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Shira Li Bartov

A Green Party political sign put up by the householder to show support ahead of local council elections in London, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
October 7, 2026, 10:53 am
In UK, ‘Jewish Greens’ chief mulls quitting party over ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion
Vivien Lichtenstein, Green Party veteran who heads Jewish faction, says policy won’t help Palestinians, could put Jewish members at risk; group’s secretary calls resolution ‘colonial’
By Shira Li Bartov
Illustrative: Children with a basket of treats. (Vadym Terelyuk/iStock)
September 30, 2026, 9:08 am
Sunkist Fruit Gems to return after Jewish community scare
Beloved candy tossed at weddings and bar mitzvahs will be back on shelves after discontinuation prompts synagogue-goers to panic-buy stock
By Shira Li Bartov
Ariana Harwicz attends 'Die My Love' New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on November 1, 2025 in New York City. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images/AFP)
September 25, 2026, 8:38 am
350 cultural figures back Jewish author dropped from Spanish festival over Israel support
Ariana Harwicz says organizers bowed to pressure; festival claims cancellation followed complaints from university community, school rejects move and defends open debate
By Shira Li Bartov
Macklemore performs at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater during the South by Southwest Music Festival on March 17, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)
September 19, 2026, 6:46 am
In banning Macklemore, Kraft cites rapper’s ‘broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery’
Critics of pro-Palestinian singer draw attention to his 2014 ‘Jewface’ appearance, for which ADL forgave him at the time, as he causes fresh outrage with ‘genocide’ remarks
By Shira Li Bartov
Social Democrats party leader Magdalena Andersson speaks during the Social Democrats’ election night watch party, September 13, 2026, in Stockholm. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)
September 18, 2026, 5:29 am
Swedish center-left coalition wins tight election marred by antisemitism accusations
Incumbent PM loses after promising ministries to far-right party with neo-Nazi roots; Centre Party says it won’t team up with Left Party after latter had to oust members who spread antisemitic conspiracies
By Shira Li Bartov
Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund and party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, speak to party members in front of a reading, 'It starts here,' at an election party of the 'Alternative for Germany' (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/ Matthias Schrader)
September 15, 2026, 2:43 am
Germany’s far-right AfD makes gains in local vote, but is fended off by mainstream slates
Nationalist, anti-immigrant party triples its support from five years ago in Lower Saxony’s local elections, coming third in race won by Germany’s leading conservative party
By Shira Li Bartov
Sergii Gurbych sits at his computer in the Center for East European Jewish History at Vilnius University. (Shira Li Bartov/ JTA)
September 12, 2026, 8:02 pm
A new tool in Lithuania helps people read letters from their Jewish ancestors
VILNISH, an AI model trained on Yiddish and Hebrew archives, converts handwritten documents into searchable text, giving descendants and scholars access to long-buried family histories
By Shira Li Bartov
Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund shows thumbs up beside his wife Julia, left, and party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, right, at an election party of the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
September 12, 2026, 9:59 am
Germany’s AfD seeking to parlay Saxony-Anhalt win into nationwide momentum
Far-right party faces tests in Berlin and elsewhere as it attempts to turn eastern breakthrough into broader trend, but results likely to be weaker in west
By Shira Li Bartov
A banner reading 'Stop AfD Nazis' is seen during a demonstration against the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on September 7, 2026. (Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images via JTA)
September 8, 2026, 6:25 am
Far-right triumph in German regional election sends shockwaves through Europe
Merz: Impossible to ‘go back to business as usual’ after 44% in Saxony-Anhalt state chose AfD; leaders in other countries wonder if result will be replicated on their home turf
By Shira Li Bartov
Núcleo Nacional demonstrators raise their arms during a rally in Barcelona, Spain, September 2, 2026. (Albert Llop/NurPhoto via JTA)
September 6, 2026, 4:36 am
Spanish far-right activists use Nazi-style salutes in anti-migrant protests
Dozens of Núcleo Nacional members in Madrid participate in mass demonstrations over influx of 72,000 illegal infiltrators into enclave of Ceuta in late July
By Shira Li Bartov
A partisan bunker is seen in Rudninkai Forest. (Shira Li Bartov/ JTA)
August 30, 2026, 3:26 am
New German military base raises fears for Lithuania’s crumbling Jewish partisan memorial
Troops set to deploy near Rudninkai Forest bunkers could further restrict access to only site commemorating local Jews’ wartime resistance against Nazis
By Shira Li Bartov
Jurgen Stroop watches his troops raze the Warsaw Ghetto. (CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images via JTA)
August 20, 2026, 12:29 am
Once censored, a Nazi commander’s death-row confession is now out in English
‘Conversations with an Executioner’ gives firsthand account of the rise of Jurgen Stroop, a senior Nazi who led killings of over 50,000 Jews and destruction of Warsaw Ghetto
By Shira Li Bartov
Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during an address marking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani first 100 days in office at the Knockdown Center, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
August 11, 2026, 5:57 am
Bernie Sanders urges Democrats to ban ‘corrupt’ AIPAC spending in primaries
Jewish progressive slams pro-Israel lobby for considering funding Republican nominee for Michigan Senate seat after failing to tank Abdul El-Sayed’s primary race
By Shira Li Bartov
Uncommitted National Movement organizers Abbas Alawieh, right, and Lexis Zeidan, speak to the media on November 6, 2024, in Dearborn, Michigan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
August 6, 2026, 7:55 pm
‘Uncommitted’ founder who pushed Dems to vote against Biden over Gaza wins local primary
Abbas Alawieh captures Democratic nomination for Michigan state Senate seat without making anti-Israel stance central to campaign; says he recently met with former VP Kamala Harris
By Shira Li Bartov
Michigan state Rep. Donavan McKinney, D-Detroit, waves to the crowd during a campaign rally for Michigan Democratic US Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed, July 18, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
August 5, 2026, 8:59 pm
Anti-Israel Michigan state rep. McKinney defeats sympathetic incumbent in US House primary
Donavan McKinney, who has pledged to cut military aid to the Jewish state and criticized ‘genocide’ in Gaza, wins against AIPAC-sponsored opponent Shri Thanedar
By Shira Li Bartov
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