A group of writers and political activists is protesting the choice of Oxford University philosophy scholar Brian Klug as keynote speaker for a conference on anti-Semitism in Europe. More ▸
Hugo Chavez leaves behind him a Venezuela wracked by violent crime, mired in economic turmoil and tainted by anti-Semitism. It’ll be a while before Venezuela’s Jews, most of whom left during the Chavez regime, are ready to exhale, writes JTA Managing Editor Uriel Heilman. More ▸
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan at a U.N. meeting called Zionism a crime against humanity. More ▸
Shunned for trivializing the Holocaust and supporting Hamas, Moshe Friedman won a Belgian court decision forcing a religious girls’ school to admit his two young sons. More ▸
The Columbia Spectator reported over the weekend that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be addressing Columbia students again by the end of the month, this time at a small private dinner with the Columbia International Relations Council and Association (CIRCA). [[READMORE]] Members of the group were informed over the summer that they might have the opportunity to… More ▸
Measured against Utopian dreams of a Jewish state with no criminals, corruption or compromises, the real Israel will always fail. Instead, we need to appreciate Israel for its achievements, writes a leading Conservative rabbi from New Jersey. More ▸
Tel Aviv University and Rome’s Sapienza University signed a wide-ranging cooperation agreement at a ceremony in which the mayor of Rome censured Israel Apartheid Week. More ▸
Things were looking great for the Jews in the year 2000, but then a sharp turn for the worse brought a decade of worldwide anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, growing threats to Israel and the near collapse of the global financial system. Is there any cause for optimism? More ▸
The French comedian Dieudonne said he secured funding from Iran for films meant to “combat” Zionism in France. More ▸
A New Zealand cafe owner who evicted two Israelis from his establishment during Israel’s invasion of Gaza apologized. More ▸
