UJA-Federation of New York announces $23 million in grants, loans amid pandemic
The UJA-Federation of New York (UJA) on Monday announced more than $23 million in immediate financial assistance to help New Yorkers affected by coronavirus.
The grants and loans are intended to offer immediate relief to...
Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever fail to settle lawsuit with mediation
Attempts at mediation in the lawsuit filed by the board of ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry’s against its parent company Unilever for transferring the rights to produce its ice-cream in Israel to an Israeli...
Biden to visit Israel, PA in July ahead of anticipated regional summit in Saudi...
U.S. President Joe Biden is slated to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority on July 14-15 before heading to Saudi Arabia for a prospective multilateral summit intended to gather the leaders of numerous regional...
Justice Ginsburg released from hospital, participates in court’s oral arguments
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released on Wednesday from a Maryland hospital, announced the nation’s highest court in a statement.
Ginsburg was hospitalized on Tuesday and received treatment for acute cholecystitis, which the Supreme Court...
Jewish UConn student presses for meeting with university president about anti-Semitic bias
The clock is ticking.
A Jewish student who was the recipient of anti-Zionist slurs and anti-Semitic comments online, and was thrown out of her a cappella group, is hoping that her university president will agree to...
Vote for the Antisemite of the Year 2022
StopAntisemitism.org, a grassroots watchdog group, has announced the three finalists in its “Antisemite of the Year 2022” contest.
The candidates for the title are rapper Kanye “Ye” West, real estate developer Mohamed Hadid and white...
US sanctions two men, three companies for ties to Hezbollah
The United States announced on Wednesday that it has sanctioned two men and three companies for helping the terrorist group Hezbollah evade U.S. sanctions.
Wael Bazzi was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s...
Top US Civil Rights Group Denounces Antisemitic Smears of Prominent Argentine Jews
The Anti-Defamation League expressed solidarity with Argentina’s Jewish community on Thursday, following two incidents in the South American country over the last week in which prominent Jewish public figures were targeted with antisemitic smears and...
Indiana man arrested for antisemitic threats
Jeffrey Stevens, 41, allegedly sent messages to the CIA and to the Fort Wayne Police Department, in Indiana, threatening to murder Jews and pro-Israel government officials.
According to a complaint, filed on Feb. 12 with...
Trump calls Iran nuclear deal ‘insane,’ warning Tehran not to restart program
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at the Iranian nuclear deal on Tuesday during a press conference at the White House with French President Emmanuel Macron, calling the agreement “insane” and a “terrible deal,” while...