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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 594

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Protesters hold signs reading "Boycott Israel, It worked with South-Africa" as they gather during a an anti-Israel demonstration, in front of the Foreign Affairs ministry in Madrid, on May 27, 2024. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
May 5, 2025, 4:11 pm
Government report accuses West of bolstering antisemitism by criticizing Israel
Diaspora Ministry dubs Canada ‘champion of antisemitism,’ tying Trudeau’s condemnation of military action in Gaza to 670% spike in anti-Jewish incidents
By Zev Stub
Members of the 2024 TikTok delegation to the March of the Living in Poland (Cmedia)
April 22, 2025, 1:16 pm
TikTok video creators teach the next generation about the Holocaust
Hebrew University project seeks to develop a video library for teachers in partnership with social video platform, which is also sending content creators to the March of the Living
By Zev Stub
Hayim Nissim Cohen and his nine adopted sons in a photo posted to their family Facebook page in 2021. (Facebook; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 10, 2025, 11:49 pm
Fake Hasidic TikTok rabbi sentenced to 135 years for sexually abusing adoptive sons
Hayim Nissim Cohen, born Jeffrey Lujan Vejil, pleads guilty to sexual assault three years after arrest following allegations by one of 9 children
By JTA
A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, January 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
February 14, 2025, 9:23 am
TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in US, after Trump postpones ban
Move comes after US president, who originally supported banning Chinese app for national security reasons, delayed its enforcement after election win
By Zen Soo
Illustrative: Expats in Saud Arabia take a selfie before sand surfing near Riyadh on August 29, 2020. (FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP)
February 12, 2025, 11:09 am
Expat moms in Saudi Arabia push unfinished desert megacity to millions on TikTok
Posts of women gushing about food, shopping and comforts of massive NEOM project seemingly part of viral campaign to raise profile of kingdom and ambitious $500 billion development
By Emilie Beraud
Salwan Momika protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
January 31, 2025, 2:39 am
Iraqi man who burned Qurans in Sweden shot dead during livestream
Prosecutors says 5 suspects arrested over murder of Salwan Momika, which took place just before judge was set to announce verdict in his incitement trial
By AP and ToI Staff
A message reading "Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now" is displayed from the TikTok app on a cell phone screen on January 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Andy Bao)
January 19, 2025, 9:51 am
TikTok becomes unavailable across US as nationwide ban takes effect
President-elect Trump has indicated he will give the app a 90-day extension when he takes office on Monday to allow owner ByteDance more time to sell
By Haleluya Hadero
A photo collage of Jewish TikTok content creators. (Screenshots via JTA)
January 18, 2025, 9:32 am
‘Shalom, friends’: US Jews on TikTok brace for app’s ban after Supreme Court ruling
With the platform possibly set to be barred in the US as soon as Sunday, Jewish creators credit it for their success even as others blame it for allowing viral antisemitic content
By Andrew Lapin
Sarah Baus, left, and Tiffany Cianci, who says she is a 'long-form educational content creator,' livestream to TikTok outside the Supreme Court, on Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
January 17, 2025, 8:14 pm
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company
Justices say national security risk is greater than free speech concerns; app won’t disappear for existing users, but new users won’t be able to download and updates won’t be available
By Mark Sherman
People visit the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, on February 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
January 13, 2025, 5:00 am
80 Auschwitz survivors film life lessons to mark 80 years since liberation
Created by The Claims Conference, new series of video testimonies from Auschwitz survivors aims to help young people ‘listen to their voices and carry their stories forward’
By Matt Lebovic
The repurposed 1916 diary used by Charlotte Buchsbaum to document her life and the end of World War II. (Left image courtesy of Helaina Ferraoili. Center, right images screenshots via TikTok vi JTA)
December 19, 2024, 2:16 am
How a Jewish teen’s description of New York life in 1945 is going viral on TikTok
Charlotte Buchsbaum, who grew up in Brooklyn, wrote about going to bar mitzvahs, celebrating Passover and cheering the US victory over Japan. Now she has an audience of millions
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A TikTok sign is displayed on top of their building in Culver City, California, on December 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
December 7, 2024, 4:04 am
US federal appeals court upholds law requiring sale or ban of TikTok
Court rejects social media platform’s claims of free speech violations, noting Americans will still be able to share ‘as much PRC propaganda’ and other content as they want
By Haleluya Hadero
People wave Romanian and European Union flags during a pro-European rally in Bucharest, Romania, December 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
December 7, 2024, 12:34 am
Romania’s top court voids first-round presidential vote won by far-right candidate
Ruling comes after pro-EU president declassified intel on alleged Russian campaign to help Calin Georgescu win; reformist challenger in runoff slams ‘illegal, immoral’ decision
By STEPHEN McGRATH
Greek flags torn down by a woman who mistook them for Israeli flags at Efi's Gyro in Montclair , New Jersey, in March 2024 (Screen grab/Tiktok used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 25, 2024, 4:45 pm
TikToker charged for tearing down Greek flags she thought were Israeli at NJ eatery
Restaurant owner had filed a complaint after the incident in March, but police only acted after Amber Matthews, 23, incriminated herself by posting vandalism video that went viral
By ToI Staff
Entisar Hijaze speaks with Channel 12 on October 10, 2024. (Screen capture/Channel 12)
October 11, 2024, 1:33 pm
Arab teacher arrested over TikTok dance says she was held in police car overnight
Entisar Hijaze says she had meant no harm with video posted with Oct. 7 timestamp, is reportedly planning to sue police and Ben Gvir
By ToI Staff
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