Diaspora

DC suburb to screen Roger Waters 'occupation' film despite Jewish pushback

In a message from the council regarding the screening, the members said that there will be a chance for discussion following the film but that members of the Jewish community declined to attend.

Rabbi unhappy with weed cafe opening opposite synagogue

“The business is to have outdoor space for smoking pot — and I don’t know why my congregation members and participants have to walk through clouds of marijuana to get to synagogue."

Former Dem. chair Howard Dean: ‘Israel’s government has lost its soul’

“The idea that there is a ‘nobility of the Jewish people conferred by their terrible suffering’ is a gross projection of Christian hegemony that needs to stop,” he wrote.

McDonald's to be sued by job-seeking bearded Orthodox Jew

The job applicant was willing to compromise by wearing his beard in a net, but McDonald's wouldn't accept this - claiming that having a beard was in breach of their company policy.

Ohio man accused of abusing minors sues rabbis for defamation

Akiva Meir Hersh filed suit claiming that an announcement written by the Orthodox rabbinical council, created a false impression and hurt his future employment prospects.

Amsterdam is keeping a Kandinsky whose Jewish owners were forced to sell

The family of Irma Klein got restitution officials to recognize that the Nazi occupation forced her to sell the painting, but they also determined that it should not be returned.

Upcoming Canada federal elections scheduled on Jewish holiday

Two Jewish candidates in the Canadian federal election appeared before a court to challenge the chief electoral officer’s decision to schedule the upcoming national vote on Shemini Atzeret.

Half of FSU Jews in rural areas have experienced antisemitic attacks

According to a study by the Institute for Euro-Asian Jewish Studies, 47% of Jews who live in small towns or rural areas have experienced antisemitic attacks first hand.

Mourning Israelis in Bulgaria call on gov’t to charge Hezbollah for terror

Families travel to Burgas on 7th anniversary of devastating attack.

German diplomat for Palestine liked antisemitic and neo-Nazi/KKK tweets

Germany’s best selling paper Bild broke the story and showed screenshots of the Tweets on its website, stating the diplomat liked a large number of “antisemitic and anti-Israel” tweets.

Hezbollah branded as terrorist organization in Argentina, assets frozen

The announcement coincided with a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as Argentina marks the 25th anniversary of the deadly bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.

Natalie Portman invokes Anne Frank to condemn US migrant policy

While over a quarter of a million liked the post, others criticized it, saying that migrants who try to enter the US illegally should not be compared to those persecuted during the Holocaust.

Herzog to Jeremy Corbyn: Labour needs external probe to root out antisemitism

"To compare the Labour leader and the Labour Party staff working to elect a Labour government to the Nazi regime is truly contemptible, and grossly insensitive to Jewish staff in particular."

Portugal OKs 10,000 citizenship requests by descendants of Sephardic Jews

Portugal has approved about a third of approximately 33,000 applications for citizenship under its 2015 law for descendants of Sephardic Jews

Amsterdam celebrity tour guide advises left parties to kick out some Jews

Tervoort made his tweet based on 'what’s going on with British Labour,' he wrote.

Oregon passes law mandating schools teach about the Holocaust

The measure mandates the instruction in response to spikes in antisemitic incidents across the country

Donors suspend funding for Poland Jewish history museum

The donors are concerned that the government will not extend the tenure of Dariusz Stola as director of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Argentina’s nat. library opens first section on Holocaust and antisemitism

It will feature approximately 1,000 books, including essays, biographies, testimonies on antisemitism and novels

Israeli Arabs persecuted for not being Jewish, Aussie sample test says

“It’s an utter falsehood,” Rabbi James Kennard said.

Why did Kellyanne Conway ask a Jewish reporter about his ethnicity?

Feinberg thought the question was "bizarre," but didn't think she was being antisemitic.

‘Glee’ was actually pretty Jewish

In honor of “Glee” finally making it to Netflix, here are 12 Jewish facts about the show

25 years since AMIA: resentment, resistance, resilience

Argentine ambassador: ‘Commemoration insufficient’

More than 60 British lords criticize Labour's Corbyn over antisemitism

Corbyn has long been dogged by charges he has allowed a culture of antisemitism to thrive in Britain's main opposition party - something he denies.

100 immigrants from France shed tears of joy as they arrive in Israel

Some 100 immigrants from France making aliyah with the Jewish Agency were about to embark on the journey of a lifetime on Wednesday.

An eye-opening visit

When Ruth Lorisso visited Ethiopia, she gained a newfound pride in her heritage.