Geneva Lawmaker Wants to Ban Hanukkah

He urged the mayor’s office to cancel a public candle-lighting event on Mollard Square scheduled for Dec. 3.

ADL: 2012 Hate Crime Statistics Report ‘Seriously Flawed’

Foxman: Law enforcement under-reporting must be addressed.

President Peres Honors Elie Wiesel in New York

Elie Wiesel received the President’s Medal of Distinction from Israeli President Shimon Peres in a ceremony in New York Monday night. Wiesel, a survivor of...

French Jewish Immigration to Israel Up 49 Percent

Jewish immigration from France to Israel has increased by 49 percent in the first nine months of 2013 compared to last year. Through September, 2,185...

Norway Official Wants to ‘Educate’ Jews against Circumcision

There is nothing worse for Jews than a good looking and do-good non-Jewish woman doctor who sees the world through her stethoscope and thinks Jews are ignorant of health because they circumcise babies.

Ukrainian Jewish Leaders: Romania Unfit to Lead Holocaust Body

Ukrainian Jewish leaders said Romania was unfit to head a Holocaust remembrance forum because it has not done enough to come to grips with...

Will ‘Knockout the Jew’ be Labeled Hate Crime in New York? (VIDEO)

Some law enforcement officials fear labeling "Knockout" a hate crime as it may inspire more copycat attacks, while several public officials have pushed for wider discussion of the trend and increased penalties.

Jew Beaten in Antwerp on Way to Shul

On Shabbat morning, a Jewish man in Antwerp, Belgium, on his way to synagogue was beaten by a Moslem. The Moslem began to beat the...

Another Jewish Man Victim of ‘Knockout’ Attack in Borough Park

A man allegedly hit Perl square in the face, making him the latest victim of the vicious assault that's been terrifying New York City’s Jews.

French Court Fines Publisher of Five Antisemitic Books

Citing anti-Semitic content, a French court sanctioned a publishing house for five books, including one first printed more than a century ago. The court in...

Interfaith Group Founder Defending ‘Hitler’s Pope’

Pius XII's boss, Pius XI, was very troubled by his underling's dealings with Hitler, but he died before he could mount a campaign against the Nazis.

White Supremacist Executed for 1977 Synagogue Killing

A white supremacist was executed in Missouri for killing a man at a St. Louis-area synagogue 25 years ago. The execution had been stayed...

Judge Lifts Stay of Execution for Jew Killer

The court's decision came after a number of a legal maneuvers over the last couple days, following the governor's rejection of a plea for clemency.

Europe’s First State-Run Jewish Divinity Program Opens in Germany

Europe’s first Jewish divinity program at a state university opened in Germany at the University of Potsdam outside Berlin. The School for Jewish Theology, which...

Rep. Steve Cohen Presses Turks on Antisemitism

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), a co-chairman of the Congressional caucus on Turkey, pressed the Turkish foreign minister on reports of Antisemitism and human rights...

Pope Condemns Catholics who Disrupted Kristallnacht Ceremony

Pope Francis, reacting to the disruption of a recent interfaith Kristallnacht memorial in Buenos Aires, Argentina, told Latin American religious leaders visiting the Vatican...

Expert: Pakistani Spy Agency Approved Attack on Mumbai Chabad House

The targets were Indians, Americans and Jews – the targets of the global jihad.

Committee Recommends Another Leftist, Anti-Settlements AG

Jewish Home MK Orit struk says Nitzan is known for his hostility to Jewish life in Judea and Samaria.

Peres and Netanyahu ‘Parlent Francois’ to Hollande

France and Israel were at each other’s throats nine years ago because of Israel’s warning to French Jews of rampant anti-Semitism, but common enemies have brought the two countries together, for now.

Italian Police Launch Crackdown on Neo-Nazi Internet Group Stormfront

Italian police launched a widespread operation against the neo-Nazi Internet hate organization Stormfront. On Thursday, police searched the homes of 35 people aged 17-51 in...

Hungary: Survey on Antisemitism in Europe Flawed

Hungarian officials questioned the methodology of a survey that showed greater fear of anti-Semitism among Jews in Hungary than in other European countries. The head...

Friday the Rabbi Read Isaiah 53

Few chapters in the Jewish Bible have been used more vigorously and cleverly by Christian missionaries than this one, which happens to be a wonderful prophecy about the vindication of the Jewish nation.

D.C. Street Renamed For Bulgarian Official Who Saved Jews

The street in front of the Bulgarian Embassy  in Washington has been renamed Dimitar Peshev Plaza, in honor of the man credited with halting...

Rabbi Who Returned $98,000 Found in a Desk Not ‘Good Samaritan’

We should set the record straight on this term, at least when it comes to describing the noble act of a Jewish person.

Fundamentalists Disrupt Jewish-Catholic Kristallnacht Remembrance

Fundamentalist Christians disrupted a joint Jewish-Christian ceremony commemorating Kristallnacht held at the Buenos Aires City´s Metropolitan Cathedral Tuesday night. The event was organized by the...

Council of Europe Chief Reassuring Rabbis on Circumcision

The Council of Europe will not ban Jewish ritual circumcision of boys, its leader assured members of the Conference of European Rabbis. Thorbjorn Jagland, the...

Argentina Antisemitism Drops Overall, Grows Online

The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Argentina dropped in 2012 compared to the previous year, though the number of physical assaults and online attacks...

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