antisemitism

Roger Waters on stage in Berlin, May 2023 (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)

Micaela Diamond (L) and Ben Platt during the opening night curtain call for 'Parade' at New York City Center, November 1, 2022. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage/GettyImages via JTA)

June 10, 2023, 12:49 pm

Broadway’s ‘Parade’ cast says Mourner’s Kaddish before performances

Star Micaela Diamond says before almost every show, they stand in a circle and say Jewish prayer for the dead

By Jackie Hajdenberg

June 8, 2023, 4:33 pm

Roger Waters resumes Nazi act in London that he’d dropped following Germany uproar

Senior UK politicians slam Pink Floyd bassist, who is under a criminal investigation for wearing a costume resembling a Waffen-SS uniform in Berlin

By Canaan Lidor

Los Angeles leaders cut the ribbon for the unveiling of a new mural in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. (Pictured from left to right: Ilan Davidson, President of LA County Commission on Human Relations; Robin Toma, executive director of LA County Commission on Human Relations; Supervisor Lindsey Horvath; Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky; Jeff Abrams, ADL Los Angeles regional director; Rabbi Rebecca Schatz, Temple Beth Am; Rabbi Noah Farkas, President and CEO of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles; Senator Ben Allen. Image courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles)

June 6, 2023, 10:33 am

New mural showcases Jewish diversity near site of antisemitic shootings in LA

‘The Common Thread,’ painted by Iranian-Jewish artist Cloe Hakakian outside event venue in heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood, is first of ‘Summer of Solidarity’ campaign

By Jackie Hajdenberg

File: First responders surround the Tree of Life Synagogue, rear center, in Pittsburgh, where a shooter opened fire and 11 people were killed in America's deadliest antisemitic attack, Octoer 27, 2018. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

June 3, 2023, 2:44 am

Police testify on ‘enormous’ gunfire exchange with shooter at Pittsburgh synagogue

Officers recount gunman saying ‘all Jews need to die’ after carrying out deadliest antisemitic attack in US history in 2018

By AP

A projection labeling former US president George W. Bush a war criminal and accusing him of lying about his country's invasion of Iraq, at a Roger Waters concert in Birmingham, the United Kingdom, May 31, 2023. (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

June 2, 2023, 12:01 pm

After backlash and under German probe, Roger Waters drops Nazi costume at UK concert

Comparison between killed Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Anne Frank also left out of Birmingham show; says he’s ‘pissed off’ at ‘antisemitism bullshit,’ blames Tel Aviv

By ToI Staff

A police officer blocks a road for visitors of the Kadoorie Synagogue in Porto, Portugal on May 16, 2023. (Eli Mandelbaum/EJA)

June 2, 2023, 11:59 am

Porto Jews decry ‘Soviet-style antisemitism’ as lucrative citizenship vetting probed

Jewish community in coastal Portugal city has flourished, but is now being torn by decision to attack investigation into handling of citizenship process for Jews deemed Sephardic

By Canaan Lidor

A swastika on the wall of a Jewish cemetery in Oświęcim, Poland, Jan. 10, 2021. (The Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau via JTA)

May 31, 2023, 12:24 pm

Over a third of people in Hungary, Poland have ‘extensive’ antisemitic beliefs – poll

Respondents in 10 European nations asked if they believe stereotypes including ‘Jews have too much power in business world’ and ‘Jews are responsible for most of the world’s wars’

By Ben Sales

In this courtroom sketch, prosecuting attorney Eric G. Olshan questions witness Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Congregation, in the federal trial for 2018 synagogue massacre suspect Robert Bowers, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Pittsburgh. (David Klug via AP)

May 31, 2023, 2:33 am

Pittsburgh gunman methodically hunted down Jewish victims, jury hears at trial start

Defense for Robert Bowers, accused of killing 11 in 2018 massacre at Tree of Life synagogue, will not dispute his role but seek to spare him from death row by focusing on motive

By Peter Smith

A man rushes the stage with an Israel flag during a Roger Waters concert in Frankfurt, Germany, May 28, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

May 30, 2023, 3:01 am

Pro-Israel stage protester says Roger Waters’ guards threatened to break his neck

Marcel L., who rushed stage with Israeli flag at Frankfurt show, alleges violence by security; singer says act was ‘unnerving,’ as German police probe him for antisemitism

By ToI Staff

Protesters wave an Israeli flag at a Roger Waters concert in Frankfurt, Germany, May 28, 2023. (Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

May 29, 2023, 1:52 am

Protester with Israeli flag rushes stage at Roger Waters concert in Frankfurt

Demonstrators wave flags from crowd at controversial act of former Pink Floyd frontman; Waters under investigation in Germany for incitement after donning Nazi garb onstage

By ToI Staff and AP

A woman holds a sign as she takes part in a protest against a Roger Waters concert later in the day in the Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

May 28, 2023, 6:16 pm

Jewish, local groups hold memorial, protest at Roger Waters gig in Frankfurt

Rally draws around 400 people, demonstrators read out names of 600 Jews rounded up in city on Kristallnacht, wave Israeli flags, hand out flyers to concert attendees

By Kirsten Grieshaber

FILE - President Joe Biden talks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2023, as he heads to Camp David for the weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

May 28, 2023, 1:28 pm

Daily Briefing May 28: Biden gets serious about fighting antisemitism

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on White House’s 60-page plan, Israeli NGOs’ foreign government funding; environment reporter Sue Surkes on sea urchin die-off, return of Gaza wetlands

By ToI Staff

May 27, 2023, 11:14 am

Roger Waters dismisses ‘bad faith’ Nazi costume criticism as politically motivated

Pink Floyd star says ‘elements of my performance that have been questioned are quite clearly a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice, bigotry’ as German police open probe

By AFP and ToI Staff

Antisemites hang a banner over a Los Angeles freeway declaring 'Kanye is right about the Jews' next to another advertising the Goyim Defense League's Goyim TV website. (Oren Segal, via Twitter/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

May 27, 2023, 3:43 am

White House plan to fight antisemitism takes on centuries of hatred in America

Recommended steps include raising awareness of antisemitism now and in the past, expanding knowledge of Jewish heritage in the US

By Pamela S. Nadell

May 27, 2023, 3:00 am

German antisemitism czar slams Waters for ‘Nazi’ suit, as Berlin police investigate

But law enforcement will continue collecting evidence for 3 more months before a decision is made on whether to charge Pink Floyd-co founder who has concerts scheduled in meantime

By Agencies and ToI Staff