Tuesday, May 19, 2026

World news

Jewish man says he was attacked after speaking Hebrew in London’s Golders Green

A Jewish man says he was assaulted early Monday morning in Golders Green, a heavily Orthodox neighborhood of London where residents are on high alert after recent antisemitic attacks. In a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, London’s Metropolitan Police said the assault was being treated as an antisemitic hate crime and said the victim […]

Israel’s Noam Bettan takes 2nd at Eurovision, buoyed by scrutinized public vote

The Israeli contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest won second place for the second year in a row, drawing a strong public vote despite protests over Israel’s inclusion in the contest. Noam Bettan and his song “Michelle” ranked third in the public vote and eighth in the jury vote, which combined to give him second […]

German court allows pro-Palestinian encampment in Hamburg park where Jews were deported by the Nazis

Amid Eurovision tensions, Israelis find allies in Austria’s youth Green party and a cafe

‘The Wanderers’ tells the story of Poland’s Holocaust survivors who fled to the Soviet Union

Writer of sitcom airing instead of Eurovision in Ireland calls broadcaster’s boycott over Israel ‘disgraceful antisemitism’

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