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Former United Kingdom Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Joan Ryan provided more in depth information about the antisemitism that plagued the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership in a sit-down interview with the Journal.
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If an African Safari is not on your bucket list, it should be! Not only are there nine Countries in Africa that have amazing Safari adventures, but within those Countries there are several types of accommodations and adventures to choose from. Each one breathtaking and exciting in it’s own way. Whether you want to participate […]
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A video has emerged of United States Special Envoy to Iran Robert Malley saying that Hamas and Hezbollah “have their own rationality” and “none of them are crazies.” The video clip, which was first reported by The Daily Wire on May 26, features Malley stating: “Hezbollah and Hamas, there is so much misinformation them. I […]
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A 90-year-old Jewish man was reportedly killed after his neighbor allegedly pushed him out of their building. Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) and Israel Hayom reported that the victim, identified as René Hadjaj, was pushed from the 17th floor of his building on May 21. Police arrested the suspect, 51-year-old Rachid Kheniche, on May 24. Authorities […]
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The German airline Lufthansa issued an apology after more than 100 Jewish passengers were barred from boarding a flight to Budapest, but the apology was criticized for not mentioning the passengers’ Jewish identity or antisemitism. The airline’s statement, published on May 10, stated: “While Lufthansa is still reviewing the facts and circumstances of that day, […]
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The German airline Lufthansa allegedly prevented more than 100 Orthodox Jewish passengers from boarding a May 4 flight from Frankfurt to Budapest after a couple of passengers refused to wear a mask on their previous flight.
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District to include synagogue, homes, schools, community center, and hotels
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A candidate for Britain’s Conservative Party in a local race has been suspended after giving condolences to the victims of the recent B’nei Brak terror attack in Israel.
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Rosatom, the chief state-run nuclear energy company in Russia, will reportedly rake in billions of dollars under a newly forged Iran nuclear deal.
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The Biden administration is refusing to file prosecution charges against two men connected to the Iranian government allegedly planning to assassinate John Bolton due to concerns that doing so could cause the Iran nuclear deal talks to collapse.
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Vogue Magazine has restored model Gigi Hadid’s comment in their Instagram post about how she’s donating her earnings from Fall 2022 shows to both Ukraine and the Palestinian territories after initially removing it.
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Vogue Magazine initially reposted model Gigi Hadid’s comparison of Ukraine to the Palestinians and then scrubbed it after facing criticism over the analogy, The Algemeiner reported.
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A new nuclear deal with Iran could be forged in the coming days, according to various media reports.
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The Israeli first response organization United Hatzalah has deployed a team to provide humanitarian assistance in Moldova, as refugees fleeing Ukraine arrive.
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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly passed a resolution on March 2 condemning Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The United States and Israel were among the 141 countries that voted in favor of the resolution; the only five countries to vote against it were Russia, Syria, North Korea, Belarus and Eritrea. There were also […]
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A Ukrainian Holocaust memorial was hit by a Russian airstrike targeting a nearby television tower on March 1, drawing international condemnation. The Babi Yar Memorial, where nearly 34,000 Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, was damaged after the Russians launched a missile against the nearby Kyiv TV Tower, the capital’s main television tower. At least […]
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued a statement on February 25 calling for President Joe Biden to cease all diplomatic relations with Russia and recall the United States ambassador from Russia.
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As we write this, the horror of war is unfolding in Ukraine. The last time Kyiv was under heavy artillery fire and saw tanks in its streets was during World War II. If anyone should know it, it’s Vladimir Putin, who is obsessed with the history of that war. Russian propaganda has painted the […]
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued a statement on February 25 calling for President Joe Biden to cease all diplomatic relations with Russia and recall the United States ambassador from Russia. Wiesenthal Center Founder and Dean Rabbi Marvin Hier and Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action Agenda Rabbi Abraham Cooper said in a statement, […]
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Several scholars who have studied the fields of World War II, Nazism and genocide have signed a statement denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “denazification” rationale to justify his invasion into Ukraine. The statement, which was published on a Google Doc on February 25, was first drafted by John Hopkins University Associate Professor Eugene Finkel and […]
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The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was met with criticism after it announced a $2 million donation from Russia on February 22. The UNHRC tweeted that the Russian Mission from Geneva had issued the donation “to support our human rights work” and encouraged others to donate as well.UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer tweeted […]
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Jewish groups have issued various statements denouncing the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and standing with the Ukrainian Jewish community.
