Two rabbis were jeered off the stage at a rally in support of the Israeli hostages in Gaza on Sunday — but the jeering did not come from pro-Palestinian counter-protesters. Instead, the leaders of Progressive Judaism, the U.K. equivalent of the Reform movement, were booed by other members of the crowd who objected to their […]
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BUENOS AIRES — An Argentine lawmaker has been indicted on criminal charges after comparing Israel to the Nazi regime and calling it a “genocide state” on social media. Vanina Biasi of the left-wing Workers’ Party is the first sitting legislator in Argentina to be indicted for antisemitism, and the case against her marks the first […]
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Germany is halting all military exports to Israel that could be used in Gaza, a quick response to Israel’s decision early Friday morning to expand its offensive in the enclave and an escalation in tensions between the two longtime allies. “The even harsher military action by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, approved last […]
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A historic synagogue in Odessa, Ukraine, sustained significant damage following a Russian drone strike this week, one of several Jewish sites caught up in intense bombardments this summer. The Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue in the Peresyp district of Odessa, which was built in 1898 and served the Jewish community until it was closed in the 1920s […]
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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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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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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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