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 CityDarryl 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 CzęstochowaA 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 TrumpThe 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 PassoverMaia 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 leadersIn 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 sentenceThe 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 waterMassachusetts 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 agendaRadical 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 LondonLondon 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 himThe 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 watchdogBritish 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 questionAs 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 victimsThessaloniki’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 WashingtonResidents 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 OhioColumbus 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 denialJewish 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 saysThe 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 JewsIts 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 AiresShe 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 heirsThe 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 AmericaThe 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 rabbiHead 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 caseCongregation 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 spreadAntisemitic 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 marketThe 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 professorChomsky was one of hundreds of academics to recently sign an open letter to the university in support of Miller. March 9, 2021
UPROAR: Jewish celebrity chef blasted for horrific Passover ‘blood libel’ jokeUproar in Indianapolis as local celebrity chef recycles medieval anti-Jewish blood libel in 'joke' on Instagram. By Algemeiner Staff The owner of a popular Indianapolis eatery has stunned the local Jewish... March 9, 2021
Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team leaps to the topThe Maccabees have won 35 straight matches. March 7, 2021
New kippahs hand-made in Bahrain mark surge in visitors to Gulf’s oldest Jewish communityHouda Nonoo, an ambassador-at-large at Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, introduced the kippahs to the public during a virtual Purim celebration in February. By Shiryn Ghermezian, The Algeiner One-of... March 7, 2021
Knife-wielding assailant overpowered outside Jewish school in FranceA man emerged from his car outside a Jewish school in Marseille carrying a knife, but security officers detained him until police arrived. March 6, 2021
NY Times depicts Israeli Orthodox as disease vectors spreading virus via skullcapsThis concept of Jews as insects or parasites is classic anti-Semitic imagery. March 5, 2021
WATCH: How are Israelis in China coping with coronavirus?Thousands of Israelis live and work in China. They own businesses, hotels, restaurants, as well as exporting from China to Israel and importing from Israel to China. March 5, 2021
‘I’ve lost count,’ says Amsterdam kosher restaurant owner after latest anti-Semitic vandalism'There are many restaurants owned by different nationalities along this street, but we are the only one subjected to these kinds of incidents,' said owner Daniel Bar-On. March 3, 2021
Reform, Conservative movements welcome Israel’s High Court ruling on conversionsReform and Conservative conversions have been recognized outside of Israel since 1995, but not within Israel. March 2, 2021
Frontier throws Orthodox Jews off plane, witnesses say over an 18-month-old babyThe incident took place on Flight 2878 traveling from Miami to New York on Sunday night. March 1, 2021
Jewish Twitter users mock ham-on-bagel combo on ‘Serious Eats’ siteJewish Twittersphere skewered the Serious Eats website for sharing a bagel recipe recommending readers turn their bagels into 'receptacles for slices of ham and cheese.' March 1, 2021
‘Brood of vipers’: State Department officer’s anti-Semitic website exposedForeign Service officer Fritz Berggren operates a website on which he refers to Jews as 'the seed of the serpent' and a 'brood of vipers' and urges Europeans to 'reclaim their blood and faith.' February 28, 2021
Police arrest Oklahoma teens for vandalizing children’s Holocaust memorialThe suspects were seen on video 'bending the metal statues and knocking them down while attempting to steal them unsuccessfully,' said the museum, which estimates the damage at $15,000. February 27, 2021
Germany: Covid-19 triggers new wave of anti-SemitismIt remains unclear why so few perpetrators have faced legal consequences for their crimes, especially when government officials repeatedly claim that fighting anti-Semitism is a top priority. February 25, 2021
In first US tour, Israel envoy embarks on ‘personal journey’ along civil rights trail Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan said Jewish and African-American communities have a lot in common as people who hold 'the words of the Bible close to [their] heart.' February 25, 2021
‘We are Hitler’s people’: Violent hatred of Jews exposed among students at elite German university'Almost every day, somebody greeted me with ‘Heil Hitler,' said a former member of the Normannia fraternity at Heidelberg University. February 25, 2021
Opinion: Jewish Voice for Peace fights to preserve anti-Zionist hatred onlineAfter JVP’s anti-Semitic 'Deadly Exchange' campaign was exposed last fall, the group is now fighting steps to remove Jew-hatred from Facebook. February 25, 2021
Rabbis blast US ‘Equality Act’ for calling Bible ‘bigoted’, attacking religious values'It is outrageous that Congress would declare us bigoted for simply maintaining our time-honored traditions,' said Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer, chairman of the CJV Rabbinic Circle. February 24, 2021
Pennsylvania college decries anti-Semitic video involving student, will take ‘appropriate action’'The college will be thoroughly investigating this matter and taking appropriate action,' the Dickinson college administration stated. February 24, 2021
Advocating Israel’s destruction is anti-Semitic, say majority of French votersAsked whether it was possible to support the destruction of the State of Israel without being anti-Semitic, a full 63 percent of respondents answered that it was not. February 24, 2021
