DOJ will crack down on campus antisemitism, Trump nominee says
Dhillon's nomination is poised to advance to the full Senate for final confirmation.
February 27, 2025Jewish Diaspora & Antisemitism
BBC whitewashed Gaza antisemitism in documentary with intentional mistranslations
The loaded term 'Jihad' became 'battle,' while 'Jews' turned into 'Israeli forces.'
February 27, 2025
Man threatens to kill children at Amsterdam Jewish school over Gaza war
The man wrote: 'What is happening in Gaza is not okay. I am going to shoot three children from your school.'
February 26, 2025
Australian nurse arrested, indicted for threatening to murder Israelis
Sarah Abu Lebdeh released on bail after being arrested and charged with threatening violence, over her comments in a video chat in which she said she would never treat Israeli patients and would try to kill them.
February 26, 2025
Jewish professor threatened by Students for Justice in Palestine at George Washington University
George Washington University spokeswoman Julia Garbitt said the university is taking the situation 'very seriously' and deplores 'any acts that deface university property or threaten any members of our community.'
February 26, 2025
House Dem in charge of caucus-wide messaging praises activist who pledged to ‘take’ Jews ‘back to Poland’
Dingell’s homage to Siblani could raise questions for House Democratic leaders, many of whom have blamed the party’s communications failures and embrace of extremists for its election losses in November.
February 25, 2025
X, Meta approved antisemitic and anti-Muslim ads targeting German voters before election, study finds
One ad used an antisemitic slur and accused Jews of lying about climate change to sabotage European industry, featuring an AI-generated image showing sinister men at a table surrounded by gold bars with a Star of David behind them.
February 25, 2025
‘Free Palestine’ – Freed hostage’s cousin attacked in New York
'I’m always on alert because I’m Jewish, especially now,' says cousin of hostage rescued by Israeli forces in February 2024.
February 25, 2025
Barnard College expels 2 students who disrupted Israel history class with pro-Palestinian protest
Columbia University Apartheid Divest said in a statement that the punishment 'marks a serious escalation in the crackdown against students advocating for divestment against the Israeli war machine.'
February 24, 2025
Northwestern University mandatory anti-discrimination training pushes unverified CAIR data
The training relies on separate datasets to show anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hate crimes.
February 24, 2025
Former Hezbollah defender converting to Judaism
Syrian-Lebanese Rawan Osman overcame her anti-Israel brainwashing as an adult in Europe, and then, she said, October 7 'changed my life."
February 24, 2025
Kanye declares his admiration for Jews as he looks to launch Swastika cryptocurrency
'Jews are super smart, they make black people money' - After walking back his support for Nazism, rapper Kanye West declares his admiration for Jews, while planning launch of 'Swastikacoin' cryptocurrency and defending use of swastika in merchandise line.
February 24, 2025
Hundreds attend Central Park rally supporting hostages
Parents of slain American hostage call for return of their son's body for a 'dignified burial.'
February 24, 2025
Pro-Hezbollah rally in New York City – ‘Palestine is almost free’
The organizers set up a memorial table for slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, which displayed his photographs and the terror group's flag.
February 24, 2025
New Zealand’s only Jewish school defaced with antisemitic graffiti
The building, which houses facilities for the Jewish community, was smeared with graffiti that read ‘genocide high school’ and ‘God hates you.’
February 24, 2025
Syrian refugee arrested after Berlin stabbing as Germany prepares to vote
There is, so far, no evidence linking the suspect in Friday’s stabbing to any other persons or organizations, prosecutors said.
February 23, 2025
Chorus of Michigan politicians condemns state Democratic chair candidate for saying ‘This is not the Jewish party’
Williams also said Democrats should advocate against genocide, adding, 'That is one of our traditions and values, except for when it comes to certain countries.'
February 23, 2025
George Washington University retaliated against Jewish students who lodged antisemitism complaint, federal probe finds
In the complaint, Jewish students said that Sheehi, the GW psychology professor, targeted them for their religion and Israeli nationality.
February 22, 2025
California School District pauses ethnic studies curriculum to settle lawsuit over antisemitism complaints
The settlement announced on Thursday calls for SAUSD to 'cease instruction' of several ethnic studies courses until their contents are fully disclosed to and agreed on by the public.
February 22, 2025
UCLA anti-Zionist Groups rally to protest suspension of Students for Justice in Palestine
Following the disciplinary action, rumors circulated that SJP intended to flout its suspension by holding a demonstration to call for a 'future free of Zionism.'
February 21, 2025
Jewish man violently attacked in England, assailant reportedly said he was ‘responsible for Gaza war’
The British charity Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) has offered a £5,000 (around $6,300 US dollars) reward for information about the suspect leading to a conviction.
