Jewish, Christian leaders visit Guatemala to affirm Central American nation’s ‘courageous act’ on Jerusalem
(January 29, 2018 / JNS) In the wake of Guatemala’s decision to relocate its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem following President Donald Trump’s historic announcement of the same policy decision in early December, a large delegation of Jewish...
Israeli Survivors Respond to Polish Legislation: ‘No Law Can Wipe Out the Memory of...
Israeli Holocaust survivors from Poland expressed outrage on Sunday over the passage of Polish legislation that seeks to outlaw any mention of the country’s complicity in atrocities perpetrated by Nazi Germany against the Jews.
The controversial bill, which...
Scandal Erupts After Moscow University Doesn’t Allow Jewish Student to Wear Yarmulke
On Tuesday, January 23, a scandal broke out at Moscow State University, the oldest and most distinguished university in Russia. Professor Vyacheslav Babourin, head of the Department of Economic and Social Geography, refused to accept...
Pope Francis: Indifference to Anti-Semitism Is ‘The Root of Death’
Speaking before participants in a conference on the responsibility of States, institutions and individuals in the struggle against anti-Semitism and crimes associated with anti-Semitic hatred, the pope underscored the wider complicity of a society that sometimes...
Ukrainian Jewish leaders challenge report on rising anti-Semitism
Ukraine has joined the unenviable list of countries that saw a dramatic increase in anti-Semitism in 2017, according to the annual report on anti-Semitism in the world, presented on Jan. 22 by Israel’s Diaspora...
Greece, Israel call for steps towards peace, security
Greek leaders and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin who started a three-day visit to Greece on Monday, called for steps to promote peace and security in the wider region.
"We seek to restore peace in the...
World Jewish Congress calls Poland’s new Holocaust law ‘historical obfuscation’ and an ‘attack on...
NEW YORK – The World Jewish Congress has strongly objected to a proposed new Polish law which would criminalize suggestions that Poland was responsible for Nazis crimes, calling it “an act of historical obfuscation and...
World remembers Holocaust amid signs of rising hatred
WARSAW, POLAND — Elderly survivors were gathering Saturday at the former Auschwitz death camp and political leaders warned that the Nazi genocide must continue to serve as a warning as the world marked International Holocaust...
Rex Tillerson pays respects on Holocaust Remembrance Day at Poland monument Trump failed to...
WARSAW - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson commemorated Jews who rose up against the Nazis during a trip to Poland Saturday — something President Trump failed to do when he visited the country.
“One of...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres joins World Jewish Congress ‘We Remember’ campaign
NEW YORK – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday joined more than 1.2 million people, including US Ambassador the the UN Nikki Haley and dozens of ambassadors from around the world, taking part...