Jewish Diaspora & Antisemitism

WATCH: Court urged to relax Jonathan Pollard’s parole conditions

Jonathan Pollard's attorney argued that there was no rational basis for the government to worry that he is going to share 'details in his head about documents created 32 to 33 years ago.'

May 18, 2017

50 US State governors sign statement condemning BDS

The 50 state governors in the US declared BDS is 'antithetical to our values and the values of our respective states.'

May 18, 2017

Belgian province bans Jewish slaughter

Kosher and halal slaughter is officially outlawed in Belgium's Wallonia province. The Walloon parliament voted on Wednesday in favor of a proposed decree that prohibits the slaughter of animals without stunn...

May 18, 2017

Arson suspected in fire that damaged historic NY synagogue

A massive fire that severely damaged the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol synagogue in Manhattan was likely an act of arson.

May 17, 2017

French president’s party boots candidate over anti-Semitic tweets

Macron expelled a parliamentary candidate from his party over anti-Semitic comments made on social media.

May 17, 2017

Muslim sex offender charged with Las Vegas synagogue arson

A Muslim suspect in the arson of a Las Vegas synagogue last week was charged with setting two fires.

May 15, 2017

Columbia University ‘Nakba Project’ promotes BDS

A Columbia University project promotes anti-Israel bias and myths while providing a platform for BDS, according to Im Tirtzu, a student Zionist group.

May 15, 2017

Frank and Rose Hittler’s marriage certificate

WATCH: Meet the Jewish Hitlers

Some 30 families in New York City in 1933 bore the last name Hittler, just as Adolf Hitler came to power.

May 11, 2017

Record number of anti-Semitic incidents in Canada in 2016

2016 was a record-setting year for anti-Semitism in Canada, with a 26 percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents over the previous year, and a six percent increase over the previous record set in 2014.

May 11, 2017

UK: Armed man warns Jewish girls to ‘run before I kill you’

A man armed with a meat cleaver stormed two shops while threatening to kill young Jewish girls.

May 10, 2017

WATCH: Pope sways to Hasidic music

Pope Francis swayed with the music as a Jewish delegation sang 'Long years shall satiate him,' in a prelude to a meeting about protecting children.

May 9, 2017

Belgian province moves to ban Jewish slaughter

Kosher and halal slaughter will be outlawed in Belgium's Wallonia provinveif the legislature gives its stamp of approval.

May 9, 2017

Norwegian political party backs circumcision ban

Norway's Progress Party backed an initiative to ban circumcision of children under the age of 16, arguing that it violates their human rights.

May 8, 2017

Boston museum settles dispute with Jewish family over Nazi-era art sales

Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has settled a legal dispute with the estate of a Jewish woman whose collection of porcelain figurines was sold in Germany amid Nazi persecution.

May 7, 2017

Did ‘America’s Rabbi’ reveal the Trump administration’s agenda?

It remains to be seen whether Boteach revealed Trump's agenda on a variety of issues, including his decision on moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

May 4, 2017

WATCH: Should Palestinian terror supporter be keynote speaker at NY graduation?

A Zionist leader debates a New York City Council member on CUNY's invitation to Linda Sarsour, a supporter of Palestinian terror, to give the keynote address at the college's graduation ceremony.

May 3, 2017

France: Macron honors Holocaust victims, vows ‘Never Again’

Macron's message on the Holocaust to France was simple: Never again!

May 1, 2017

German minister: Jews, Social Democrats were victims of Holocaust

The German foreign minister came under fire for grouping together Jews and members of Germany’s Social Democrats as victims of the Holocaust.

May 1, 2017

Le Pen labels deportations of Jews from France ‘vile’

Le Pen holds French who took part in 'vile' deportations of Jews during the Holocaust 'personally responsible.'

April 30, 2017

UK: Jews kicked out of Labour’s pro-Palestinian event

Police threw Jewish activists out of an event hosted by a Labour MP in Parliament after they asked "disruptive questions."

April 30, 2017

Trump sets aside May 2017 as ‘Jewish American Heritage Month’

Trump noted that "the achievements of American Jews are felt throughout American society and culture" while establishing May 2017 as Jewish-American Heritage Month.

April 30, 2017

WATCH: Anti-Israel Activist Calls Jewish Holocaust Victims ‘Cowards’

An anti-Israel protester stated on video that the six million murdered victims of the Holocaust were 'cowards.'

April 28, 2017

WATCH: Trump tells story of survivor who married Jewish-American rescuer

Trump tells the story of a 68-pound Holocaust survivor who married her rescuer, a Jewish American soldier, in an address at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

April 27, 2017

Le Pen seeks to ban religious slaughter of animals

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen specifically mentioned Islamic ritual slaughter while discussing an overall ban on religious animal slaughter.

April 27, 2017

Jewish cemetery vandalized in Romania

A Jewish cemetery in Bucharest was vandalized on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day.

April 26, 2017

WATCH: Protesters gather at NY home of Nazi war criminal no country wants

Students gathered outside the Queens, New York home of Nazi camp guard Jakiw Palij on Monday, Holocaust Remembrance Day, demanding that the US government follow through with a deportation order against him.

April 25, 2017

Let Sarsour Spew: The Case for Allowing Hate Speech on Campus

Who is Linda Sarsour? An extraordinary Palestinian-American Muslim who co-organized the historic Women's March or New York City's queen of hate?

April 25, 2017

Study: Several European countries failed to return property stolen from Holocaust victims

Several European countries have failed to restitute the property plundered and stolen from Jews during the Holocaust.

