Painting looted during Holocaust, in US hands, ordered back to Jewish family
The heirs of French Jews persecuted during the Holocaust were awarded the family's looted property.
November 8, 2017Jewish Diaspora & Antisemitism
Princeton’s Center for Jewish Life cancels event with Israel’s deputy FM
In the latest attack on free speech by pro-Palestinian activists on American campuses, an address by an Israeli diplomat was canceled.
November 6, 2017
Argentina: Death of prosecutor who investigated Jewish center bombing was homicide
Alberto Nisman, who was investigating the 1994 car bombing of the Jewish center in Buenos Aires and the Iranian angle, was murdered.
November 6, 2017
President Rivlin in Spain: ‘We must not surrender to anti-Semitism’
'We must not surrender to anti-Semitism, we must fight it,' Rivlin told the Spanish Jewish community.
November 5, 2017
Pennsylvania school probes student mockery of Holocaust museum
A group of Pennsylvania students 'made a mockery of what they saw' at the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
November 5, 2017
France: Memorial for victim of anti-Semitic murder vandalized
A memorial honoring a French Jewish victim of anti-Semitism has been vandalized again.
November 5, 2017
Drastic increase in anti-Semitic incidents in US in 2017, ADL reports
An ADL report pointing to a significant rise in anti-Semitic incidents includes bomb threats that turned out to be a hoax.
November 5, 2017
Historian: Red Cross failed to help Dutch Jews during Holocaust
The Dutch branch of the Red Cross did 'little or nothing' to help Jews during the Holocaust, research commissioned by the Red Cross found.
November 2, 2017
German soccer fans distribute anti-Semitic stickers of Anne Frank
German soccer fans degraded a rival team through anti-Semitism.
November 1, 2017
London: Jewish girl told ‘be patient, Jews come last’ in shop
'Be patient, Jews come last,' a young Jewish girl was told at a Stamford Hill shop.
November 1, 2017
Jewish businessman among victims of Manhattan terror attack
Ariel Erlij, an Argentinian Jewish businessman, was among the victims of the Islamic terror attack in New York.
November 1, 2017
WATCH: Scarlett Johansson cries as she learns relatives’ fate in Warsaw Ghetto
Scarlett Johansson breaks down upon learning the terrible fate of her European relatives during the Holocaust.
October 31, 2017
3-D holograms preserve Holocaust survivor stories
'I am leaving this behind for people five years from now, 10 years from now, 50 years from now ... so that the world can remember what happened to us, so it cannot ever happen to anyone else,' Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall said of the new 3D testimony exhibit.
October 31, 2017
Argentine ex-president in court over Jewish center bombing
Argentina's former president Cristina Fernandez was in court to face accusations that she covered up Iran's responsibility for the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires.
October 29, 2017
Berkeley Paper Retracts Anti-Israel, Anti-Semitic Cartoon
Editors of the Daily Californian claim the artist’s intent was to characterize a lecture by Alan Dershowitz as 'hypocritical.'
October 29, 2017
India arrests 2 ISIS supporters who planned attack on synagogue
India has arrested two men who planned to attack a synagogue, inspired by ISIS.
October 29, 2017
Poland discriminates against Holocaust survivors in property law
Polish law aimed at compensating people whose property was seized under Communism excludes Holocaust survivors and their heirs.
October 27, 2017
Israel honors Egyptian doctor who saved Jews during Holocaust
Yad Vashem posthumously honored Egyptian physician Dr. Mohamed Helmy as “Righteous Among the Nations,” the first Arab awarded this highest distinction.
October 26, 2017
Yad Vashem completes list of 500,000 Hungarian Holocaust victims
Yad Vashem finishes a decade-long project to give each Hungarian Holocaust victim a name.
October 26, 2017
170,000 documents thought destroyed during Holocaust uncovered
The discovery of lost documents in Lithuania is "a watershed moment for understanding the dimensions of Jewish history," says a New York Jewish research institute.
October 25, 2017
Italian soccer fans embroiled in anti-Semitism
Fans of the Italian Lazio soccer team have again been implicated in anti-Semitism.