February 21, 2025
‘Chaos’: Students for Justice in Palestine forced to abandon building occupation at Swarthmore College
Several students then grew impatient and attempted to end the lockdown themselves by raiding the building, and in doing so caused a physical altercation with security, whom they proceeded to pelt with expletives and other imprecations.
February 21, 2025
Kanye West rethinks his support for Nazism
After losing online merchandise site over swastika t-shirt, rapper Kanye West comes to the realization that I’m not a Nazi’ – but continues to promote his Nazi merchandise.
February 21, 2025
US Rep. Don Bacon announces he will co-chair bipartisan antisemitism task force
The task force works alongside the White House, foreign dignitaries, federal agencies, local governments, activists, and educators to fight antisemitism.
February 20, 2025
Australia’s spy chief warns surge in antisemitism across country has ‘not yet plateaued’
A recent report from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) found that antisemitism in Australia quadrupled to record levels following the outbreak of the Gaza war.
February 20, 2025
Wesleyan University anti-Zionist students planning ‘mass’ regional demonstration
As part of the demonstration, the students will issue a slew of demands calling for policies that fulfill the requirements of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.
February 20, 2025
Syrian Jews visit Damascus for the first time in 30 years
This is the first time the father and son have set foot in Damascus since fleeing in the 1990s, when Hafez al-Assad lifted the travel ban on the country's Jews.
February 20, 2025
‘BBC’ accused of spreading propaganda after airing Gaza film featuring Hamas official’s son
Investigative journalist David Collier, who was the first to expose the controversial nature of the film, questioned how the filmmakers, and particularly the two local cameramen, could not have known of Abdullah’s family ties.
February 19, 2025
Michigan State University student government endorses divestment from Israel
Following its endorsement by Associated Students, MSU’s Jewish Student Union denounced what it described as the attempted erasure of pro-Israel Jews on campus.
February 19, 2025
Gunman who shot Israelis in Florida probed for hate crimes, claims mental illness
Mordechai Brafman, 27, charged with attempted murder after firing 17 shots at Israeli father and son, having mistaken them for Arabs.
February 19, 2025
North Carolina presses for half a billion to combat rising antisemitism
North Carolina took a major step over the summer in combating antisemitism by adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s working definition into its state laws.
February 19, 2025
One-third of US Jewish college students feel faculty promote antisemitism, hostile learning environment: Survey
Researchers found that the presence of FJP on a college campus increased by seven times 'the likelihood of physical assaults and Jewish students.'
February 19, 2025
Kanye defends swastika shirts but tells world, ‘Don’t whip your Jews’
Rapper and fashion mogul Kanye West claims his rants are 'Jew proof,' as he defends trying to sell swastika t-shirts and urges his followers not to 'whip your Jews.'
February 19, 2025
‘Zionists to Hell’ – Jew-hating mob attacks Jewish neighborhood in NY
Protesters asked local Jewish residents how many children they killed, call for globalized intifada.
February 19, 2025
Two IDF soldiers doxxed by anti-Israel group forced to leave Amsterdam
For security reasons, both active and reserve soldiers are advised to delete posts about the war from their social media and consider making their accounts private.
February 18, 2025Australian Muslims call reaction to viral video of nurses threatening to kill Israelis ‘manufactured moral panic’
Muslim groups said claims of antisemitism were simply 'gaslighting by Zionist lobby groups and their allies in government and media circles.'
February 18, 2025
Historic Montreal synagogue vandalized with swastikas
B’nai Brith Canada called the attack a 'cowardly act and an insult to Canadian morals and values,' demanding better protection for houses of worship
February 18, 2025
George Mason guest speaker tells students: The Holocaust was not ‘unique’
The event featured Stockton University associate professor of Holocaust and genocide studies Raz Segal, who discussed 'teaching and conversing on Palestine in today's context.'
February 18, 2025
UK suffers 2nd-worst year for antisemitic incidents, despite 18% drop
Incidents of online antisemitism dropped nine percent, going from 1,360 in 2023 to 1,240 in 2024 and amounting to 35 percent of total incidents.
February 18, 2025
Berlin Jewish newspaper hides surnames amid antisemitism spike
Longtime Jewish publication in Germany no longer uses community members full names out of fear they will be targeted by antisemites.
February 18, 2025
Blinken’s staff offered to meet with State Department ‘diversity’ fellows who launched internal ‘resistance’ against Israel
The letter came amid parallel efforts by veteran career diplomats to steer the Biden administration into a more overtly anti-Israel policy, including a wholesale freeze on arms shipments.
