Gabe Friedman

Gigi Hadid attends the Victoria's Secret New York fashion week kickoff event, at the Manhattan Center in New York City on September 6, 2023. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

November 29, 2023, 6:45 am

Gigi Hadid apologizes for claiming Israel abducts, rapes and tortures Palestinians

Supermodel of Palestinian descent says she ‘did not fact check or deeply think’ before sharing posts against Israel, which also included false accusation of organ harvesting

By Gabe Friedman

Spain's Rego Sira delivers a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, July 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

November 21, 2023, 4:19 am

Spanish pol who on Oct. 7 said Palestinians have ‘right to resist’ made a minister

United Left’s Sira Rego named minister of children and youth, after accusing Jewish state of ‘exterminating a people for 75 years’ in response to Israeli criticism

By Gabe Friedman

Illustrative: The City of Books library in Mexico City, June 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

November 11, 2023, 9:37 am

US publisher removes antisemitic stereotypes from Georgette Heyer romance novel

‘The Grand Sophy’ new edition changes name and description of villainous moneylender, gets rid of reference to Jews being tight with ‘purse-strings’; UK publisher leaves book as is

By Gabe Friedman

The front doors of Congregation Beth Tikvah in the Montreal suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeau were hit with a firebomb, November 6, 2023. (B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)

November 8, 2023, 3:21 am

Molotov cocktails thrown at Montreal-area synagogue and Jewish center

Investigators find broken bottles, burn marks on front door of Jewish house of worship in Dollard-des-Ormeau, as antisemitism incidents spike in wake of Hamas attack on October 7

By Gabe Friedman

Iddo Gefen, center, seen hiking with his friend Sagi Golan, left, and another friend in an undated photo. (Courtesy of Gefen/via JTA)

October 30, 2023, 1:26 am

Israeli Sami Rohr Prize winner uses event to eulogize his good friend, killed Oct. 7

Author Iddo Gefen was set to attend Sagi Golan’s wedding to partner Omer Ohana this month, instead, he flew back to Israel an hour before the reservist’s funeral

By Gabe Friedman

World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder gives Pope Francis a 'Kishreinu' (Hebrew for 'Our Bond') document marking influence of the Catholic Church's Nostra Aetate declaration on Catholic-Jewish relations, October 19, 2023. (Shahar Azran/WJC via JTA)

October 24, 2023, 4:26 pm

In a first, a Jewish organization opens an office at the Vatican

World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder visits Pope Francis while inaugurating the organization’s ‘representative office to the Holy See’ late last week

By Gabe Friedman

Pro-Palestinian protesters rally outside the Sydney Opera House, October 9, 2023. (Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images via JTA)

October 13, 2023, 2:04 am

Sydney government apologizes for pro-Palestine protest that had ‘gas the Jews’ chants

Police are investigating a separate incident in Melbourne in which a group of men allegedly said they were ‘on the hunt to kill Jews’

By Nomi Kaltmann and Gabe Friedman

Illustrative: Mothers and daughters approach Congregation Shaarei Tefila synagogue in Los Angeles on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, October 7, 2023. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)

October 10, 2023, 11:45 am

How Diaspora Jews offline for a 2-day holiday found out about the attack on Israel

Many Orthodox Jews don’t use electronics – including phones – on the normally joyous day of Simhat Torah, and only learned the tragic news through bits and pieces of hearsay

By Gabe Friedman and jacob gurvis

Susan Hall, a lawmaker for the UK Conservative Party, in the town of Ruislip near London, July 21, 2023. (Justin Tallis/AFP)

October 5, 2023, 5:35 am

UK Conservative Party candidate says Jews are ‘frightened’ by London’s Muslim mayor

Susan Hall says Sadiq Khan is ‘divisive,’ vows to defeat him ‘for our Jewish community,’ drawing backlash from British Jews

By Gabe Friedman

Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper in "Maestro." (Netflix via JTA)

October 4, 2023, 4:22 am

Many Jewish fans unfazed by ‘Jewface’ row surrounding new Leonard Bernstein biopic

Ticket holders at screenings of ‘Maestro’ more occupied with film’s plot than ancestry of Bradley Cooper, who plays Jewish conductor and took some heat over use of prosthetic nose

By Gabe Friedman

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum speaks to supporters during a rally before stepping down as mayor in order to run for president, in Mexico City, June 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

September 26, 2023, 3:05 am

Everything you need to know about the Jewish woman leading Mexico’s presidential race

Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum is polling double-digits ahead of her closest competitor, and will mark 2 firsts for the US neighbor if she’s successful

By Jacob Kessler and Gabe Friedman

Bradley Cooper plays Jewish composer Leonard Bernstein in the 2023 biopic 'Maestro.' (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

September 6, 2023, 4:11 am

Makeup artist sorry for feelings hurt by Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in ‘Maestro’

Kazu Hiro says he was surprised by swift, intense backlash to early images of actor in character as Leonard Bernstein

By Gabe Friedman

Idina Menzel and Adam Sandler in 'You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah.' (Scott Yamano/Netflix via JTA)

September 2, 2023, 9:02 pm

Adam Sandler’s new Bat Mitzvah movie highest rated of actor’s career

Film receives 96 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, despite criticism of nepotism in casting

By Gabe Friedman

Hubert Aiwanger, head of the Free Voters party, campaigns ahead of Bavarian state elections in Maisach, Germany, July 24, 2023. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images via JTA)

August 31, 2023, 6:49 am

Nazi pamphlet controversy looms large in local German election

Deputy premier of Bavaria ensnared in scandal that could affect multiple upcoming elections, accused of once being a ‘Nazi admirer’

By Gabe Friedman

Then-Golden Dawn lawmaker Ilias Kasidiaris speaks during a rally against the construction of a mosque in central Athens, Sept. 5, 2018. (Panayotis Tzamaros/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

August 24, 2023, 12:52 pm

Prominent Greek Neo-Nazi running for mayor of Athens from his prison cell

Ilias Kasidiaris, a Holocaust denier with a swastika tattoo, is conducting radio interviews from jail

By Gabe Friedman