Russia Sentences Jewish Writer Masha Gessen to Prison in Absentia for...
Masha Gessen speaks onstage at the 2022 CPJ International Press Freedom Awards at Glasshouses on Nov. 17, 2022 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images via JTA.org) Andrew Lapin A Russian...
View Article30 Years After Deadly AMIA Bombing, Argentina’s Jews Are Balancing Pain With...
People hold pictures of victims during a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing attack in Buenos Aires on July 18, 2024. (Tomas Cuesta/AFP via Getty Images) Juan...
View ArticleAdidas Said it Will ‘Revise’ 1972 Olympic Sneaker Campaign That Features...
A new campaign for Adidas features supermodel Bella Hadid wearing a reissue of sneakers from the 1972 Munich Olympics. (Photos courtesy of Adidas. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA.org) Jackie...
View ArticleRussia Sentences Jewish-American Journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 Years in...
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in the glass defendants’ cage in the Yekaterinburg courthouse where his trial began on June 26. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images via...
View ArticleJewish Leaders in Europe Want to Stay There Despite Pessimism About...
Demonstrators carry a banner reading “Against antisemitism, racism and the extreme right” during a rally at the Square des Martyrs Juifs in Paris on Nov. 12. (Michel Stoupak/NurPhoto via Getty Images...
View ArticleISA to Mount Unprecedented Security Op at Paris Olympics
French police patrol the Eiffel tower ahead of Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 20 in Paris, France. (Photo by Kevin Voigt/GettyImages via JNS.org). Joshua Marks The Israel Security Agency is preparing...
View ArticleAdidas Removes 1972 Olympic Sneaker Ads, Apologizes to Bella Hadid Over...
Amid backlash, Adidas has removed social media ads featuring Palestinian-American model and activist Bella Hadid from its new campaign Jackie Hajdenberg Amid backlash, Adidas has removed social media...
View ArticleIsrael Will Compete in Olympic Soccer Today for the First Time in 48 Years
Members of Israel’s under-21 national soccer team celebrate during the UEFA Under-21 Euro 2023 match between Germany and Israel in Kutaisi, Georgia, on June 22, 2023. (Giorgi Ebanoidze/DeFodi Images...
View ArticleArcheologists Uncover Floor of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, Destroyed by the...
Shira Li Bartov Jon Seligman of the Israel Antiquities Authority stands on the colorful floor of the main prayer hall of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, which was destroyed by the Nazis and has been...
View ArticleNorwegian Street Artist Defends Mural of Anne Frank in a Keffiyeh
A mural of Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh in Bergen, Norway, painted by the anonymous artist Töddel in July. (Courtesy of Töddel via JTA.org) Andrew Lapin When pictures of a mural in Norway depicting...
View ArticleTurkey’s Erdogan Threatens to Invade Israel, in Escalation of Harsh Rhetoric...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Istanbul on Oct. 28, 2023. (Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images via JTA.org) Philissa Cramer...
View ArticleFrench Police Investigating Death Threats Targeting Israeli Olympians
Police watch as Israel supporters arrive at the men’s soccer match between Israel and Mali at the 2024 Paris Olympics on July 24 in Paris. (Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images via JTA.org) Jacob...
View ArticleHamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Killed in Tehran, Hamas and Iran Announce
Iranian newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, meets Head of the Palestinian Hamas group’s political bureau Ismail Haniyeh, left in Tehran, Iran on July 30. (Iranian Presidency /...
View ArticleBella Hadid Says She Regrets Adidas Sneaker Campaign That Evoked 1972 Munich...
A campaign for Adidas features supermodel Bella Hadid wearing a reissue of sneakers from the 1972 Munich Olympics. (Photos courtesy of Adidas. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA.org) Jackie Hajdenberg...
View ArticleJewish Journalist Evan Gershkovich Reportedly Being Freed as Part of Mass...
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in the glass defendants’ cage in the Yekaterinburg courthouse where his trial began on June 26. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images via...
View Article‘Wait for Harsh Punishment’ Billboard Goes Up in Tehran as Khameini...
Workers hang a billboard bearing a portrait of Ismail Haniyeh with a slogan in Hebrew and Farsi saying “Expect severe punishment” at Palestine Square in Tehran on July 31. (Hossein Beris/Middle East...
View ArticleBritish Rabbi Jailed in Ireland on Charges of Performing Circumcision Without...
Getty Images via JTA.org Shira Li Bartov Ireland’s small Jewish community is in turmoil after a British rabbi who had been hired to circumcise local babies was arrested and charged with practicing...
View ArticleAustralian Canoeists Jessica and Noemie Fox Join Rare Company as Jewish...
Noemie Fox, right, celebrates with Jessica Fox after winning gold in the canoe slalom women’s kayak cross final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Aug. 5 in Paris. (Alex Davidson/Getty Images via JTA.org)...
View ArticleHamas Picks Gaza’s Yahya Sinwar to Replace Slain Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh
Yahya Sinwar at the opening of a new mosque in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 24, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90 via JTA.org) Philissa Cramer Yahya Sinwar, the architect of Hamas’ Oct. 7...
View ArticleAll the Jewish Medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics
From left: Tom Reuveny, Jessica Fox, Artem Dolgopyat and Jemima Montag are among the Jewish medalists at the Paris Olympics. (Getty Images via JTA.org) Jacob Gurvis The 2024 Paris Olympics conclude on...
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