Police in Toronto have arrested a man they say shot at “visibly identifiable members of the Jewish community” on two occasions a week apart. Ruslan Novruzov, 18, is charged with assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose in conjunction with the shootings, which took place on April 30 and […]
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Thousands of British Jews, as well as politicians from multiple parties, rallied in London outside the prime minister’s residence on Sunday to call for more aggressive action against antisemitism following a string of violent attacks. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative party leader whose response to a heckler making light of threats against Jews went viral last […]
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About halfway through “Michael,” the new blockbuster biopic of Michael Jackson, there is a scene in which Jackson (played by his nephew Jafaar) and his lawyer, John Branca (Miles Teller), are sitting with the president of his record label. It’s early in Jackson’s “Thriller” album cycle, as “Billie Jean” has been released as a single, […]
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Seated at a desk, the girl smiles, then looks down and begins to write in a notebook. It’s unmistakably Anne Frank. But wait — there is only one known film of Anne and her sister Margot. And this isn’t it. The new 23-second clip of perhaps the world’s best-known victim of the Holocaust was created […]
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Police have arrested a man in connection with two Toronto-area synagogue shootings that occurred on the same night in March. Nobody was injured in either attack, though two maintenance workers were inside Beth Avraham Yoseph when it was struck with bullets on March 6 after Shabbat services. Toronto police did not share the name of […]
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Britons heading to polls in local elections on Thursday will deliver an answer to the question of whether their country’s legacy parties still hold wide appeal. They will also illuminate just how willing British voters are to overlook antisemitism accusations around a rising left-wing party — and potentially propel its leader, a 43-year-old Jewish activist […]
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More than 650 years after Jews in Brussels were executed and expelled following false antisemitic accusations, church officials at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula have installed a plaque apologizing for the persecution commemorated in its stained glass windows. At a ceremony on April 27, Archbishop Luc Terlinden of Mechelen-Brussels and Rabbi Albert […]
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A diplomatic spat erupted on Wednesday after Belgian prosecutors moved to charge two Jewish men tied to ritual circumcisions, prompting Israeli and U.S. officials to accuse Belgium of targeting Jews for practicing their faith. Gideon Saar, Israel’s minister of foreign affairs, lit into the country in a post on X Wednesday morning, calling the indictments […]
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Prominent Jewish groups in Canada have called on its government to designate Palestine Action as a terrorist entity after the activist group published a “target map” identifying locations across Canada, Europe and the United States as possible targets for “direct action.” Palestine Action’s “target map” is available to the public online and lists hundreds of […]
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London’s police force has created a new unit to protect Jews, in the latest effort to stem a wave of attacks and calm mounting anxiety in the city’s Jewish communities. The new “Community Protection Team” will boast 100 members and include both officers already working in Jewish communities and newly assigned officers, the Metropolitan Police […]
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