Russian strike hit home of Kryvyi Rih Chabad rabbi, mikveh damaged
Rabbi Liron Edri, a Chabad emissary who leads the Jewish community in Kryvyi Rih, said the blast caused extensive damage to the property and surrounding facilities.
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Senior ADL antisemitism researcher leaves to lead competing effort at watchdog Nexus
Qatar ties linked to anti-Western ideological shift at Georgetown, Middle East Forum reports
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Dozens of Jewish graves vandalized at Barcelona cemetery
Spanish politician Daniel Sirera responded to the incident, stating in a post to X/Twitter, “It is not mere vandalism: it is antisemitism.”
WATCH: Man arrested for driving vehicle into Chabad's New York headquarters
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani commented that the attack was "intentional" and stated that "Antisemitism has no place in our city."
Father of former Gaza hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor
Jonathan Dekel-Chen’s son Sagui spent 498 days in captivity in Gaza after he was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz, a kibbutz in southern Israel, on October 7, 2023.
Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University
Murray, who is not Jewish, was appointed as the inaugural President’s Professor of Practice, a role the university billed as bringing “a leading public intellectual into the academic setting."
Activists urge Jewish Museum to help preserve Wilbur J. Cohen Building at risk of demolition
Activists are urging the Jewish Museum to step in and help preserve the historic Wilbur J. Cohen Building in Washington, DC, home to murals by prominent Jewish artists, now at risk of demolition.
Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement
The statement was the latest in a series of comments Vance has made that have triggered concern regarding his hesitancy to call out antisemites in the conservative movement.
Hospital staff changed Jewish Bondi victim’s name on system, removed religion, without permission
“What exactly was hospital staff trying to protect a Jewish woman who had just survived a massacre from? Why was she in danger?” a member of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry asked
BBC apologizes for omitting mention of Jews in multiple Holocaust Memorial Day broadcasts
The BBC has apologized for failing to mention Jews in its Holocaust Memorial Day broadcasts, prompting backlash from Jewish groups who criticized the omission as disrespectful and harmful.
US Embassy in Saudi Arabia hosts its first Holocaust Remembrance Day event
In a historic first, the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia held a Holocaust Remembrance Day event, highlighting the importance of Holocaust education in combating antisemitism and advancing tolerance.
Tunisia’s schoolbooks celebrate Hitler, omit Holocaust, research finds - IMPACT-se
Tunisian textbooks have come under scrutiny for glorifying Hitler and minimizing the Holocaust, while teaching antisemitic stereotypes and anti-Israel rhetoric.
