advice on ‘creative courage’ Rabbi Michael Cohen wears many hats but he is first and foremost an educator. March 11, 2021
‘Let’s do Shabbat’: Jewish NFL star reaches out to NBA player who made anti-Semitic slur 'Hate is like a virus. Even accidentally, it can rapidly spread,' Julian Edelman told Meyers Leonard this week after he used the phrase "kike b**ch." March 11, 2021
Anti-Semitic incidents spike in Wisconsin as conspiracy theories, hate groups spread Antisemitic incidents in Wisconsin leap by 36% amid rise in conspiracy theories and hate group activity. By Algemeiner Staff Wisconsin’s Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) recorded a troubling upti... March 11, 2021
Obama book riddled with ‘falsehoods, lies and omissions’ – Zionist group demands rewrite 'We would like them to ask Obama to rewrite those portions about Israel that are filled with lies,' said ZOA president Morton Klein. March 10, 2021
Arab-American comedian roundly condemned for harassing Jewish shoppers at kosher market The fledgling comedian harassed shoppers at a kosher market demanding they read the words 'free Palestine' off of his cellphone. March 10, 2021
Gulf opens door to public Jewish life amid Israel ties "Slowly, slowly, it's improving," said Ebrahim Nonoo, leader of Bahrain's Jewish community, which recently hosted an online celebration of the Purim holiday for Jews in the Gulf Arab region. By Associated Pr... March 10, 2021
Noam Chomsky defends anti-Semitic Bristol University professor Chomsky was one of hundreds of academics to recently sign an open letter to the university in support of Miller. March 9, 2021
