New database helps Holocaust survivors reclaim property in Poland Polish Holocaust survivors and their heirs have a final chance to reclaim property lost during the Shoah. December 7, 2016
US Senate passes act fighting anti-Semitism on campusThe Senate is stepping up efforts to fight anti-Semitism in the education system. December 6, 2016
UK Home Secretary allocates millions for protection of JewsThe UK will allocate millions to protect its Jewish population against the surge of anti-Semitism in the country. December 5, 2016
Jewish family battles Spanish museum over art looted by NazisA family, the heirs of Jews persecuted by the Nazis, are up against forceful powers in a battle to return the family's looted property. December 5, 2016
Sharp increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Australia over past yearAustralian Jewry has recorded a 10 percent increase of anti-Semitic incidents in 2016, saying government must act against this worrying trend. December 4, 2016
Stolen Nazi camp gate with infamous sign found in NorwayA missing infamous sign from Dachau was found after two years of searching. December 4, 2016
Norway’s church denounces Luther’s anti-Semitic writingsAhead of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation led by Martin Luther and his writings, another church has denounced the anti-Semitic elements of his teachings. November 27, 2016
CNN apologizes for banner reading ‘If Jews are People’CNN came under fire for an offending phrase that appeared on-screen during a discussion on the alt-right movement. November 23, 2016
Poland: Man gets 10 months in prison for burning effigy of JewPoland's courts appear committed to fighting hate speech and anti-Semitism. November 22, 2016
Vandals paint swastika in NY park named after Jewish singerA New York playground named for the late Beastie Boys' singer Adam Yauch was defaced with Nazi swastikas and the words "Go Trump!" November 20, 2016
German Lutheran church says no to conversion of JewsAhead of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation led by Martin Luther and his writings, which include elements of anti-Semitism, Germany's Lutheran church has now declared it rejects any efforts to convert Jews. November 10, 2016
WATCH: Two orthodox Jewish women attacked in New York City suburbThe orthodox Jewish community of Monsey, New York, is on high alert after two failed attacks on female residents in recent days. November 6, 2016
Denmark closes probe into man suspected of Holocaust crimesDenmark's chief prosecutor claims there is insufficient evidence to prove Danish citizen Helmuth Leif Rasmussen, 91, was involved in mass killings during the Holocaust. November 6, 2016
Hasidic Jewish men save Arab woman’s life on flight to New York'In addition to my businesses in contracting and in roofing and siding… I try to help people all day.' November 4, 2016
A Troubling Silence on Anti-Semitism at University of MichiganOver 1100 students signed a petition urging University President Mark Schlissel to speak out against the ostracism of Jewish students. November 3, 2016
UK garage refuses to sell parts to Israeli, says Israel is ‘same thing’ as ISISA car garage in Oldham, northern England overcharged a Jewish customer for a part and then sent him an email telling him they do not provide service to the State of Israel and seemed to compare the Jewish state to ISIS. November 2, 2016
UN serves kosher food for first time in historyFollowing a month of deliberations between the Israeli Mission and the UN Secretariat, the UN’s facilities in New York began serving kosher food for the first time in history this week. October 31, 2016
German guesthouse refuses to accept Israeli touristsFour Israeli families who reserved lodgings at the Mattenhof guesthouse in the Black Forest town of Zell am Harmersbach, were rejected by the establishment due to their nationality. October 31, 2016
Israeli arrested in Thailand for drug possessionPolicemen and soldiers raided a guesthouse run by an Israeli who was arrested along with eight guests and charged with the use of an illegal substance. October 30, 2016
WATCH: Police rescue trapped pro-Israel students from mob in LondonAnti-Israel activists disrupted a program organized by local pro-Israel advocacy groups in London and trapped the attendees inside. October 28, 2016
Desecrated US flag with anti-Semitic messages found near Florida synagoguePolice have launched an investigation into the incident. October 19, 2016
Connecticut school apologizes for ‘Hitler’ football playThe headmaster of Greenwich High School has apologized after its football team named one of its game-plays 'Hitler.' October 18, 2016