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The British parliament passed an amendment on February 22 combating the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
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Chief Rabbi Yaakov Bleich told JNS that the Jews “are part of the general community. What’s good for Ukraine is good for the Jews of Ukraine. What’s bad for Ukraine is bad for the Jews of Ukraine.”
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A report released by Jewish on Campus (JOC) in collaboration with the World Jewish Congress (WJC) on February 7 found that more than 70% of antisemitic incidents on college campuses worldwide in 2021 occurred in person, The Jerusalem Post reported.
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A report released by Jewish on Campus (JOC) in collaboration with the World Jewish Congress (WJC) on February 7 found that more than 70% of antisemitic incidents on college campuses worldwide in 2021 occurred in person, The Jerusalem Post reported.
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A newly constructed Chabad House-Almaden Valley synagogue in San Jose, California was utterly destroyed in a fire on December 23, 2021. I learned about this when I saw a tweet by the Consul General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles, Nasimi Aghayev, who stated: “Last December I was saddened to learn that a fire had destroyed Chabad […]
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A newly constructed Chabad House-Almaden Valley synagogue in San Jose, California was utterly destroyed in a fire on December 23, 2021. I learned about this when I saw a tweet by the Consul General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles, Nasimi Aghayev, who stated: “Last December I was saddened to learn that a fire had destroyed Chabad […]
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The United States and German governments both denounced Amnesty International UK’s February 1 report accusing Israel of being an apartheid state, The Times of Israel reported.
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The United States and German governments both denounced Amnesty International UK’s February 1 report accusing Israel of being an apartheid state, The Times of Israel reported.
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Various Jewish groups have issued statements condemning Amnesty International UK’s upcoming February 1 report accusing Israel of being an apartheid state.
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Various Jewish groups have issued statements condemning Amnesty International UK’s upcoming February 1 report accusing Israel of being an apartheid state.
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A man was arrested in London on January 26 after assaulting two Orthodox Jewish men earlier that day.
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A man was arrested in London on January 26 after assaulting two Orthodox Jewish men earlier that day.
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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution sponsored by Israel on January 20 denouncing Holocaust denial.
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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution sponsored by Israel on January 20 denouncing Holocaust denial.
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KISS bassist Gene Simmons criticized those boycotting an upcoming Australian festival over Israeli sponsorship, arguing that “young people in the arts” shouldn’t be punished over politics.
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KISS bassist Gene Simmons criticized those boycotting an upcoming Australian festival over Israeli sponsorship, arguing that “young people in the arts” shouldn’t be punished over politics.
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The Dutch government announced that they were going to stop funding one of the six Palestinian NGOs designated as a terror organization by the Israeli government in October.
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The Dutch government announced that they were going to stop funding one of the six Palestinian NGOs designated as a terror organization by the Israeli government in October.
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When the Simon Wiesenthal Center released its annual Global Anti-Semitism Top Ten on Dec. 28, the lineup was starkly different from its predecessors as the Center has shifted from citing individuals to naming their corporate bosses. “We made a pivot,” explained Rabbi Abraham Cooper, longtime associate dean of the Center, “to incorporate those who are […]
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When the Simon Wiesenthal Center released its annual Global Anti-Semitism Top Ten on Dec. 28, the lineup was starkly different from its predecessors as the Center has shifted from citing individuals to naming their corporate bosses. “We made a pivot,” explained Rabbi Abraham Cooper, longtime associate dean of the Center, “to incorporate those who are […]
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The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL) issued a joint statement on December 6 urging the Biden administration to end discussions with the Iranian government regarding re-entering the 2015 nuclear deal.
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The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL) issued a joint statement on December 6 urging the Biden administration to end discussions with the Iranian government regarding re-entering the 2015 nuclear deal.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the November 28 attack of a Chabad bus celebrating Hanukkah in a tweet.
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A group of men targeted an open-top bus in London filled with a group of Jewish teenagers celebrating the first night of Hanukkah with spitting and obscene gestures, among other things.
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The University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Student Union (SCSU) passed a resolution on November 26 that supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and aims to restrict the selling of kosher food that normalizes “Israeli apartheid.” The resolution states that “efforts should be made to source Kosher food from organizations that do not normalize […]
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Belgium announced on November 23 that they will be labeling products coming from Israeli settlements in the West Bank and increasing controls on such goods. The Associated Press (AP) reported that the Belgian foreign office said in a statement that they are simply delineating “between Israel on one hand and the Palestinian territories on the […]
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More than 100 celebrities signed a letter accusing Israel of “apartheid occupation” and denouncing Israel’s designations of six Palestinian NGOs as terror organizations.
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