February 17, 2025Florida man arrested for shooting two Israelis he thought were Palestinians
An Israeli father and son were shot in drive-by shooting attack in Miami Beach; gunman identified as Jewish local who thought his victims were Palestinian Arabs.
February 17, 2025
UCLA suspends Students for Justice in Palestine chapters after agitators vandalize Jewish chancellor’s home
The University of California was among the universities that received a weak, unenforced settlement from the Biden administration after turning a blind eye to antisemitism on campus.
February 16, 2025
American singer Matthew Koma raises roughly $18K for Holocaust survivors with anti-Kanye West shirt
About 40,000 Holocaust survivors are living in the US, Pearl said. Among the survivors that Blue Card assists, three-quarters are over the age of 78, according to its website.
February 16, 2025
Utah man arrested in NYC after threatening synagogue massacre
'I will kill you first' - Luis Ramirez was arrested trying to enter New York after he vowed to carry out massacre at a Manhattan synagogue on Shabbat.
February 16, 2025
‘They yelled Allahu Akbar’ – Israeli couple stabbed in Athens
'Suddenly we heard them shouting Allahu Akbar and they started stabbing the Israelis,' says eyewitness to Athens attack.
February 16, 2025
‘Hamas deserves a Nobel Peace Prize’: CAIR leader sympathizes with terror group in social media repost
In response to the post, US Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) noted the significance of the repost of what he called an “outrageous” statement considering the position of prominence she is in.
February 15, 2025
US Democratic voters overwhelmingly sympathize with Palestinians over Israelis: Poll
Trump's Gaza relocation proposal suffers from weak support among American liberals, with only 6 percent of Democrats supporting it and 74 percent opposing it.
February 14, 2025
House Ed Committee hammers Columbia’s ‘continued failure’ to protect Jews, requests fresh disciplinary docs
Walberg's letter shows that, while the education committee's leadership has changed, its focus on anti-Semitism in higher education remains.
February 14, 2025Midwife complained a year ago about Australian nurses who boasted about killing Jews
In the video, one nurse says with a throat-cutting gesture, 'You have no idea how many [Israelis] came to this hospital, and I sent them to Jahannam (hell).'
February 13, 2025
Boston University rejects anti-Israel BDS proposal
Colleges and universities will lose tens of billions of dollars collectively from their endowments if they capitulate to demands to divest from Israel, according to a report published in September by JLens.
February 13, 2025
Macklemore’s latest anti-Israel music video, ‘F—ed up,’ equates Judea and Samaria counterterror operation with Holocaust
The video is a followup to Macklemore’s May song, 'Hind’s Hall,' which was an ode to the anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University, where students forcibly occupied a campus building.
February 13, 2025
American Jews believe Republicans handling antisemitism better than Democrats, poll finds
High-profile Republican politicians such as Elise Stefanik, the nominee for US ambassador to the United Nations, have also been elevated into powerful positions within the new Trump administration in part for their strident pro-Israel positions.
February 13, 2025
Top Jordanian lawyer poses while trampling Israeli flag
Israel’s foreign ministry conveyed 'an official protest to the Jordanian embassy in Israel, emphasizing the need to ensure that such incidents do not happen again in the future.'
February 13, 2025
NYPD investigating antisemitic assault of 11-year-old Jewish girl
Police released two images of the attacker and said they are seeking the public's help in identifying the suspect.
February 13, 2025
Vast majority of American Jews believe anti-Israel campus protests are antisemitic: poll
Most American Jews also opposed negotiations with Hamas, which they overwhelmingly view as a genocidal terrorist group.
February 12, 2025
UCLA faculty group denounces school’s ‘ongoing silence’ amid rampant campus antisemitism
JFrg’s letter came after the UCLA campus was devastated by anti-Israel protests during last year’s spring semester, including the creation of a so-called 'Gaza solidarity encampment' on campus from which Jewish students were barred entry.
February 12, 2025
56% of American Jews changed behavior in past year over antisemitism fears, survey finds
Nearly eight in 10 respondents reported feeling at least somewhat less safe in the United States following Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
February 12, 2025
Yale professor exposes New York Times’ systematic minimization of Hamas, Palestinian violence in Gaza war
The study found that The New York Times devoted extensive coverage to Israeli actions in Gaza and their impact on Palestinian civilians, while making significantly fewer references to Israeli casualties, Hamas combatant losses, and Palestinian violence after Oct. 7.
February 12, 2025Kanye West loses website selling Nazi t-shirt
E-commerce company managing rapper's website removes it after West purged the site of all items except for a swastika t-shirt.
February 12, 2025