Florida synagogue vandalized on eve of Rosh HashanaLocal media reported that a vandal spray-painted expletives on the building of the Chabad of Parkland on Saturday. October 5, 2016
WATCH: Philippines president apologizes to Jewish communityPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte made a personal appearance at a synagogue in Metro Manila to apologize to Jews for remarks. October 4, 2016
Far-right German politician investigated for selling Nazi-era memorabilia Rudolf Mueller, a leading member of the Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, is under investigation for suspicions that he sold Nazi memorabilia. September 25, 2016
Max Mannheimer, Holocaust survivor and activist, dies at age 96Holocaust survivor Max Mannheimer, who dedicated his life to fighting anti-Semitism in Germany, has died at the age of 96. September 25, 2016
Nazi-era time capsule found in PolandInside the copper cylinder were newspapers from April of 1934, coins, parchment, photographs of Adolf Hitler and two copies of his infamous treatise, 'Mein Kampf.' September 21, 2016
UN display of drawings by IDF soldier highlight demand for his returnIn 2014, IDF Lieutenant Hadar Goldin was killed in Operation Protective Edge, during Israel's war against Hamas. Today, his drawings are displayed in the UN as an urgent reminder to retrieve his body from the terror organization that holds it hostage. September 15, 2016
Vandals deface Greek synagogue with swastikasVandals defaced a synagogue in the city of Ioannina in northern Greece with Nazi symbols, drawing strong condemnation from the main political parties in the country. September 14, 2016
Corbyn refuses invite to Holocaust memorialUK's Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has refused an invitation by Israeli Labor party leader Isaac Herzog to visit Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, citing schedule constraints, while finding time to share a stage with a supporter of a terror organization. September 11, 2016
British Jewish MP receives death threats, gets police protectionRuth Smeeth, 37, a member of the Labour Party, was repeatedly called a 'Yid' and other offensive names as well as being accused of being a 'CIA agent,' who should 'swing from the gallows' for committing treason, in a July online Facebook post. September 8, 2016
UN holds international forum on combating anti-SemitismThe forum brought together leading experts from academia, NGOs, and social media companies to discuss the growing phenomenon of online anti-Semitism. September 8, 2016
German Jewish leaders express fear over rise of extreme rightThe Alternative for Germany (AfD), a nationalist and anti-immigration party which blatantly incites hatred against minorities, has Jewish leaders in Germany worried. September 7, 2016
Nuremberg trials prosecutor donates $1M to Holocaust MuseumBen Ferencz, now 96, was the chief US prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen case, which tried 22 commanders of the Nazi SS killing units that murdered more than two million people, including 1.3 million Jews. September 1, 2016
Abraham Peck, famed Holocaust survivor, dies at 91Abraham Peck, a Holocaust survivor who made it his life’s mission to share the horrific account of his endurance through slave labor, starvation and torture in nine Nazi concentration camps, has died. September 1, 2016
Remains of Holocaust victims’ organs discovered in German research instituteThe remains of human organs, mostly brain parts, taken from victims during WWII and which were used in experiments were recently found in a German research institute. August 31, 2016
German students wearing Nazi costumes attack Jews in ArgentinaStudents attending a German school in Buenos Aires are being punished for attacking Jews. August 29, 2016
Official at Islamic University in Italy calls for ‘final solution’ for ZionistsThe Israeli embassy in Italy discovered a violently anti-Semitic post by a senior official at the Islamic University in Lucca. August 21, 2016
Muslim stabs Jew in FranceA Muslim stabbed visibly Jewish man in Strasbourg, France on Friday. August 19, 2016
Toronto couple faces ‘devastating’ bureaucratic obstacle to AliyahAn upstanding couple from Toronto is appealing to Israeli politicians for help in resolving a seemingly ridiculous obstacle to their move to Israel, August 9, 2016
Philip Bialowitz, last survivor of Sobibor, dies at 90Philip Bialowitz, who was the last remaining survivor of the infamous Nazi death camp Sobibór, where an estimated 250,000 Jews were murdered between 1942 and 1943, died over the weekend at the age of 90. August 9, 2016
