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Following uproar, IDF cantor to perform at Amsterdam Hanukkah concert after all — but not for everyone

The IDF’s chief cantor will be allowed to perform for Hanukkah in Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall — but not for everyone — after tensions over Israel ripped through one of the city’s most popular Jewish celebrations. The Royal Concert Hall, or Concertgebouw, last week canceled the performance to be hosted by the Chanukah Concert Foundation […]

British university bars academic who repeated antisemitic libels in lecture to pro-Palestinian student group

University College London has barred an academic and suspended the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine after video footage showed the academic repeating antisemitic conspiracy theories in a lecture to the group. Samar Maqusi was speaking to the SJP chapter on Tuesday when she made the comments, according to footage shared by the […]

Vatican investigates Swiss Guard for alleged spitting gesture at Jewish women

BBC execs resign amid scandal over Trump interview edit and Gaza war coverage

Jewish Iranian-American sentenced to prison in Iran for visiting Israel 13 years ago

4 arrested after protesters set off smoke bombs at Paris performance of Israel Philharmonic

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