antisemitism

Russian immigrants attend an event marking the 25th anniversary of the major wave of aliya from the former Soviet Union to Israel, at the Jerusalem Convention Center, on December 24, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel approves NIS 90 million for absorbing immigrants from Russia amid Ukraine war

Funds to go toward housing, employment, education and health services for new arrivals, as Israel sees most significant immigration wave from Russia since USSR’s collapse

October 2, 2022, 4:48 pm

Israel approves NIS 90 million for absorbing immigrants from Russia amid Ukraine war

Funds to go toward housing, employment, education and health services for new arrivals, as Israel sees most significant immigration wave from Russia since USSR’s collapse

By Tobias Siegal

Dr. Hend Al-Muftah, Qatar's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva. (Screen capture/YouTube)

September 29, 2022, 5:57 am

Qatari UN envoy deletes Twitter account after antisemitic, homophobic tweets exposed

Move follows Hend Al-Muftah’s failed bid to become chair of human rights forum after watchdog revealed her history of hateful social media posts

By Ron Kampeas

'Do Revenge' villain Max Broussard, played by Austin Abrams, wears a Star of David necklace. (Kim Simms/Netflix)

September 21, 2022, 1:09 pm

Accused of antisemitism, Netflix hit ‘Do Revenge’ should have done its due diligence

The middling teen film flashes a gratuitous Star of David around the neck of the villain, spurring an online uproar and scoring an ‘own goal’ that could easily have been avoided

By Jordan Hoffman

September 19, 2022, 11:50 pm

Qatar’s UN ambassador denied human rights post after antisemitic, homophobic tweets

Hend Al-Muftah rejected from position after slew of tweets uncovered that called Jews ‘our enemies,’ blamed Israel for 9/11 attacks and labeled gays ‘disgusting’

By Ash Obel

Lufthansa aircrafts parked at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 2, 2022 (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)

September 19, 2022, 7:04 pm

Lufthansa adopts IHRA antisemitism definition 4 months after booting Jews from plane

Move made after consulting with US Jewish advocacy organization, whose staffers will also train employees of airline to identify and respond to antisemitism

By Toby Axelrod

President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with the National Jewish Welfare Board (left to right) Walter Rothschild, Chaplain Aryeh Lev, Barnett Brickner and Louis Kraft, at the White House on Nov. 8, 1943 (AP photo)

September 18, 2022, 10:11 pm

PBS Holocaust documentary perpetuates well-worn myths to glorify FDR, says historian

Streaming this week, historian Rafael Medoff says ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ misrepresents President Roosevelt’s actions leading up to and during the genocide

By Matt Lebovic

September 16, 2022, 6:16 pm

Qatar UN envoy blamed Israel for 9/11, said LGBT don’t deserve rights, watchdog says

UN Watch says Hend Al-Muftah, nominated to chair world body’s human rights forum, has repeatedly espoused antisemitic views, anti-Western conspiracies in past decade

By TOI staff

The campus of the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

September 16, 2022, 4:18 am

University of Vermont vehemently rejects federal probe into antisemitism complaints

School president says claims that Jewish students were discriminated against already dealt with; head of group that filed complaint argues university not taking issue seriously

By AP, JTA and Luke Tress

In this file photo taken on May 18, 2004 Franco-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard attends a press conference for his film "Notre Music" during the 57th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (BORIS HORVAT / AFP)

September 14, 2022, 2:26 am

A trailblazing filmmaker, Jean-Luc Godard was a polarizing figure to Jews offscreen

The French New Wave pioneer who died Tuesday long faced accusations of antisemitism, but while his opposition to Zionism was clear, his views on the Jewish people were more complex

By Andrew Lapin

Graffiti targeting 'Zionist' student groups was spotted in multiple locations around the University of Wisconsin campus on the first day of the semester, September 2022. (Screenshot/WKOW, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

September 10, 2022, 5:52 am

U of Wisconsin apologizes after ‘Zionism is genocide’ graffiti seen around campus

Messages at one location included ‘Zionism is racism,’ referenced unnamed ‘Zionist’ organizations at the university with ‘blood on their hands’

By Andrew Lapin

An undated portrait of Mikey Weinstein. (MRFF via JTA)

September 6, 2022, 4:04 am

US Military Religious Freedom Foundation members, Jewish leader face death threats

Law enforcement probes online postings offering $5,000 for murder of group members, who advocate for freedom from religious coercion in military, an extra $1,000 for Jewish victim

By Ron Kampeas

Shaima Dallali (formerly president of City Students’ Union) takes over as president of the UK National Union of Students. (Screenshot via YouTube)

From the WebSeptember 3, 2022, 8:36 pm

UK student union head suspended during probe into antisemitism claims

Source tells UK’s Jewish News move is not disciplinary, but ‘appropriate’ to investigation; in 2012, Shaima Dallali tweeted Islamic battle cry historically used when attacking Jews

Eyal Haddad, killed in a suspected antisemitic attack in France, is buried in Israel on September 1, 2022 (Screencapture/Twitter)

September 1, 2022, 2:33 pm

French Jewish man killed in suspected antisemitic attack buried in Israel

‘Antisemitism in France does not spare any Jew there,’ says Beersheba chief rabbi at funeral for Eyal Haddad; mourners urge French authorities to take strong action

By TOI staff

Illustrative: A man holds a placard that reads, 'In France grandmothers are killed because they are Jews,' during 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)

September 1, 2022, 12:58 pm

Murder of a Jewish man near Paris reignites fears about antisemitism in France

As the list of Jewish murder victims in the country grows, former Paris police commissioner alleges authorities do not take antisemitism seriously

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Eyal Haddad, a Tunisian-Israeli Jewish man who was killed by his neighbor in France in August 2022. (Courtesy)

August 31, 2022, 7:04 pm

French Jewish man killed in suspected antisemitic attack to be buried in Israel

Announcing funeral, Israeli minister calls on Paris to ‘impose the most severe sentence’ on Muslim killer, citing spate of ‘horrific’ assaults on Jews

By TOI staff