Jewish community in UK sees sharp increase in anti-SemitismThe UK's Jewish community experienced a surge in anti-Semitic attacks in the past six months, while expressions of Jew hatred on social media are becoming widespread. August 4, 2016
Belgian tennis player tells Jewish opponent: ‘All Jews should have been gassed’A dispute over a tennis match has led a Belgian player to voice his wish that all Jews had been murdered in the Holocaust. August 2, 2016
Romania: Vandals deface monument commemorating Israeli crewmenVandals scrawled vile anti-Semitic drawings on a monument dedicated to six IAF crewmen killed in a 2010 training accident in Romania. August 1, 2016
First-ever memorial at UN held for victims of 1972 Munich games massacreForty-four years after 11 Israeli athletes were murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the Olympic games in Munich, the UN finally hosted an event commemorating the tragedy. July 31, 2016
French religious leaders worried over more Islamic attacksAs France reels from a series of horrific Islamic terror attacks, religious leaders of varying faiths convened and called on the French government to provide better security at places of worship. July 28, 2016
Anti-Semitic Assaults in US Surged Dramatically in 2015The Anti-Defamation League published a report in which it highlights an increase in anti-Semitic incidents in general and a near 100 percent increase on college campuses last year. July 27, 2016
US Army officer who rescued Jews in Holocaust dies at 99Lt. Frank Winchester Towers helped save 2,500 Jewish prisoners bound for the Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. July 25, 2016
Canadian newspaper justifies Hitler’s plan for the JewsA Canadian newspaper in London, Ontario, that is widely circulated among Canadian immigrants published an article blaming Jews for the Holocaust and minimizing the number of victims. July 22, 2016
WATCH: 200 French Jews Make ‘Aliyah’Some 200 Jews from France arrived in Israel as new immigrants on Wednesday. July 21, 2016
David Duke blames Melania Trump’s ‘plagiarized’ address on JewsDavid Duke, an infamous anti-Semite who headed the Ku Klux Klan, questioned whether Jews tried to humiliate Donald Trump by sabotaging his wife's speech at the Republican National Convention. July 21, 2016
Argentina judge requests arrest of Iran adviser for AMIA bombingFormer Iranian officials have been on an Interpol capture list for years, but Argentine prosecutors have never been able to question them. Iran has long denied any role in the bombing that killed 85 people. July 21, 2016
RNC closes live chat over wave of anti-Semitic commentsThe GOP convention was forced to shut down the live chat feature on its YouTube page after anti-Semitic users trolled Linda Lingle, the Jewish former governor of Hawaii, as she spoke. July 20, 2016
Record number of visitors at Auschwitz The Auschwitz Museum at the notorious former Nazi concentration camp announced it has seen an unprecedented numbers of visitors already this year. July 20, 2016
Argentine Jews urge president to help solve terror attack Argentina's Jewish leaders asked President Mauricio Macri to help solve the Iran-backed 1994 terror attack on the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association building, which killed 84 and injured dozens. July 19, 2016
Many works in German art trove stolen by NazisThe German Lost Art Foundation has discovered that a large portion of artwork hoarded by Cornelius Gurlitt had been stolen by the Nazis. July 19, 2016
Forum to combat anti-Semitism held for first time in Latin AmericaSome critical components for combating anti-Semitism, a global forum against anti-Semitism was told in Buenos Aires, include an increase in education, closer monitoring of the internet and media, new legislation, and interfaith dialogue. July 19, 2016
Jewish woman hurt in Nice attack dies of woundsRaymonde Mamane, A 77-year-old Jewish woman who was critically wounded in the Islamic terror attack in Nice, France, last Thursday, has died of her wounds. July 18, 2016
Polish minister denies country’s liability for pogroms against JewsPoland's education minister has sparked criticism for appearing to deny Polish responsibility for two massacres of Jews in the 1940s. July 17, 2016
US Holocaust Museum: Stop catching Pokemon hereLike many other landmarks, the museum and the military cemetery are featured in the popular new "Pokemon Go" game. Players can stumble upon Pokemon while wandering their grounds. July 14, 2016
