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...
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...
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...
Sarah Halimi : assassinée parce que juive, par marc knobel
Quelle est cette vilaine propension qui consiste à relativiser, à ignorer, taire autant que faire se peut et/ou balayer du revers de la main le crime et les motivations antisémites d'un crime ? Quelle...
Lebanon considering banning Wonder Woman due to Israeli lead Gal Gadot
Lebanon’s ministry of economy is seeking to ban the 2017 Wonder Woman movie because its lead actress – Gal Gadot – is an Israeli, though a formal request for a ban has not yet...
Ahead of vote, Jewish groups urge european parliament to adopt antisemitism definition
Jewish groups have called on members of the European Parliament to support the adoption of the international Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism when it's put to vote on Thursday.
“We fundamentally believe that...
Manuel Noriega, former dictator of Panama, dead at 83
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who spied for the United States before his drug trafficking and brutality triggered a U.S. invasion to oust him in 1989, has died at 83.
President Juan Carlos Varela announced...
Sunday Times: Rising anti-Semitism among migrants in Germany highlighted in case of Jewish teenager...
Ferdinand, 14, who was born in London to a British mother and a German father, told the British paper’s reporter Bojan Pancevski he feared for his life after being repeatedly kicked and punched by...
‘Both Estonia and Israel know what works to maintain identity’
Last Thursday marked the 10th Anniversary celebration of the Jewish Community Center in Tallinn, Estonia.
This center was the first Jewish establishment built in Estonia since the Holocaust.
Attending the event were Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid;...