US State Department envoy works to secure compensation for Nazi-era wrongs
Cherrie Daniels was tapped last year as the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues.
Founded in 1999, the Office of the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues “develops and implements U.S. policy to return...
Amid riots, synagogue in Kenosha, Wis., vandalized with ‘Free Palestine’
A synagogue in Kenosha, Wis., was vandalized during demonstrations and riots on Thursday morning.
A reporter for the right-wing news site Townhall posted a video of a Black Lives Matter activist spray-painting the words “Free Palestine” on...
Investigators confirm arson as cause of fire at University of Delaware Chabad
A fire at the Chabad House at the University of Delaware in Newark has been ruled an arson, according to investigators.
The building was set ablaze on Tuesday at about 11 p.m. Damages were estimated...
Wiesenthal Centre Appeals to French President Emmanuel Macron Regarding Antisemitism Spike over the Last...
Paris, 28 August
In a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, presented a panoply of Jew-hatred across France in only the last week.
Samuels with President...
Rabbi slain in apparent terror attack laid to rest; assailant’s background probed
Rabbi Shay Ohayon of Petach Tikvah was laid to rest in the city on Wednesday, just hours after being murdered by a Palestinian in an apparent terrorist attack.
Ohayon, 39, leaves behind four children and...
Pence, Grenell, Kellogg applaud administration’s pro-Israel accomplishments
On the third night of the Republican National Convention, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, and Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg—Pence’s national security...
‘Israeli government’s policy moved from annexation to normalization’
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said on Thursday that his government has moved away from plans to extend sovereignty to the Jordan Valley, and Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, in the wake of...
Israel calls out Turkey for giving Hamas members passports
Israel’s charge d’affaires in Turkey, Roey Gilad, on Wednesday confirmed reports that Turkey is granting passports to members of the Hamas terrorist organization.
“Some are in the process, some already got , but we are...
Gaza lockdown extended by 72 hours amid rise in COVID-19 cases
Hamas on Thursday extended the lockdown in the Gaza Strip for an additional three days, after two deaths and 26 new COVID-19 cases were recorded outside border quarantine facilities.
Earlier this week, a Hamas spokesman confirmed four...
Israel’s COVID-19 task force director apologizes for asking Ukraine to ban Uman visits
Israel’s national coronavirus project coordinator Ronni Gamzu apologized on Thursday for bypassing the country’s political echelon and directly contacting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to ask that he bar Chassidic pilgrims from visiting the city...