Moral Courage: Mexico’s Former UNESCO Ambassador to receive Human Rights award
United Nations Watch, the Geneva-based non-governmental human rights group, announced today that Dr. Andres Roemer, the former Ambassador of Mexico to UNESCO, will be the recipient of its 2017 Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award,...
Into the eye of the storm: The Jewish heroes of Hurricane Harvey
After making sure that his wife Basya and their three children were safe and well-supplied, Tomer Ben Shushan took advantage of a brief lull in Tropical Storm Harvey’s torrential rains Sunday evening to “commandeer”...
Israel declares Hebron an official Jewish settlement
Hebron’s Jewish community acquired the official status of an independent settlement on Tuesday, some 38-years after returning to live in the West Bank city.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced that the community will no longer...
Man shouting ‘Hitler was a good man’ attacks Jewish girls in Hackney with glass...
Police have launched a hate crime investigation after a man threw a glass bottle at two Jewish girls while praising Hitler and the Holocaust.
The attacker shouted "Hitler is a good man" and said it...
At 95, Holocaust survivor leads Jewish protest against hate in Berkeley’s streets
Ben Stern was flanked by three rabbis as he took the microphone Sunday in Berkeley and asked thousands of protesters a single question: Why had he survived the Holocaust when most of his family...
Biden says America must declare: Hatred of blacks, Jews, immigrants won’t be tolerated
Former US Vice President Joe Biden leveled sharp criticism at President Donald Trump for his response to the racist violence in Charlottesville earlier this month, accusing him of emboldening white supremacists.
In a commentary published Sunday...
In Israel, UN chief warns anti-Semitism is ‘alive and well’
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that anti-Semitism remains "alive and well" in today's world and has vowed to combat all forms of racism and bigotry.
Guterres made the remarks on Monday during a visit...
Einstein’s pre-WWII letter fearing for Europe sells for $30,000 at auction
An extraordinary letter written by renowned Jewish physicist Albert Einstein featuring his fears for Europe following the 1938 Munich Agreement was sold on Thursday at auction for $31,250 in Los Angeles.
Einstein warned of the...
Frankfurt becomes first German City to ban ‘Antisemitic’ BDS movement
The city of Frankfurt passed a historic bill on Friday outlawing municipal funding and rooms for BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) activities targeting the Jewish state.
Uwe Becker, the deputy mayor and city treasurer for Frankfurt,...
First-ever delegation of MKs visits South Africa
A group of Israeli Knesset members returned from a visit to South Africa this week, the first-ever such delegation of lawmakers to visit the country, the Jewish Agency said in a statement Thursday.
During their...