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Wiesenthal Center rabbi slams Japanese TV claim Kushner unfit for Iran talks because he is Jewish

Commentator Toru Tamagawa, appearing on Friday’s broadcast of TV Asahi’s Hatori Shinichi Morning Show, questioned whether the special envoy’s Jewish background should have disqualified him.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
US President Donald Trump listens, as his son-in-law Jared Kushner speaks, during the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, US, February 19, 2026.
Associate Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper is pictured in his office at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, California December 10, 2015.

Please, no more lectures

For the Jewish people, finger-wagging lost its meaning after October 8th, 2023

|ByRABBI ABRAHAM COOPER 
A sign of a bank with a Swiss flag reflected on the window's building are pictured on March 20, 2009 in Geneva.

Judge says ‘No case, no ruling’ in Credit Suisse – Simon Wiesenthal Center settlement dispute

In the late 1990s, Holocaust victims sued Swiss banks, arguing that the banks and their predecessor institutions collaborated with the Nazis by refusing to return assets belonging to victims.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Serbian police officers stand guard as people rally to protest police search of Belgrade's university offices after the accidental death of a student last week, in Belgrade, Serbia, March 31, 2026.

'Death to Jews, Vucic' call during Belgrade protest sparks criticism from Serbians, Israelis

In a joint statement to The Jerusalem Post, MK Boaz Toporovsky, Dr. Efraim Zuroff, and Aleksandar Nikolić said: "No political motive whatsoever justifies such calls."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Nazi-hunter’s granddaughter marks 75 years since Mauthausen’s liberation

Fewer than half of its inmates survived World War II. One was Kreisberg’s grandfather, Simon Wiesenthal — an architect by profession who would become the world’s most celebrated Nazi hunter.

MARCH 3, 2020ByLARRY LUXNER/JTA
Concentration camp survivor Ed Mosberg and a delegation from the U.S. attend the commemoration at the former concentration camp KZ Mauthausen, liberated by U.S. troops on May 5, 1945 at the memorial site in Mauthausen, Austria, May 5, 2019.

Pope Francis condemns resurgence of antisemitism around the world

"Once more, I firmly condemn every form of antisemitism," said Pope Francis at an event held by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

JANUARY 21, 2020ByREUTERS, DEBORAH DAHAN
Simon Wiesenthal Center delegation on eve of 75th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation with Pope Francis

Journalist Souad Mekhennet receives International Leadership Award

Souad Mekhennet received last week the Simon Wisenthal Center's International Leadership Award for "for her integrity and courageous commitment to shining light on forgotten victims of man’s inhuman"

JANUARY 20, 2020ByDEBORAH DAHAN
Souad Mekhennet, Frankfurt Book Fair 2017

Lithuania drafting bill exonerating nation from Holocaust crimes

“The Lithuanians carried out violent riots against the Jews,” The US Holocaust Memorial Museum wrote.

JANUARY 4, 2020ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
A man walks past a sign at a commemoration place during the March of the Living to honor Holocaust victims in Paneriai near Vilnius, Lithuania

Wiesenthal Center administrator wins award for fighting antisemitism

“The highest award of the EJP is awarded annually for outstanding achievements in the development of the Jewish communities of Europe," EJP wrote on its website.

DECEMBER 26, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Award ceremony, with: (left) Vadim Rabinovich, President of the 28-member-countries EJP and leader of the Parliamentary opposition in Ukraine ; (centre) Dr. Shimon Samuels ; (right) Dr. Michael Mirilashvili, President of the 37-member-countries EAJC

Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Jeremy Corbyn top list of worst antisemites

Corbyn, violent antisemitism in the US, Germany, Italy, France led the list, compiled by the Simon Wiesenthal Center

DECEMBER 20, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, arrives to vote in Islington, London, Britain June 8, 2017

Wiesenthal rejects effort to remove German UN envoy from antisemitic list

The listing of Heusgen “misses the mark and targets an honorable friend of Israel,” Andreas Michaelis wrote.

DECEMBER 18, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Germany's Ambassador to the UN, Christoph Heusgen

UNESCO removes carnival from heritage list over antisemitism allegations

It featured antisemitic figures, including caricatured Jews with money and rats. “We are neither antisemitic nor racist," the mayor said. "Aalst will always remain the capital of mockery and satire."

DECEMBER 14, 2019ByRACHEL WOLF
Giant figures depicting Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel (C) and other politicians are seen during the 87th carnival parade of Aalst February 15, 2015. The Aalst Carnival, which is inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, often shows informal groups

Lithuania continues Soviet-style censorship 30 years post-independence

Holocaust distortion is so prevalent in Lithuania, which has initiated and led many of the initiatives in Eastern Europe to rewrite the narrative of World War II and the Holocaust.

DECEMBER 2, 2019ByEFRAIM ZUROFF
A monument honoring the victims of the Ponary massacre near Vilnius, Lithuania

Germany denies its UN ambassador is antisemitic amid intense criticism

Israel's ambassadors expressed dismay about Berlin's anti-Israel voting at UN

NOVEMBER 20, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Germany's Ambassador to the UN, Christoph Heusgen