Category: Jewish

We set up the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (LCSCA) because we were afraid. Antisemitism had been progressively spreading into academic disciplines in the social and human sciences, and it was becoming more and… Continue Reading

It’s been a tough start to the new academic year for Jewish students. Events in the Middle East continue to reverberate on our campuses, and protests too often veer into antisemitic tropes and intimidatory slogans. Though many encampments… Continue Reading

As a YouTube star, actor and professional boxer, Jake Paul is used to balancing several identities. The same is true about his family’s ethnic background. The Paul family has Welsh, Irish, German, French — and Jewish — ancestry. … Continue Reading

A record number of people participated in a march to honour Jewish men and women who fought and gave their lives for their country. This year’s parade, themed ‘Standing Tall, Marching Together,’ saw thousands march from Horse Guards… Continue Reading

Rabbi Moshe Haur, Rabbi Moshe Hauer, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union (OU) sits down with Ynet to discuss his expectations from the next Trump administration’s handling of matters important to American Jewish communities including… Continue Reading

Last weekend, Sunshine Levi from Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha near the Gaza border, stood at the “Shul of Bal Harbour” in Miami and, with a trembling voice, said to the Jewish community members, “You remind us that we are not alone in this… Continue Reading

Mel Brooks, who mocked Adolf Hitler in his 1967 black comedy “The Producers,” has always made the case for satire as a weapon against tyranny. “You have to bring him down with ridicule,” he told “60 Minutes” in 2001…. Continue Reading

Archaeologists have uncovered a magnificent Jewish quarter in Russia, located around the ruins of the oldest synagogue in the world discovered outside of Israel. This synagogue was built about 2,000 years ago, during the time of the Second Temple

Samuel Woodward, 27, from California, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole last weekend for stabbing Jewish student Blaze Bernstein to death in 2018. Dozens of Bernstein’s family and friends filled the courtroom in California…. Continue Reading

A large cache of antique Nazi weapons adorned with symbols of the Third Reich was discovered during a search of a house in Buenos Aires. Argentine police have arrested the resident for questioning. The Argentine Federal Police found over 60… Continue Reading