April 25, 2017

Jews from 50 countries convene in Auschwitz for March of the Living

Some 10,000 people attended the March of the Living in Auschwitz in honor of Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day.

April 25, 2017

Naftali Bennett at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland

WATCH: Bennett says, ‘One bombing attack’ could have stopped Auschwitz

Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett observed, "There's only 4 gas chambers, 4. The allies, they knew exactly where they are ... One bombing attack could have stopped the killing."

April 25, 2017

Benjamin Netanyahu at Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem

WATCH: Netanyahu says Allies knew about Holocaust in 1942, ‘did nothing’

In a speech at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Netanyahu described new research showing that "the Allies knew about the mass extermination of Jews already in 1942" and could have ...

April 24, 2017

ADL: 86% spike in US anti-Semitic incidents in 2017

Anti-Semitic incidents in the US surged more than one-third in 2016 and have jumped 86 percent in the first quarter of 2017, a new ADL audit shows.

April 24, 2017

UN chief vows to be ‘on front lines in fight against anti-Semitism’

Portugese UN Secretary-General Guterres condemned his country's 'tremendous crime and the most stupid mistake ever made' in expelling its Jews in the late 15th century.

April 24, 2017

Anti-Semitism in 2016: Fewer physical attacks, more online hate

The 2016 Anti-Semitism Worldwide report says there is a decrease in physical attacks with a sharp increase in verbal and visual anti-Semitism on social media and in public.

April 23, 2017

Pope slammed for comparing refugee centers to concentration camps

Pope Francis was criticized for his comparison between refugee centers in Europe and Holocaust concentration camps.

April 23, 2017

Russian chief rabbi calls for French Jewish exodus if Le Pen wins election

The umbrella organization representing French Jewry urged the community to reject not only Le Pen, but also far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, referring to both as 'candidates of hatred.'

April 23, 2017

US Justice Department charges suspect in JCC bomb threats

The US Justice Department is filing charges against the Israeli-American suspect behind the JCC bomb threats.

April 22, 2017

Remnants of Torah scrolls from Holocaust buried in Warsaw

Warsaw's Jewish community buried fragments of old and damaged Torah scrolls, carrying out the ritual on the 74th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

April 20, 2017

Madrid event supports imprisoned Palestinian terrorists

Madrid's deputy mayor held an event in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners with blood on their hands.

April 19, 2017

Target of online anti-Semitic harassment sues neo-Nazi

A Jewish woman is suing the founder of a neo-Nazi website who had instigated a campaign of terror against her.

April 19, 2017

Allies knew of Holocaust in 1942, years before earlier assumed

Even Yad Vashem, whose research on the Holocaust is world renowned, must now update its archives to reflect new revelations about the Allied response to the Holocaust.

April 19, 2017

Rabbi assaulted in Ukraine dies of wounds

A rabbi severely assaulted in Ukraine six months ago succumbed to his wounds.

April 18, 2017

Jared Kushner target of online anti-Semitic attacks

The social media campaign is calling for Kushner's dismissal because he is working to "advance Israel's interests."

April 13, 2017

Suspect pleads not guilty to threatening Jewish centers

Juan Thompson pleaded not guilty to charges he made bomb threats against eight Jewish centers in the US.

April 13, 2017

Israel slams Le Pen for denying French involvement in Holocaust

Le Pen has prompted an outcry by denying the French state was involved in the deportation of Jews during the Holocaust.

April 12, 2017

Spicer apologizes following uproar over Hitler remarks

Spicer attempted to clarify his remarks in which he stated Hitler did not use chemical weapons during WWII.

April 12, 2017

Hitler once had Jewish landlord

Hitler lived for almost a decade in a house that belonged to a Jewish merchant, a German historian says.

April 9, 2017

91-year-old Holocaust survivor dies in car crash

Henny Simon, a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor, died in a car crash near her home in Colchester, Connecticut.

April 6, 2017

Hitler coloring books pulled from Dutch stores

Educational pastime? A Dutch firm apologized for selling children's coloring books featuring an image of Adolf Hitler.

April 6, 2017

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Jerusalem mayor cancels San Francisco university lecture due to anti-Israel bias

Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat canceled a lecture at San Francisco State University at the last moment, citing a double standard with regard to Israel.

April 6, 2017

Serbia to pay millions to Holocaust survivors

More than seven decades after most of Serbia's Jews perished in the Holocaust, the Serbian government is compensating survivors for lost property.

April 5, 2017

Paris Jewish woman pushed to her death by Arab neighbor

French police are investigating the death of a Jewish woman believed to have been thrown from a window by an Arab neighbor.

April 5, 2017

US court allows heirs to sue Germany for restitution of stolen art

For the first time, an American court has ruled that Germany could be sued for the return of Nazi-looted art and artifacts in the US.

April 5, 2017

WWII vet, 102, receives diploma, overdue medals

It's never too late! A 102-year-old World War II veteran received his high school diploma and 10 medals, including a Purple Heart and Bronze Medal.

April 4, 2017

Berlin: Anti-Semitism forces Jewish teen from school

A Jewish student was forced to leave school following anti-Semitic harassment by Muslim peers.

April 4, 2017

Menora bent into swastika in Chandler, Arizona

WATCH: Teen apologizes for bending menorah into swastika

Clive Wilson, a 19-year-old from Chandler, Arizona, accused of bending a family's outdoor menorah into a swastika, posted a public Facebook apology, asking for a "second chance."

April 3, 2017