October 24, 2017
Polish archaeologists unearth mass grave at Gross-Rosen death camp
Archaeologists hope to reveal the identities of some 300 Holocaust victims, whose mass grave was found in Gross-Rosen, Poland.
October 24, 2017
Netanyahu to skip gathering of North American Jewish groups
Possibly due to clashes with Liberal American Jews over Israeli policies, Netanyahu will not attend the North American Jewish Federations' annual assembly.
October 23, 2017
Germany charges former Majdanek Nazi death camp guard
In a late push for justice, Germany charged a former SS guard at the Majdanek Nazi death camp with accessory to murder.
October 22, 2017
Israel honors Chilean diplomat who saved Jews during Holocaust
Yad Vashem posthumously honored Samuel del Campo from Chile as "Righteous Among the Nations" for his efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust.
October 22, 2017
Mother of terrorist who killed rabbi and 3 children causes outrage in court
The mother of Islamic terrorist Mohammed Merah, who murdered rabbi and three children in a French Jewish school attack, causes outrage at ongoing terror trial. By: Ben Cohen/The Algemeiner Chaotic scenes ...
October 20, 2017
Hungarian who helped Jews flee Holocaust honored in Budapest
A Hungarian who worked with Raoul Wallenberg to save Jews from Nazi death camps was finally honored.
October 19, 2017
WATCH: Iranian-Canadian politician pushes anti-Semitic conspiracy theories
Iranian-Canadian Amir Khadir promotes the anti-Semitic canard that Jews manipulate international politics.
October 18, 2017
Ukraine under fire for erecting monument for mass murderer of Jews
The World Jewish Congress condemned a new Ukrainian monument in honor of Symon Petrliura as “disgraceful and deplorable” and urged local authorities to remove it.
October 18, 2017
Uruguay: Holocaust memorial vandalized twice in a week
For the second time in five days, a Holocaust memorial in Montevideo has been vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti. For the second time in five days, a Holocaust memorial in the Uruguayan capital of Montevi...
October 17, 2017
Notorious ‘Nazi grandma’ convicted of Holocaust denial – again
Ursula Haverbeck, an infamous German neo-Nazi, was convicted yet again of Holocaust denial.
October 17, 2017
Retailer pulls Anne Frank Halloween costume amid complaints
Really bad taste? A retailer has stopped marketing an Anne Frank Halloween costume amid public outcry.
October 17, 2017
WATCH: History of exiled Jews told through art
Jewish-American artist Lenore Mizrachi-Cohen celebrates her Syrian heritage, including Arabic calligraphy, in her stunning art.
October 16, 2017
WATCH: The ‘Perfect Aryan Baby’ that was… Jewish!
An incredibly ironic event took place as the Nazi propaganda machine put out racist material.
October 15, 2017
WATCH: How Germany allows SS death squad members to age in peace
Germany has refused to take action on a list of eight Nazi war criminals who are living freely in their homeland.
October 10, 2017
Nebraska schools disinvite Palestinian speaker amid anti-Semitic bullying
A Palestinian's speaking invitation at an Omaha school was cancelled after it generated a wave of anti-Semitism.
October 9, 2017
Jewish child in Paris hospitalized after anti-Semitic beatings
A 10-year-old victim of anti-Semitism in Paris will spend over a week in hospital after being beaten several days in a row at school.
October 8, 2017
Jewish group urges Poland to fire publisher of works by Holocaust denier
The Simon Wiesenthal Center said it was a "shameful farce" to give Arkadiusz Wingert responsibility for publishing works devoted to the victims of World War II.
October 8, 2017
WATCH: A Holocaust monument that doesn’t mention Jews
Canada’s new Holocaust monument doesn't mention Jews and even refers to the Jewish Star of David as simply 'a star.'
October 3, 2017
All NY congressmen urge Tillerson to deport former Nazi guard
New York's congressional delegation is urging Secretary of State Tillerson to deport a former guard at the Trawniki Nazi concentration camp.
