Argentine Chief Rabbi: Not Clear If Attack Was Antisemitic

The condition of Chief Rabbi of Argentina Gabriel Davidovich is improving after he was badly beaten during a home invasion on Monday. A group of burglars entered his home in Buenos Aires...

Holocaust Historian Leaves Young Israel Over Support for Netanyahu, Extreme Right Party

(JTA) — Deborah Lipstadt, the prominent Holocaust historian, is resigning her membership in her local synagogue because it belongs to a movement that defended an Israeli political deal with...

NYT Editor Bari Weiss Writing Book on Antisemitism

BY JOSEFIN DOLSTEN NEW YORK (JTA) — New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss is working on a book about anti-Semitism. “How to Fight Anti-Semitism” will address the “alarming rise of...

Chief Rabbi of Buenos Aires Brutally Beaten in Home Attack

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) – The chief rabbi of Buenos Aires was brutally assaulted by a gang of people who entered his home before dawn on Monday. The attackers broke...

Antisemitic Graffiti Found in Rego Park Elementary School Playground

Antisemitic graffiti was discovered on a New York City elementary-school playground on Feb. 22. Several swastikas and the words “Hail (sic) Hitler” were scrawled in chalk at Public School 139 Rego...

UK Newspaper Investigation Links Top Corbyn Aide to Anti-Israel Terror Groups

A top aide to controversial UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has long-standing ties to anti-Israel terrorist groups and would likely be denied a security clearance as a result,...

More Hate Groups Equals More Antisemitism

(JTA) — The number of active hate groups in the United States is at a record high — and many are antisemitic in nature. That comes from a report released Wednesday by...

French ‘Yellow Vest’ Protester Will Go on Trial

One of the “yellow vest” protesters who assailed the French Jewish intellectual Alain Finkielraut with antisemitic abuse on a Paris street last weekend will go on trial on May 22,...

New Antisemitism Envoy: No Distinction Between Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism

Elan Carr, the United States’ new envoy to combat antisemitism, told American Jewish leaders in Jerusalem that he will work to end the “attempted distinction” between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism,...

9th Lawmaker, Prominent Scholar Leave British Labour Over Antisemitism

BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — A former representative of British Labour in parliament and a prominent author on antisemitism quit the party over hate speech about Jews in its ranks. Ian...

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Halachic Musings: Better Clean Those Chickens

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Let’s start at the beginning. The Torah, in this week’s parashah, commands us not to consume blood. “Any person from the...

Israeli Government to Fund MDA Services in Judea, Samaria

Israel’s government has announced that it will release funds allocated for Magen David Adom to provide enhanced emergency medical services in Judea and Samaria. “Years...

Facebook, Instagram to Ban White Nationalist Posts

BY BEN SALES (JTA) — Facebook and Instagram announced a ban on posts that involve “support and representation of white nationalism and separatism.” The social networking...

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