Category: Jewish

Germany’s ruling coalition is advancing legislation that would prevent funding for the Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) movement and bolster the fight against antisemitism. “The fight against antisemitism is a mutual goal of all democratic parties,”… Continue Reading

Stop The Hate UK will be calling for the release of British hostage Emily Damari outside Tottenham football stadium today. Supporters of the 28-year old also counter protested the anti-Israel demonstration organised by Palestine Solidarity… Continue Reading

On the eve of Yom Kippur, almost 300 years ago, an ancient Kabbalistic tome saved a small Caucasian Jewish community in Azerbaijan from certain death at the hands of the invading Persian army. The Persian conqueror swung his sword at the leader… Continue Reading

On the 107th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, anti-Israel activists stole busts of Israel’s first president, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, from the University of Manchester, British police confirmed Saturday, adding they have opened an… Continue Reading

Police are investigating a suspected hate crime after paint was thrown on a business premises in Hampstead, north London. The Metropolitan Police received reports of criminal damage at 9.29am on Saturday on High Street, Hampstead. Officers… Continue Reading

Kemi Badenoch has won the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party. The 44-year-old North West Essex MP, who has been a staunch supporter of Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu’s war efforts in Gaza and in Lebanon, was declared… Continue Reading

Police have charged a woman for allegedly vandalizing the Manhattan district office of New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat last month. Espaillat’s office in Washington Heights was splattered with red paint by two people, in an… Continue Reading

As a 40th birthday gift to himself, Rabbi Joshua Franklin is running his first-ever marathon in New York City on Sunday. The head of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons will be running on behalf of the Familial Dysautonomia… Continue Reading

Last week the Brooklyn rabbi Andrue Kahn received a request from a group of Jewish students at New York University: Would he come to lead prayers at their sukkah? It wasn’t an unusual request for a rabbi during the holiday of… Continue Reading

When Zack Weiner ran for New York City Council in 2021, he was a 26-year-old Jewish actor and screenwriter with no political experience, hardly any funding and, crucially, a complete lack of publicity.  That was until a few… Continue Reading