October 2, 2017
Facebook’s Zuckerberg asks forgiveness on Yom Kippur
On the Jewish Day of Atonement, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg sought pardon from all "those [he] hurt this year."
October 2, 2017
Analysis: Germany’s Far-Right AfD party – Good or bad for Jews and Israel?
The Jewish diaspora leadership is misreading today’s European political map and the changing winds of anti-Semitism.
October 1, 2017
Germany investigating 2 former SS death squad members
In a late push for justice, Germany is investigating suspected members of the mobile "Einsatzgruppen" death squads.
October 1, 2017
50 arrested in Sweden at violent pro-Nazi march on Yom Kippur
Some 50 people were arrested during a violent anti-Semitic march in Goteborg, Sweden's second-largest city.
October 1, 2017
US college bans use of name of anti-Semitic founder
A Bryn Mawr founder "openly and vigorously advanced racism and anti-Semitism as part of her vision of the college."
September 28, 2017
In a first, US synagogue group to visit Bahrain at king’s invitation
A New York synagogue will be the first Jewish congregation to visit an Arab country in the Persian Gulf during its upcoming mission to Bahrain.
September 27, 2017
Swedish court reroutes Nazi march away from synagogue on Yom Kippur
A Swedish court has ruled that a violent neo-Nazi group will not be permitted to march near the Gothenburg Synagogue on Yom Kippur.
September 27, 2017
Ex-CIA officer quits job after posting anti-Semitic tweet
Former CIA agent Valerie Plame, who came under fire for retweeting a virulently anti-Semitic article, announced that she has resigned from Ploughshares Fund.
September 26, 2017
Belgium: Holocaust denier’s punishment – visit concentration camps
A Belgian Holocaust denier was ordered by a court to visit Nazi death camps in Poland every year for the next five years, or go to prison.
September 26, 2017
Shocker: Toronto Palestine Film Festival rejects Israel boycott
“This development shows the utter failure of the BDS campaign in Canada,” said B'nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn.
September 26, 2017
German far-right party leader: Jews have nothing to fear
The co-leader of a German nationalist party tried to assuage Jewish apprehensions after his party's entry into parliament.
September 25, 2017
Vermont school fires educator for teaching children the Nazi salute
A teacher at a Vermont elementary school was fired for having taught her pupils the Nazi salute.
September 25, 2017
Russia refuses to divulge fate of diplomat who saved Jews during Holocaust
Russia knows the truth about Raoul Wallenberg’s fate, but has turned down an appeal by his family to reveal the full story.
September 25, 2017
Germany expands definition of anti-Semitism
Germany has broadened its legal definition of anti-Semitism to include anti-Zionism and other manifestations of the age-old hatred.
September 24, 2017
Israeli rescue team recovers body of missing rabbi in Mexico
Israeli search-and-rescue volunteers at the site of the latest earthquake in Mexico recovered the body of Haim Ashkenazi, father-in-law of Mexico's chief rabbi.
September 24, 2017
Opinion: Former CIA officer knew she was tweeting vicious Anti-Semitism
A former CIA operative retweeted a virulently anti-Semitic article by a well-known bigot, which she described as “thoughtful.” Now she's trying to make excuses.
September 23, 2017
Israel sends aid to Mexico after devastating earthquake claims 248 lives
A 50-member team of the IDF Search and Rescue Unit, together with a planeload of equipment, is on the way to Mexico after an earthquake killed 248 people and caused extensive devastation.
September 20, 2017
Facebook removes option to target anti-Semites with tailored ads
Advertisers will no longer be able to specifically target anti-Semites with their content.
September 19, 2017
Polish party leader denounces anti-Semitism, praises Israel
An influential Polish politician denounced anti-Semitism as a "very dangerous" phenomenon now expressed through hostility toward the "great state" of Israel.
September 19, 2017
NY exhibit allows virtual ‘interviews’ with Holocaust survivors
Cutting-edge technology enables virtual interviews with actual Holocaust survivors who recount the horrors of surviving the Nazi era.
September 18, 2017