May 16, 2017
1:07 am

George Soros speaks onstage at Lincoln Center on April 18, 2017, in New York City. (Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Physicians for Human Rights/AFP)

Demonization of Soros recalls old anti-Semitic conspiracies

Once praised in Eastern Europe for his contributions to civil society, billionaire now drawing ire of nationalist leaders

By Vanessa Gera

May 15, 2017
10:41 pm

Horst Mahler waits, prior to the lawsuit, in a court room of the higher regional court in Munich, southern Germany, Janusary 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Christof Stache, file)

German neo-Nazi who fled to avoid prison arrested in Hungary

Horst Mahler was ordered to to complete sentence for Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic incitement before fleeing Germany

By David Rising

May 15, 2017
8:12 pm

Mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia, Mike Signer, from an interview with NBC 29, published June 25, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

Virginia Jewish mayor hit with anti-Semitic abuse for decrying far-right rally

Mike Signer targeted by racist trolls online after linking torch-carrying protesters at pro-Confederate march to the ‘days of the KKK’

By Times of Israel staff

May 14, 2017
3:38 pm

Ma, thank you for the life you led

Mother's Day A tribute to his mother, whose story traversed the 20th century, and her passion for country, people, and family

By Daniel S. Mariaschin

May 13, 2017
4:56 am

Jewish American Heritage Month is celebrated every year in May. (Top left, clockwise, Obama photo: Aude Guerrucci/Pool/Getty Images; Wasserman Schultz photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images; Calendar photo: Dafne Cholet/Flickr, CC BY 2.0; Menorah photo: National Museum of American Jewish History; Trump photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images, Museum photo: Jeff Goldberg/Esto)

How May became Jewish American Heritage Month

Jews are the only religious group to have a month-long commemoration proclaimed by a president. But some say it has failed to live up to its goals

By Josefin Dolsten

May 13, 2017
2:55 am

People wave French national flags before a meeting of French presidential election candidate for the En Marche! movement at the Parc des Expositions in Paris, on April 23, 2017, during the first round of the Presidential election. (Eric Feferberg/AFP)

Macron’s party boots politician over tweets deemed anti-Semitic

Pro-BDS Christian Gerin taken off En Marche ticket for 2013 post suggesting government run by umbrella Jewish group

By JTA

May 13, 2017
12:45 am

The Great Court at Trinity College at Cambridge University (CC BY-SA, Andrew Dunn, Wikimedia Commons)

Cambridge students vindicated over anti-Semitism claims

From Our Partner Prestigious college apologizes to students and overhauls its complaint-handling processes after ‘deficiencies,’ Jewish News reports

May 12, 2017
4:30 pm

Spray-painted swastikas on the doors of the Machzikei Hadas synagogue in Ottawa, November 2016. (Screenshot)

New Canadian law makes vandalism of Jewish buildings a hate crime

Jewish community plays leading role in drafting and lobbying for passage of amendment to criminal code

By Renee Ghert-Zand

May 12, 2017
4:20 pm

Illustrative photo of signs calling for the boycott of Israel at an anti-Israel protest in San Francisco, April 2011 (CC BY-dignidadrebelde, Flickr)

Student body passes call for CalState to boycott Israel

Resolution calls for divestment from companies ‘profiting from Palestinian oppression’

By JTA

May 11, 2017
1:52 pm

The forgotten Zionist dream

When anti-Semites deny the Jews’ history in Israel, they’re in sync with American Jewry’s focus on the startup nation

By Liat Goldfarb

May 11, 2017
8:38 am

A monument at a Jewish cemetery in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland is found desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti, March 2012. (Jedrzej Wojnar/AP)

Most East Europeans don’t want Jews in their family, Pew finds

Fewer than three-quarters want them as neighbors, 10% don’t want them as citizens; numbers higher in countries with highest Holocaust death tolls

By JTA

May 10, 2017
11:40 am

Illustrative: Char Haddad, 45, prepares meat in his kosher slaughterhouse at Hara Kbira, the main Jewish neighborhood on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia, October 29, 2015. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Brussels rabbi implores EU official to defend ritual slaughter in Belgium

Head of rabbinic group says legislation that would require stunning of animals is one of European Jews’ ‘main challenges’

By JTA

May 10, 2017
8:31 am

Chess grandmaster Susan Polgar, center, with Mikhail Gorbachev, left, and translator Pavel Palazhchenko. (Courtesy)

Meet the female chess grandmaster who checked male privilege

Since shattering the (checkered) glass ceiling, Hungarian-Jewish champ Susan Polgar has engaged in friendly diplomacy and coached teams to seven consecutive titles

By Rich Tenorio

May 9, 2017
9:04 pm

Montana anti-Semitic fliers quote fictitious rabbi urging genocide

Citing free speech, police say no active investigation into materials distributed throughout city of Bozeman

By JTA

May 9, 2017
7:23 pm

Illustrative photo of a building on the Georgetown University campus (YouTube screenshot)

Anti-Semitic graffiti, death threat found near Georgetown Jewish center

Threatening messages discovered on campus, next to Makóm gathering space

By JTA

Topic: anti-Semitism

Demonization of Soros recalls old anti-Semitic conspiracies

Once praised in Eastern Europe for his contributions to civil society, billionaire now drawing ire of nationalist leaders

German neo-Nazi who fled to avoid prison arrested in Hungary

Horst Mahler was ordered to to complete sentence for Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic incitement before fleeing Germany

Virginia Jewish mayor hit with anti-Semitic abuse for decrying far-right rally

Mike Signer targeted by racist trolls online after linking torch-carrying protesters at pro-Confederate march to the ‘days of the KKK’

Ma, thank you for the life you led

Mother's Day A tribute to his mother, whose story traversed the 20th century, and her passion for country, people, and family

How May became Jewish American Heritage Month

Jews are the only religious group to have a month-long commemoration proclaimed by a president. But some say it has failed to live up to its goals

Macron’s party boots politician over tweets deemed anti-Semitic

Pro-BDS Christian Gerin taken off En Marche ticket for 2013 post suggesting government run by umbrella Jewish group

Cambridge students vindicated over anti-Semitism claims

From Our Partner Prestigious college apologizes to students and overhauls its complaint-handling processes after ‘deficiencies,’ Jewish News reports

New Canadian law makes vandalism of Jewish buildings a hate crime

Jewish community plays leading role in drafting and lobbying for passage of amendment to criminal code

Student body passes call for CalState to boycott Israel

Resolution calls for divestment from companies ‘profiting from Palestinian oppression’

The forgotten Zionist dream

When anti-Semites deny the Jews’ history in Israel, they’re in sync with American Jewry’s focus on the startup nation

Most East Europeans don’t want Jews in their family, Pew finds

Fewer than three-quarters want them as neighbors, 10% don’t want them as citizens; numbers higher in countries with highest Holocaust death tolls

Brussels rabbi implores EU official to defend ritual slaughter in Belgium

Head of rabbinic group says legislation that would require stunning of animals is one of European Jews’ ‘main challenges’

Meet the female chess grandmaster who checked male privilege

Since shattering the (checkered) glass ceiling, Hungarian-Jewish champ Susan Polgar has engaged in friendly diplomacy and coached teams to seven consecutive titles

Montana anti-Semitic fliers quote fictitious rabbi urging genocide

Citing free speech, police say no active investigation into materials distributed throughout city of Bozeman

Anti-Semitic graffiti, death threat found near Georgetown Jewish center

Threatening messages discovered on campus, next to Makóm gathering space

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