Lipstadt to begin first global tour as anti-Semitism envoy with trip to Saudi Arabia
The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Deborah Lipstadt will embark on an 11-day trip on June 26—the first of two international trips, beginning with a...
Senate Majority Leader Schumer meets with Israeli Ambassador Herzog in DC
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) met with Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog on Thursday in Washington, D.C., just weeks before U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to arrive in the...
Jewish groups urge Congress members to pass bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Jewish Federations of North America sent a letter to members of Congress expressing support in favor of the bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
The June 23 letter was signed by 189 national and local organizations, including 80 Jewish...
Appeals court rules Arkansas anti-BDS law does not violate First Amendment
In the highest-level challenge yet to American laws prohibiting boycotts of Israel, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled on Wednesday that an Arkansas law limiting state business with those...
Top US Nazi hunter tapped to lead investigation into war crimes in Ukraine
A new U.S. Justice Department team focused on identifying and prosecuting those who have committed war crimes in Ukraine will be led by a former Nazi hunter for the DOJ, announced Attorney General Merrick Garland on...
More at stake for U.S. than Israel in Biden’s upcoming regional visit
The Biden administration quickly confirmed that U.S. President Joe Biden’s scheduled July 13 visit to Israel will go ahead despite the imminent collapse of the government in Jerusalem. While administration officials stress that the U.S.-Israel partnership...
37 members of Congress send letter urging investigation into Boston BDS map
A bipartisan group from the U.S. House of Representatives is calling for the federal government to investigate the use of the Boston “BDS Map” by violent extremists and terrorists, and boost security for the...
Cleveland’s 2019 ‘police officer of year’ investigated for tweets saluting Hitler, targeting Jews
A decorated Cleveland police officer is under investigation for resurfaced anti-Semitic tweets following being honored last year by the police department.
According to Canary Mission, Ismail Quran was awarded the 2019 Officer of the Year...
Former police officer who joked about Holocaust gets $1.5 million buyout
A suburb of Seattle is paying a former police chief who hung a Nazi insignia on his office door, as well as joked about the Holocaust, more than $1.5 million to resign and not...
Boston Jewish community responds to Mapping Project: ‘Threat to all of us’
Boston-based Jewish organizations and community leaders are condemning a newly launched anti-Israel initiative, “The Mapping Project,” that targets Jewish schools, synagogues, nonprofits, media and other entities.
According to its website, the purported aim of the...