British Greens battle antisemitism scandal as Jewish leader Zack Polanski targets historic gains in local elections

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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Brussels cathedral installs plaques apologizing for medieval antisemitic persecution depicted in stained glass

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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Canadian Jewish groups call on government to designate Palestine Action as ‘terrorist entity’

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 Metropolitan Police launches new 100-officer unit to protect Jewish communities

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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A best-selling novelist identified a minor character as Israeli. Some fans are canceling their orders.

A bestselling author is facing a flurry of anger from fans after advance copies of her upcoming novel identified a character as Israeli — a move that her critics say advances “normalization” of a country they oppose. Rebecca “R. F.” Kuang, the Chinese-American author of the 2023 satirical novel “Yellowface” and “The Poppy War” trilogy, is […]

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Pulitzer Prize awarded to Palestinian photographer who captured ‘devastation and starvation in Gaza’

A New York Times photographer working in Gaza was awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for photography for pictures taken during the war with Israel there. The prize committee said it was honoring Saher Alghorra “for his haunting, sensitive series showing the devastation and starvation in Gaza resulting from the war with Israel.” One of Alghorra’s […]

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