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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks at an event highlighting the need to recognize Jewish refugees from the Middle East at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, Dec. 4, 2019. Credit: Israeli Mission to the United Nations.

Spurring international action to remember the ‘forgotten’ Mideast Jewish refugees

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Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan spoke at the United Nations headquarters on Wednesday about Jewish refugees from the Middle East being largely forgotten, and that there needs to be more awareness of their plight. “It’s about time....
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during an exchange ceremony of the North District Police Command, on July 9, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Israel, US urge EU lawmakers to break ties with BDS orgs

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Israeli and U.S. officials warned in a meeting with European lawmakers on Wednesday of a rise in hate crimes against Jews in Western Europe, and urged the European Union to cut funding to organizations...
From left: Irwin Cotler, former Canadian justice minister and attorney general; Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League; David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee; and Dan Mariaschin, CEO of B'nai B'rith International. Credit: Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

58 Jewish groups gather in New York to mobilize against anti-Semitism

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Fifty-eight Jewish organizations gathered in New York City on Wednesday for a “National Consultation on Responses to Antisemitism” to address ever increasing anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, Europe and around the world. Organized by...
U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan Carr speaks at the Kyiv Jewish Forum in Ukraine. Credit: Kyiv Jewish Forum.

US special envoy Carr warns about anti-Semitism from three different directions

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U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan Carr warned on Tuesday about anti-Semitism from three different directions. “In Europe, we have a confluence of anti-Semitism, from ultra-right ethnic supremacist movements to the ultra-left...
U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan Carr speaks at the Kyiv Jewish Forum in Kyiv, Ukraine. Credit: Kyiv Jewish Forum.

Carr ‘stunned’ by absence of anti-Semitism in Ukrainian presidential elections

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U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan Carr said earlier this week that it was “stunning and unprecedented” that the Jewish identity of Ukraine’s newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, played no role...
U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr is sworn in (on a Hebrew Bible, or Tanach) by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on April 11, 2019. Credit: Josh Katzen/JNS.

Elan Carr officially sworn in as US anti-Semitism envoy

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Elan Carr was sworn in on Thursday as the U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo administered the oath of office to Carr, who placed one hand over a Hebrew...
Elan Carr. Credit: Elan Carr/Facebook.

Iraq war veteran, grandson of Holocaust survivors Elan Carr tapped as anti-Semitism envoy

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After a 21-month-long vacancy awaiting the appointment of the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, the Trump administration has picked Iraq War veteran and attorney Elan Carr to fill the...