Slovakia warms relations with Israel, plans to open institute in Jerusalem
The foreign Minister of Slovakia, Ivan Korcok, announced on Wednesday the opening of the Slovak Institute in Jerusalem on Sept. 1.
“Slovakia is deepening relations with #Israel,” Korcok wrote on Twitter. He added that Slovakia...
Canadian Jewish leaders raise alarm after string of anti-Semitic assaults in Toronto
A Toronto man with a swastika tattoo on his chest was arrested for assault on a Jewish man and ticketed for other offenses aimed at the Jewish community during the past week.
Michael Park, 32,...
UN recognizes anti-Semitism as cause of terrorism for first time in planning review
The U.N. General Assembly acknowledged a link between terrorism anti-Semitism in its recently passed Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS) for the first time—a move that has been applauded by pro-Israel and Jewish organizations.
The GCTS, which lays out...
Fans ridicule Jewish man at European Championship soccer final
A Jewish actor and satirist detailed on Twitter how he was “racially abused” on Sunday night at Wembley Stadium in the United Kingdom as he watched the UEFA European Championship final between England and Italy.
Jolyon...
Chelsea FC to expand sports leadership program for Arab, Jewish children in Israel
The Chelsea Foundation announced on Monday the launch of a new partnership with the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation and the Israeli Football Association (IFA) to help expand a sports program for Jewish and Arab...
Austria, Czech Republic and Netherlands to avoid Durban IV conference in New York
Three more countries have announced that they will not attend a U.N. event scheduled for September in New York that marks the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Racism in Durban, or Durban...
E3 to Iran: Enrichment of uranium metal endangers Vienna talks
The foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on Tuesday expressing “grave concern” over an IAEA report confirming that Iran has begun enriching uranium metal.
In its report, released...
Amid record spike in anti-Semitism, Ontario allocates funds to help ‘eradicate scourge’
The government of Ontario, which includes the city of Toronto, is allocating $327,000 for teacher training and student support to combat anti-Semitism in the Canadian province.
“Anti-Semitism is a scourge and historic evil that must...
Nordic fund KLP disinvests from 16 Israeli firms over settlement ties
Norway’s largest pension fund, KLP, announced on Monday that it was disinvesting from 16 companies connected with Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria, including Motorola and Israeli telecom giant Bezeq.
Following a “thorough assessment” of...
Major Canadian TV channel drops Arabic show for anti-Semitic Twitter post
Canada’s largest multicultural television channel has promised to no longer broadcast an Arabic-language show after it made an anti-Semitic remark on Twitter, B’nai Brith Canada announced on Wednesday.
“Lama TV,” founded and produced by Lama Aggad, describes itself...