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British Conservatives face backlash for nominating a former neo-Nazi for local office

August 5, 2026August 5, 2026Jesse Orine

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party has defended its decision to endorse a former neo-Nazi activist as a candidate in next year’s local elections despite his imprisonment for crimes including racially aggravated harassment of Jewish former Labour MP Luciana Berger. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the candidate, Joshua Bonehill-Paine, had demonstrated rehabilitation through his work […]

With 2 current films, director Rachel Israel offers comic relief for Jewish trauma

August 4, 2026August 4, 2026Jesse Orine

For nearly three years, much of Jewish culture has been shaped by war, rising antisemitism and questions of identity under pressure. Rachel Israel’s latest movies head in a different direction. In the space of a year, the New York filmmaker directed two unabashedly Jewish comedies — “The Floaters,” set at a Jewish summer camp, and […]

Archaeologists uncover treasures of Vilnius’ Great Synagogue as Lithuanian Jews dispute its future

August 4, 2026August 4, 2026Jesse Orine

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Archaeologists have uncovered the full floor of Lithuania’s historic Great Synagogue, revealing treasures nearly erased by Nazi and Soviet occupations — and exposing rifts between Lithuanian Jews over how to preserve and interpret what survived. Locals walking through the center of Vilnius now pass a hole in the ground, a portal to […]

Reform UK deputy leader faces inquiry over Israel visit

August 4, 2026August 4, 2026Jesse Orine

LONDON – Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party, is under investigation by Parliament’s standards watchdog over whether he should have prefaced his remarks in a House of Commons debate on pro-Israel influence by noting that he had visited the country as a guest of a pro-Israel group. The Parliamentary Commissioner […]

The Met’s plan to honor designer John Galliano puts Jewish ideas of repentance to the test

August 3, 2026August 3, 2026Jesse Orine

Before the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it would honor fashion designer John Galliano with a major Costume Institute exhibition next spring, the museum convened at least two unusual meetings: a face-to-face with Galliano and a number of prominent rabbis, and a larger meeting with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, museum officials and several prominent […]

Online influencers spread theory that Israel orchestrated Moroccan migrant surge to Spanish enclave

August 3, 2026August 3, 2026Jesse Orine

Over 100 influencer accounts have circulated theories that Israel orchestrated the rush of Moroccan migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, according to the Combat Antisemitism Movement. Online conspiracy theories proliferated after some 60,000 people swam and crossed on foot into Ceuta, a small Spanish city on the northern coast of Africa that borders Morocco. […]

The Woody Guthrie story you’ve probably never heard is deeply Jewish

August 3, 2026August 3, 2026Jesse Orine

I knew that the folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s mom was Jewish in the same way that I knew that jazz great Louis Armstrong spoke some Yiddish. “Guess who’s Jewish (even a little)” is the Jewish national pastime. But I couldn’t have guessed how deeply Arlo’s father, the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie, was enmeshed in […]

Police face penalty for claiming Toronto Muslims reverted to Islam after Oct. 7

August 3, 2026August 3, 2026Jesse Orine

Five Toronto police officers who said Muslims returned to the faith in the wake of the Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of Israel on a podcast “made statements that were biased or inappropriate,” violating police standards, and now face a penalty, the police said [[when]]. Multiple people had complained about the March 10, 2025, episode […]

Arson suspected in Montreal kosher eatery fire

August 2, 2026August 2, 2026Jesse Orine

A kosher restaurant in Montreal burned to the ground in a suspected arson as Canada continues to grapple with rising antisemitism. The restaurant, Nöam, burned overnight Friday while it was closed for Shabbat. Canadian Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree posted on X on Saturday that he was “Extremely concerned at what appears to be an […]

Boy George cedes role of King Herod in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ production after releasing pro-Israel song

July 31, 2026July 31, 2026Jesse Orine

Boy George has withdrawn from his run as King Herod in London’s West End revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” days before he was due to take the stage and 24 hours after releasing “We Will Dance Again,” dedicated to the victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on the Nova music festival in Israel. The […]