Australian Jews report harassment, intimidation after testifying before commission investigating Bondi attack

The head of the Australian government commission looking into the Bondi Beach terror attack reported Tuesday that witnesses who testified before the commission were facing an onslaught of online harassment and intimidation.  Virigina Bell warned that those who engage in such behavior could face prosecution and that the police had been contacted about at least […]

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Jewish leaders say Belgium’s prosecution of circumcision is antisemitic

Dozens of European Jewish leaders, joined by Israeli and American diplomats, decried Antwerp prosecutors who plan to charge two Jewish men with performing illegal circumcisions. In an open letter on Tuesday to European and Belgian officials, 45 communal and religious Jewish leaders accused the Antwerp Public Prosecutor’s Office of “effectively criminalizing the act of circumcision” […]

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Ukraine reburies Nazi collaborator with state honors, drawing Israeli condemnation

Israel criticized Ukraine Monday after President Volodymyr Zelensky gave full state honors to a Ukrainian nationalist leader who was part of a movement that collaborated with the Nazis during World War II. During a reburial ceremony on Sunday, Zelensky described Andriy Melnyk and his wife, Sofia Fedak-Melnyk, as “iconic Ukrainians of the 20th century who […]

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Argentine official who investigated death of AMIA prosecutor charged with covering up evidence

The former prosecutor who led the investigation into a mysterious 2015 death that unnerved Argentina’s Jewish community has been charged with concealing evidence in the case. Viviana Fein was indicted on May 12 on charges of “aggravated concealment” over her handling of the investigation into the death of Alberto Nisman, a special prosecutor appointed to […]

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Pop star Harry Styles to ‘Viva Palestina’ concertgoer in Amsterdam: ‘Correct’

On the opening night of his world tour beginning in Amsterdam on Saturday, global superstar Harry Styles backed a brief pro-Palestinian chant from the crowd. It was his first public comment on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after years of expressing an affinity for Jewish culture. The Amsterdam concert Saturday was the first of his Together, Together […]

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