AJC Urges EU Ministers to Denounce Incendiary Abbas Statements on Israel
AJC is urging the foreign ministers of European Union member states to publicly denounce Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's inflammatory statements about Israelwhen the EU Foreign Affairs Council meets with him on Monday, and to insist that...
Italian who survived Auschwitz as a child given top honor
A Jewish woman who was one of the few Italian children to survive deportation to a Nazi death camp has been made a senator-for-life in Italy.
President Sergio Mattarella's office said Friday that he chose...
Chelsea Football Club Joins World Jewish Congress #WeRemember Campaign to Combat anti-Semitism
NEW YORK – The Chelsea Football Club on Thursday joined the World Jewish Congress’ #WeRemember campaign, as part of its own long-term educational initiative to raise awareness of the persisting phenomenon of anti-Semitism in...
Israeli embassy to collect stories of Kazakh citizens who helped Jews
The Israeli embassy in Kazakhstan recently launched the Alghys (Gratitude) project, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Independence of Israel and the Day of Gratitude in Kazakhstan. The aim of the initiative is to...
Hogan allocates $2 million in budget proposal to protect schools from hate crimes
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s fiscal 2019 budget proposal includes $2 million for security enhancements at schools and child-care centers, a response to an increase in hate crimes in recent years.
If the funds are approved...
Leader Of Viennese Jewish Community Will Not Attend Holocaust Ceremony If Far-Right Party Is...
The Jewish community of Vienna has let it be known that they will not attend Austria’s official Holocaust commemoration ceremony if the far-right Freedom Party (the Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs in German, commonly abbreviated as the FPÖ) is also...
Senate Committee Advances Nomination of Kenneth Marcus to Top Civil Rights Post in Education...
A key Senate committee advanced the nomination of Kenneth Marcus to a top civil rights post in the Department of Education on Thursday, clearing him for a final confirmation round.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor...
FBI honors Jewish Community Center President Mark Shapiro for response to bomb threats
WHITEFISH BAY - Nearly a year has passed since the Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center received its first bomb threat, but JCC President Mark Shapiro still hasn't forgotten the support he...
I love you, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu tells Mumbai’s Jews
After his visit to inaugurate the Living Memorial at the Jewish Centre at Nariman House in Colaba, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met members of Mumbai’s Jewish community at a hotel.
Interacting with the guests,...
Jewish worshipers, police clash on Temple Mount
Israel Police and a group of Jewish worshipers clashed on Wednesday in the Temple Mount compound. Police said that a group Jewish visitors violated the terms of the visit and created a provocation that caused a...