Chicago, IL Chicago Synagogue Targeted With Firebombsforward.com - By Marcy Oster (JTA) — An unknown arsonist attempted twice to set on fire a synagogue building in downtown Chicago, while vandals smashed the windows of cars parked …
Orthodox Judaism Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Protesters Flee After Counter-Protesters Strip Down To Brasforward.com - By Alyssa Fisher Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews clashed with police in Jerusalem over the weekend in protest of the Eurovision Song Contest final, which was held on …
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine’s New Jewish President: We Must Defend Our Land Like Israelisforward.com - By Marcy Oster (JTA) — Volodymyr Zelensky, a Jewish actor and comedian, was sworn in Monday as president of Ukraine and said his nation must defend their land like …
Palestinian Authority Palestinians To Boycott Kushner’s Peace Plan Launch: ‘We Were Not Consulted’forward.com - By Marcy Oster (JTA) — Palestinian leaders rejected a plan for an economic workshop announced as the first part of the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan. …
Play buttonJewish Culture Netflix Drops Australian Comedian Who Joked About Nazi Gas Chambersforward.com - By Marcy Oster (JTA) — Netflix has dropped an Australian comedian who made jokes about the Holocaust and insulted a Jewish audience member who later complained in …
Al Sharpton Al Sharpton Gives Controversial Talk To Reform Jews, Admits To ‘Cheap’ Rhetoricforward.com - By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Al Sharpton appealed to Reform Jews for a united front in facing down anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of bias and …
Jewish Culture A U.S.-Born IDF Lone Soldier Died By Suicide. Her Family Is Looking For Answers.forward.com - By Alyssa Fisher The family of a American-born lone soldier in the Israel Defense Forces who recently died by suicide is using social media to piece together what …
Jewish Culture Polish Politician Puts Kippah On Rival, Says Her Party ‘Kneels To Jews’forward.com - By Aiden Pink A political debate in Poland devolved into anti-Semitic antics after far-right candidates tried to put a kippah on the head of a rival politician, …
Jewish Culture Al Jazeera Pulls Video Claiming Jews Inflated Numbers Of Holocaust Victimsforward.com - By Haaretz Al-Jazeera’s AJ+ Arabic channel pulled a video it posted to its social media channels Friday night that claimed Jews exploit the Holocaust and that …
Jewish Culture High School Jewish Club’s Sign Vandalized With Swastikaforward.com - By Marcy Oster (JTA)– The Jewish Student Union sign at a Boston-area high school was vandalized with a swastika. The swastika was discovered Friday at Brookline High …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoChicago, IL Chicago Synagogue Target Of Arson Attacksforward.com - By Marcy Oster (JTA) — An unknown arsonist attempted twice to set on fire a synagogue building in downtown Chicago, while vandals smashed the windows of cars parked …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIsrael Most Democrats Like Israel But Not Netanyahu: Pollforward.com - By Laura E. Adkins (JTA) – Most Democratic primary voters don’t follow news about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict all that closely, but have warm feelings about both …
Jewish Culture Police Probe Second Suspicious Fire At Boston-Area Chabadforward.com - By Penny Schwartz BOSTON (JTA) — A second suspicious fire in less than one week burned Thursday night outside of the home of the rabbi of a Chabad center in suburban …
Orthodox Judaism Christian Couple Posed As Orthodox Jews To Convert Neighborsforward.com - By Alyssa Fisher A couple that had moved to a heavily-Jewish neighborhood in Chicago were actually Christian missionaries who had been trying to pass as Jewish in …
BDS movement German Parliament Says BDS Is Anti-Semitic, Compares It To Nazi-Era Boycottsforward.com - By Toby Axelrod (JTA) — The German Bundestag is set to call the movement to boycott Israel anti-Semitic. The legislative body is expected to pass on Friday a …
Jewish Culture April Was First Month With No Israeli Terror Casualties Since 2017forward.com - By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — Terrorist attacks on Israelis more than halved over March last month, which was the first month in over a year with no casualties among …
Williams College Williams College Bypasses Student Council’s Refusal To Register Pro-Israel Clubforward.com - By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — Bypassing students’ refusal to register a pro-Israel group at Williams College, administrators gave it an official status. The prestigious …
Jewish Culture Jewish Federations Hire Hillel President Eric Fingerhut As New CEOforward.com - By Ed Carroll (JTA) CLEVELAND (Cleveland Jewish News via JTA) — Eric Fingerhut is leaving his position as president and CEO of Hillel International to take the …
Bill de Blasio Teen Reporter Scoops De Blasio’s Presidential Candidacy Announcementforward.com - By Marcy Oster (JTA) — A St. Louis teen who writes a daily politics newsletter scooped New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s presidential candidacy announcement. De …
Boston, MA Fire At Boston-Area Chabad Investigated As Possible Hate Crimeforward.com - By Penny Schwartz BOSTON (JTA) — A fire outside the suburban Boston home of a rabbi that serves at a Chabad center is being investigated as a possible hate …
Jewish Culture Teen Turns Himself In For Attack On Jewish Man In Brooklynforward.com - By Marcy Oster (JTA) — A teenager has turned himself in for punching an identifiably Jewish man in the head in Brooklyn. It was one of two attacks on haredi Orthodox …
Rod Rosenstein Rod Rosenstein’s Final Speech: ‘Truth Is Essential To Justice’forward.com - By Alyssa Fisher Former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein’s final speech was a love letter to the Justice Department and the privileges and responsibilities that …
Jewish Culture Trump Pardons Billionaire Friend Who Defended White Supremacistforward.com - By Aiden Pink President Trump issued a full pardon on Wednesday night to Conrad Black, a Canadian newspaper mogul who was convicted in 2007 of fraud and …
Germany Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes Up 20 Percent In Germanyforward.com - By Laura E. Adkins (JTA) — There were 1,799 anti-Semitic hate crimes reported in Germany in 2018 – and nearly 90 percent of the perpetrators had a right-wing extremist …
Florida Florida Man Arrested For Spitting On Elderly Jewsforward.com - By Marcy Oster (JTA) — A jogger was arrested for allegedly verbally threatening and spitting on elderly Jews in Florida as they walked home from synagogue. Daniel …
Eurovision Song Contest Israel’s National Broadcaster Accuses Hamas Of Hacking Eurovision Webcastforward.com - By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s webcast of the first Eurovision Song Contest semifinal was hacked for several minutes with images of bombs exploding in …
Israel Earthquake Centered Near Haifa Rocks Israelforward.com - By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale was felt throughout Israel. The temblor at about 8 p.m. Wednesday was centered …
Ilhan Omar Omar, Jewish Congresswoman Call For United Front Against White Nationalismforward.com - By Alyssa Fisher Representatives Ilhan Omar and Jan Schakowsky wrote a joint op-ed for CNN to call on Jews and Muslims to stand together against the common threat of …
Jared Kushner GOP Senators ‘Underwhelmed’ With Kushner And Miller’s Immigration Planforward.com - By Alyssa Fisher Republican senators were “underwhelmed” by White House senior advisers Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller’s proposal to overhaul the United States’ …
