Jewish Israelis surveyed on Trump
A poll in Israel about President Donald Trump suggested his popularity among Jews there has declined since he first took office.
In the poll of 500 Jewish-Israeli adults conducted this week for The Jerusalem Post,...
US jewish groups condemn Trump’s withdrawal from Paris agreement
Jewish groups joined Israeli environmentalists in slamming President Trump’s announcement on Thursday that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Soon after the decision was made, Director of the Religious...
EU Parliament votes in favor of adopting antisemitism definition
The European Parliament on Thursday voted in favor of a resolution endorsing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, drawing praise from Jewish groups.
The resolution calls on EU Member States and...
Israel, jewish group provide emergency aid to flood-stricken Sri Lanka
The American Jewish Joint Distribution is providing emergency aid to victims of the devastating flooding and mudslides that killed hundreds of people and displacing hundreds of thousands more in Sri Lanka this week.
This is...
Al Jazeera tweets antisemitic meme
The following was tweeted from the Al Jizz English Twitter account – before being summarily deleted after the ensuing uproar.
.@AJEnglish appears to have taken down a heinously anti-Semitic tweet about climate change denial.
Cuz deleting...
Torah rescued during Kristallnacht read during Jewish holiday
A boy salvaged a Torah from a burn pile almost 80 years ago.
Now, the scroll is touring Jewish communities around the world, including Lynnwood.
In November 1938, synagogues in Germany were set ablaze and thousands...
‘You’re just there, trapped’: why one mexican woman decided to ‘self-deport,’ long before Trump
Any time a cop passed her on the road, she began shaking. When police set up checkpoints in her neighborhood, her phone buzzed with warning text messages.
She worried about getting carded at bars. Boarding...
Israeli life-changing technology – Orcam
This incredible Israeli invention is changing the lives of those who are blind and visually impaired. The OrCam, a small discreet camera that attaches to glasses, uses groundbreaking technology to help the visually impaired...
AMIA bombing investigator Alberto Nisman was murdered, new official argentine report concludes
A forthcoming report from one of Argentina’s top security agencies will confirm that Alberto Nisman — the special prosecutor who investigated the July 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, in...
France: ‘absolute silence’ surrounding Elderly Jewish woman’s murder by Islamist migrant ‘intolerable’
The Algemeiner Journal reports the suspected killer, a 27-year-old Malian migrant with convictions for drug-dealing named Kada Traore, broke into an apartment neighbouring Dr. Sarah Halimi’s at 4:25 a.m., causing the terrified residents to take...