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Pro-Palestinian protesters stop a London bus as they participate in a demonstration against Israel, in central London on May 11, 2021. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
European Jews brace, yet again, for antisemitic attacks spurred by Gaza unrest
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Many fear ‘the import of the conflict’ phenomenon will increase assaults; in 2014, Europe saw the worst wave of antisemitic violence since the Holocaust amid Israel-Hamas fighting
Pro-Palestinian protesters stop a London bus as they participate in a demonstration against Israel, in central London on May 11, 2021. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
May 14, 2021, 11:59 am
European Jews brace, yet again, for antisemitic attacks spurred by Gaza unrest
Many fear ‘the import of the conflict’ phenomenon will increase assaults; in 2014, Europe saw the worst wave of antisemitic violence since the Holocaust amid Israel-Hamas fighting
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Screen capture from video Ella Gordon, center, and other family members as during a press briefing about the killing of her brother, Efraim, who was shot dead in the US, seen on May 5, 2021. (YouTube)
May 5, 2021, 6:32 pm
Family of Israeli shot dead in US claims it was antisemitic attack, not robbery
Sister of Efraim Gordon alleges ‘terrorists’ killed her brother because he was Jewish, rejects assessment it was botched theft
By TOI staff
Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., convicted of capital murder, attempted murder and other charges, gestures as Johnson County deputies remove him from the courtroom during the sentencing phase of his trial at the Johnson County District Court in Olathe, Kan. November 10, 2015. (Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star via AP, Pool, File)
May 4, 2021, 10:50 pm
Neo-Nazi who shot dead 3 at Kansas Jewish sites dies on death row
Founder of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Frazier Glenn Miller, 80, had testified at trial that he wanted to kill Jews before he died
By Agencies
A woman holds up a sign during the day of rallies around the world protesting the French judicial system's handling of the Sarah Halimi case, April 25, 2021. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images/ via JTA)
May 3, 2021, 8:47 pm
What the Sarah Halimi case and current protests mean for French Jewry
Demonstrations erupted in France and across the world last week as Jews protested a ruling that the murderer of a Jewish woman in 2017 will not stand trial. Is it the last straw?
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The aftermath of arson at a Jewish community center in Moscow, April 20, 2021. (RJC via JTA)
May 1, 2021, 5:51 pm
Moscow Jewish community center torched; German synagogue hit with rubber bullets
Balcony of JCC in Russian capital suffers extensive damage in attack, swastika painted on structure; window smashed at Düsseldorf prayer house
By JTA
Some of the protesters at the Justice for Sarah Halimi rally in Paris, April 25, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz/ JTA)
April 30, 2021, 4:46 pm
At Sarah Halimi rally in Paris, signs French Jewry is nearing a breaking point
Unlike the informal, stoic and often patriotic demonstrations protesting antisemitic violence until now, this week’s protest had a palpable air of disillusionment and even despair
By Cnaan Liphshiz
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and President Reuven Rivlin at a press conference in Jerusalem on January 22, 2020. (Jacques Witt/Pool/AFP)
April 28, 2021, 8:32 pm
Rivlin hails Macron for backing law change after Halimi’s killer avoids trial
President pens letter to French counterpart thanking him for ‘quick, clear response’ to Jewish woman’s murder, says it sends clear message that current law is deficient
By TOI staff
A fence in Vienna surrounds the statue of Karl Lueger, the antisemitic former mayor of the Austrian capital, October 6, 2020. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)
April 28, 2021, 10:17 am
Despite lockdowns, antisemitic incidents rise to record levels in Austria
585 reported incidents in 2020 represent a 6% increase over previous year; physical assaults nearly double from six to 11
By Cnaan Liphshiz
People stage a protest organized by Jewish associations, who say justice has not been done for the killing of French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, at Trocadero Plaza near Eiffel Tower in Paris, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
April 27, 2021, 6:56 pm
For many French Jews, Halimi murder a ‘watershed moment’ of distrust in France
20,000-strong Paris protest a rare show of raw emotion from local Jewish community over government’s response to antisemitism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
An illustration of Sarah Halimi. (Courtesy of the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement.)
April 25, 2021, 1:17 pm
#JeSuisSarah: Social media campaign launched demanding justice for Sarah Halimi
Combat Anti-Semitism Movement calls for global protest against ‘unfathomable’ French court ruling that murderer of Jewish woman not criminally responsible because he was high
By TOI staff
Sarah Halimi. (Courtesy of the Confédération des Juifs de France et des amis d'Israël)
April 23, 2021, 2:36 am
Sister of murdered French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi to ask Israel to try case
Mass protests planned in Israel and France on Sunday calling for action after French appeal court decides killer won’t stand trial because he had used drugs
By Lazar Berman
Sarah Halimi, 66, killed on April 4, 2017, in Paris in what is suspected to be a racially motivated attack by her neighbor. (Courtesy)
April 21, 2021, 1:03 am
Israel blasts French ruling keeping Sarah Halimi’s killer from trial
Calling the murder ‘despicable’, Foreign Ministry says court judgment fails to convey attitude of zero tolerance toward anti-Semitism
By Lazar Berman
French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, December 1, 2020. (Benoit Tessier/Pool/AFP)
April 19, 2021, 8:56 am
French president seeks change to law after Jewish woman’s killer spared trial
Macron says country determined to protect Jewish community, after court rules Sarah Halimi’s murderer not responsible for his actions due to being too high on marijuana at the time
By TOI staff and Agencies
Sarah Halimi was beaten before she was thrown off her Paris apartment building's roof in April 2017. (Courtesy of the Halimi family)
April 14, 2021, 9:12 pm
Top French court won’t prosecute Jewish woman’s killer because he was on weed
Court of Cassation upholds ruling that Kobili Traore can’t be held criminally responsible for Sarah Halimi’s killing as he was in a psychotic state from marijuana use
By Agencies and TOI staff
Liliana Segre speaks at a ceremony in Milan, Italy, honoring the rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust, March 5, 2021. (Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto via Getty Images/JTA)
April 8, 2021, 12:51 pm
Italian lawmaker and Holocaust survivor, 90, gets constant anti-Semitic threats
Liliana Segre, a ‘senator for life,’ has been sounding the alarm about divisions within Italian society for years, has had police protection since 2019
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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