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March 21, 2013
9:59 am

Pope salutes ‘special spiritual bond’ with Jews

Francis I makes remarks during interfaith meeting attended by several Jewish leaders

March 11, 2013
11:43 pm

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor (photo credit: Courtesy)

Israel, Jewish groups slam French town for honoring minister’s assassin

Glorification of terrorists is ‘one of the greatest obstacles to peace in the Middle East,’ says Israel’s ambassador to the UN

By Raphael Ahren

March 11, 2013
7:20 pm

Afi Hossein Jarhomi, right, the founder of the Hungarian Iranian Business Group, attends a meeting with Jobbik chairman Gabor Vona, third from right, and visiting Iranians. (tiszavasvari.hu via JTA)

Iran and Hungarian party form anti-Semitic alliance

Isolated and anti-Western, a pair of pariahs find common ground in their outspoken opposition to Jewish interests

By Cnaan Liphshiz

February 17, 2013
7:54 pm

Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras (photo credit: AP/Kent Gilbert)

Contender for papacy accused of anti-Semitism

Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras has compared ‘Jewish controlled media’ to Hitler

February 17, 2013
8:36 am

In this Feb. 21, 2007, file photo, then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., speaks during an appearance at Bellevue University, in Bellevue, Neb. In January 2013 Hagel was slated to be the next US Secretary of Defense. (photo credit: AP/Nati Harnik)

Jewish groups call for further review of Hagel statements

AJC, ADL ask defense secretary nominee to clarify reports on 2007 quote saying ‘State Department has become adjunct to the Israeli foreign minister’s office’

February 13, 2013
6:24 pm

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass in the Kidron Valley, outside Jerusalem's Old City, in May 2009 (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Benedict’s papacy: Close Jewish relations with occasional bumps

‘History will view him as the last of the traditional European pontiffs, the last pope who personally experienced World War II and the Holocaust,’ says AJC’s senior interreligious adviser

By Ruth Ellen Gruber

February 3, 2013
10:34 pm

Dahi Khalfan (photo credit: screen capture AlJazeeraEnglish/YouTube)

Conspiracy theory has Muslim Brotherhood, Jews aligned

‘Bizarre and ludicrous’ thesis gaining credence in the Arab world, says Anti-Defamation League

By JTA

January 31, 2013
3:35 am

Max Kampelman (photo credit CC-BY, Michael Pressman/CTBTO, Flickr)

Jewish groups mourn passing of Max Kampelman

Senior US human rights negotiator, who played key role in the struggle to free Soviet Jewry, dies at age 92

January 30, 2013
11:43 pm

Members of the Union of French Jewish Students demonstrate in Paris with a sign that reads, "Jews murdered, republic endangered." (Courtesy of UEJF via JTA)

Ruling on anti-Jewish tweets emboldens activists

Successful French lawsuit over hate speech on Twitter sparks debate about how to combat online hate

By Cnaan Liphshiz

January 21, 2013
3:58 am

Former Dior designer John Galliano arrives at a Paris court house to face charges for hurling anti-Semitic slurs at a Paris cafe, in June 2011 (photo credit: AP/Thibault Camus)

ADL lauds Galliano’s ‘redemption’

Organization to work with Christian Dior’s former top designer as a spokesman against anti-Semitism

January 4, 2013
9:09 pm

Watchdog groups voice concern over Al-Jazeera’s purchase of Current TV

ADL cites Qatari channel’s ‘troubling record’ of serving as a propaganda tool against the State of Israel

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 24, 2012
11:41 pm

John Kerry during a visit to Jerusalem in May 2012 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

American pro-Israel groups warm up to Kerry as top diplomat

Organizations, leaders and congregations like idea of man with Jewish roots as secretary of state

By Ron Kampeas

December 18, 2012
7:50 pm

Chuck Hagel arrives at Camp Ramadi, in central Iraq, for a short visit with US servicemen, July 22, 2008. (photo credit: courtesy United States Marine Corps)

Likely new US defense chief seen backpedaling on opposition to Iran strike

Chuck Hagel ‘now in sync’ with Obama, says ADL head; Jewish hawks slam his voting record on Israel and his comments denigrating Jewish lobby

By Raphael Ahren

December 18, 2012
6:34 am

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman meets with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, in July (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Farewell, for now, to the foreign minister who ‘burned many more bridges than he built’

Avigdor Liberman’s supporters hail the overseas visits he made and consulates he opened; his detractors say the ‘no more Mr. Nice Guy’ top diplomat was a disaster, and hope he won’t be back

By Raphael Ahren

December 16, 2012
2:49 pm

Columbia University (photo credit: CC-BY-SA InSapphoWeTrust/Flickr)

Columbia U. program director shares Facebook post calling Border Policewoman a ‘terrorist’

ADL calls on university to condemn posting by Palestine Studies program head

By Aaron Kalman

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