New French National Front leader, who doubted Nazis gassed Jews, quits
The interim successor to Marine Le Pen at the helm of France’s far-right National Front party has stepped down after an interview from 2000 surfaced in which he cast doubt on the Nazi gassing...
Trump May Visit Israel As Soon As Next Month
Israel and the White House are in preliminary discussions about a visit to Israel by U.S. President Donald Trump as early as next month, an Israeli government official said on Wednesday.
A Trump visit would...
Trump: In Memory Of Those Lost In The Holocaust, We Must Stamp Out Antisemitism
In the memory of those who were lost in the Holocaust, we must stamp out prejudice and antisemitism everywhere it is found, US President Donald Trump said in a video address to the 15th...
Trump focuses on Iran threat in first Yom HaShoah message
Donald Trump has raised the spectre of Iran’s nuclear programme in his first Yom HaShoah message as president.
The president was speaking from Washington to a gathering of hundreds of international Jewish leaders at the...
Anti-Semitic Incidents Dip By 12% Worldwide – Rise In U.S.
A report released by Israeli researchers says violent attacks on Jews dropped for a second straight year in 2016, while other forms of anti-Semitism are on the rise worldwide, particularly on US campuses.
Researchers at...
Will One Of These Jewish Democrats Be The Next Jon Ossoff?
Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff’s elevation from documentary producer to serious contender for a solid-red Congressional seat was an exquisite bit of political alchemy: One part charisma, two parts timing, and about a thousand parts...
Jewish community center bomb threat suspect charged in US as investigation continues
A young man accused of making a series of threatening phone calls to Jewish community centers earlier this year was charged in two federal complaints Friday.
Eighteen-year-old Michael Ron David Kadar, who holds dual Israeli...
Piercy Earns Spot on Maccabi USA Squad
There are very few athletes that ever get the feeling of competing in the red, white and blue with “USA” across your chest.
Rising junior Nicole Piercy of the University of Richmond Swimming & Diving...
ADL Poll Finds Americans Concerned About Violence Against Jews and Other Minorities
Two new public opinion polls commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reveal important trends among Americans in terms of their views of Jews and other religious minorities.
The surveys reveal that while anti-Semitic attitudes in...
Overall anti-semitism increased 40% in 2016 and genocidal expression doubled
Anti-Semitism on campus increased 40% and genocidal expression doubled in 2016, according to AMCHA Initiative’s annual study, released today, that examines anti-Semitism at more than 100 public and private colleges and universities with the largest...