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Hundreds in Ukraine Attend Marches Celebrating Nazi SS Soldiers
Devonyu / iStock / Getty Images Plus By Cnaan Liphshiz Hundreds of Ukrainians attended marches celebrating Nazi SS soldiers, including the first such event in Kyiv. The so-called Embroidery March took...
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Holocaust survivor Faye Schulman, Whose Photographs Documented Partisan...
By Shira Hanau Faye Schulman, a Holocaust survivor who lost most of her family to the Nazis but joined a group of partisan fighters and documented their work in photographs, died April 24, The...
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Israeli Soccer Star’s Family Threatened, Robbed in Amsterdam
StockSeller_ukr iStock / Getty Images Plus By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM — Two assailants broke into and robbed the home of a high-profile Israeli soccer player in the Netherlands while threatening his...
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Germany’s Antisemitism Commissioner Urges Ban on Wearing Yellow Star to...
ByczeStudio iStock / Getty Images Plus By Toby Axelrod BERLIN – Germany’s antisemitism commissioner is urging a crackdown on protesters who don yellow stars to complain about the pandemic lockdown....
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Across Europe, Mass Protests Occur Against Israel
By Cnaan Liphshiz as the latest Israel-Gaza conflict reached new heights. Several events featuring antisemitic rhetoric and rioting. In Brussels, London and Vienna dozens of men were filmed at rallies...
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Germany Vows to Crack Down on Antisemitism at Israel Protests
domoskanonos / iStock / Getty Images Plus By Toby Axelrod BERLIN — Following a spate of anti-Israel protests across Germany tied to the ongoing Israel-Gaza violence, political leaders here have vowed...
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Organization of American States Designates Hamas a Terrorist Organization
The Organization of American States, an international coalition of 35 countries in North and South America, has designated Hamas a terrorist organization amid Israel’s worst bout of fighting with the...
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Swedish Authorities Probe Mohel for Not Using Anesthesia When Circumcising
By Cnaan Liphshiz Health Ministry officials in Sweden have launched a review into the actions of a rabbi and physician for circumcising Jewish infants without anesthesia. Separately, the parliament in...
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Canada Hit With Wave of Antisemitic Attacks
tzahiV / iStock / Getty Images Plus By David Lazarus MONTREAL — Canadian Jews are reeling from an onslaught of public antisemitic rhetoric and violence triggered by the recent military conflict between...
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Jewish Journalist From Detroit Detained in Myanmar
Danny Fenster, right, with his brother Bryan at a friend’s wedding in Krakow, Poland, September 2019. It was the last time they saw each other. (Courtesy of Bryan Fenster via JTA.org) By Stacy...
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Last Surviving Auschwitz Liberator, Who Drove a Tank Through its Fence, Dies...
By Ben Sales David Dushman, the last surviving soldier who liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp, died at 98. Dushman, who was Jewish, died on Saturday, according to the International Olympic...
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Writers Remove Anne Frank, Israel References From Novels After Social Media...
Anne Frank (Photo by Anne Frank Fonds – Basel via Getty Images) By Andrew Lapin Bestselling authors Elin Hilderbrand and Casey McQuiston removed references to Anne Frank and Israel from their novels...
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Journalist Who Vandalized Warsaw Ghetto Wall Is Teaching British Teachers...
By Cnaan Liphshiz A journalist who wrote “Free Gaza and Palestine” on the walls of the former Warsaw Ghetto has been tasked with teaching members of a British teachers union about antisemitism. Ewa...
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Swastika Discovered on Ark at Frankfurt Airport Synagogue
domoskanonos / iStock / Getty Images Plus By Shira Hanau A swastika was found scrawled on the ark at a synagogue at the Frankfurt International Airport in Germany Friday, according to the German...
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Hungarian Rabbi Will Be German Army’s First Rabbi Chaplain Since the Holocaust
Zsolt Balla stands on the sidelines of a press conference in the synagogue of Dresden, Germany, January 2019. (Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz The...
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Glasgow Police Charge Jewish ‘Anarchist Cafe’ Owner for Displaying Slogan...
By Cnaan Liphshiz The Jewish owners of a cafe in Scotland decided to use their shop display to advertise their views on law enforcement. For months, a bag emblazoned with the words “f— the police”...
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British Court Rules that Orthodox Couple’s Daughter Must Be Taken Off Life...
By Cnaan Liphshiz The fate of a 2-year-old Jewish girl on life support in England could be decided at a court hearing on Wednesday. Alta Fixler of Manchester is gravely ill due to natal complications...
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German Publishing Boss Tells Workers to Find New Jobs if They Oppose Israeli...
By Cnaan Liphshiz Here’s the advice from a top publishing executive in Germany to employees who complained about his decision to fly the Israeli flag on the business’ headquarters: Find another place...
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Polish Schoolchildren Destroy Jewish Headstones to Build a Fortress
By Cnaan Liphshiz Several children in Poland toppled 63 headstones of Jewish graves because they wanted to use the slabs to build a fortress, they told police. The group of five 12-year-olds had been...
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Austrian Soldier Imprisoned for Showing Photos of Swastika Tattoo on Testicle
By Cnaan Liphshiz An Austrian soldier who posted online pictures of a swastika tattoo on one of his testicles was sentenced to 19 months in prison. The sentence handed out earlier this month by an...
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