The Times of Israel

Israel a much higher priority for European Jewish leaders after Oct. 7, survey shows

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 07:23:09 +0000

Supporting the Jewish state rose from 14th to 5th in importance in a poll of hundreds of community heads from 32 countries

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As antisemitism spikes across Europe, more fingers are pointing at Russia

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 23:13:44 +0000

As the Israel-Hamas war rages, sources claim Russians stoking an already tense situation - a strategy used by the country's security services against the West since the Cold War

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Pro-Hamas sentiment shocks European Jews, rekindling fears about their future

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 11:08:09 +0000

The disgust felt by millions toward the terrorist group's barbarity is overshadowed by angry street protests against Israel and soaring antisemitism

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EU releases first-ever strategy to fight antisemitism, promote Jewish life

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:14:18 +0000

Program focuses on Holocaust awareness, securing sites, monitoring hate speech; pledges to work with Israel on initiative

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North Macedonia’s first Jewish lawmaker breaks taboos, is hit with antisemitism

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 01:12:03 +0000

As Rasela Mizrahi becomes a hero to some on the right, others on the left unleash the biggest post-Holocaust torrent of hatred ever seen by the country's Jewish community of 200

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Rise of anti-Semitism, other extremism has German Jews questioning their future

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 04:41:05 +0000

The government supports the Jewish community, but unchecked hate and violent attacks from far-right and Muslim populations and a rapidly aging demographic have some eying the door

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A year after Halle terror attack, Jews who were there still looking for answers

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 13:34:18 +0000

A shooting that killed two on Yom Kippur last year has underscored rising anti-Semitism in Germany, but investigations in its wake reveal even more disturbing systemic shortcomings

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The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:35:39 +0000

Historical Jesus likely had the brown eyes and skin of other first-century Galilee Jews. Not so the common portrayal, under scrutiny at time of introspection over legacy of racism

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The forgotten history of Jews in the alcohol industry

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:19:26 +0000

Some estimates say 30-40% of Jewish people -- women and kids included -- worked as makers or purveyors of hooch in Eastern Europe until the end of the 19th century

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German church goes to high court to take down perverse anti-Semitic carvings

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:40:17 +0000

Landmark commissions are protecting Judensau, ancient sculptures depicting Jews engaged in sexual activity with pigs, dozens of which adorn churches that don't want them

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Myth of Jews killing Christian children persists, says new book on blood libel

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 02:18:36 +0000

'Blood Libel: On The Trail of an Antisemitic Myth' by historian Magda Teter examines lethal canard from its roots in monastic tales to the pages of German Nazi broadsheets

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Soccer player investigated for offensive Rotschilds conspiracy tweet

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:15:09 +0000

English Football Association asks Tom Pope why he wrote that World War III would end with Jewish family 'crowned champions of every bank on the planet'

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Italian police bust armed neo-Nazi group after nationwide sweeps

Thu, 28 Nov 2019 20:20:32 +0000

Police seize automatic weapons, rifles, crossbows, swords, knives, Nazi flags and books on Hitler and Mussolini

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Man shouts ‘Heil Hitler’ at rabbis discussing anti-Semitism at Geneva convention

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:31:11 +0000

Synagogue security blocks offender from entering property and asks rabbis to go inside

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ADL survey: 25% of Europeans anti-Semitic, East European bigotry rises sharply

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 05:13:16 +0000

A global poll of 9,000 adults in 18 countries shows significant numbers believe age-old tropes about Jews, including that they seek world domination

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