Friday, May 15, 2026

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

As anti-Israel boycotts and protests roiled this year’s Eurovision song contest in Vienna, some Israelis attending the competition have found unlikely allies: Austria’s youth Green movement and a local café that has openly embraced them. Earlier this week, Israel’s entrant, Noam Bettan, faced “stop the genocide” chants during his semifinal performance, and the competition went […]

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

Like many Holocaust survivors, Daniela Gerson’s grandparents lived by the vow to “never forget, never forgive” the annihilation of their Polish Jewish hometown at the hands of the Nazis.  They took less interest in commemorating their own story of survival by leaving their beloved Zamość, Poland. Before understanding the mass extermination to come, they escaped […]

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

Toronto man arrested after allegedly shooting at Orthodox Jews outside a synagogue

Labour politician is booed as thousands rally against antisemitism in London

Man charged for two Toronto-area synagogue shootings

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