When the Sarajevo Haggadah first went on permanent display at Bosnia’s national history museum in 2002, it was seen as a hopeful symbol for the future after a decade of ethnic strife. Now, the museum has turned it into a different kind of symbol: for how criticism of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza is having […]
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France is suspending its effort to evacuate some Gazans after a woman who came to the country through the program was accused of making antisemitic comments online. Nour Attaalah, 25, arrived in France on July 11 after getting a scholarship to attend the elite Sciences Po Lille university in the fall. She had her admission […]
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On the evening of Nov. 3, 1970, 50-year-old feminist and Jewish lawyer Bella Abzug was elected to represent New York’s 19th Congressional district on Manhattan’s West Side. Scott Stringer, who went on to become Manhattan Borough President and New York City Comptroller, was then 10 years old. He remembers watching the election returns with his […]
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The Board of Deputies of British Jews, the largest Jewish organization in the United Kingdom, called for a rapid increase in Gaza aid this week, adding that the Israeli government’s new measures are “essential if long overdue.” The statement comes months after the group disciplined dozens of its members for signing an open letter condemning […]
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Tens of thousands of Australians marched in pouring rain in Sydney to call for increased aid to Gaza, in what appears to be the largest of a number of such demonstrations around the world on Sunday. The “March for Humanity” across Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge was larger than what organizers and police anticipated. City officials […]
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It’s possible that you’ve never heard of theater producer Jeffrey Seller. But even someone with a passing knowledge of Broadway musicals will likely know the award-winning shows that he’s produced, including “Rent,” “Hamilton” and “Avenue Q.” Over his 40-year career, Seller, 60, who was raised in a Reform Jewish family in suburban Detroit, has earned […]
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Australian police have arrested one of the three men suspected in an arson attack on a haredi Orthodox synagogue in Melbourne last December that destroyed the building and injured one person. Giovanni Laulu, 21, of Melbourne, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion that he had set fire to the Adass Israel Synagogue, an incident that […]
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Canada, too, will recognize a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly in September as long as certain conditions are met, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday. “The deepening suffering of civilians leaves no room for delaying coordinated international action to support peace, security and the dignity of human life,” Carney, a liberal elected […]
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A Jewish group is outraged by Lithuania’s plans to convert a sports complex into a convention center at the site of a historic Jewish cemetery, reversing decades of advocacy to commemorate the memorial site. The Snipiskes Jewish Cemetery, currently buried beneath the Soviet-era Vilnius Sports Palace, has long been a source of contention between the […]
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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that Britain will join France in recognizing a Palestinian state in September at the United Nations General Assembly if Israel does not agree to a ceasefire with Hamas. Starmer, who is facing increasing pressure from Britons over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war, cited the “catastrophic failure of […]
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