Global

Jaime Lerner, renowned Brazilian-Jewish urban planner and politician, dies at 83

Born in Brazil to Jewish parents who fled Poland in the early 1930s, Lerner became internationally known for his innovative Bus Rapid Transportation system.

Patti Smith and Julian Casablancas among over 600 musicians to call for boycott of Israel

It’s likely the largest grouping of mainstream musicians who have called on artists to avoid playing concerts there.

Canada hit with wave of antisemitic attacks sparked by Israel-Gaza conflict

Montreal and Toronto were especially hard hit, but incidents occurred elsewhere prior to the cease-fire reached last week.

Pope Francis kisses Holocaust survivor’s Auschwitz tattoo

Jewish journalist from Detroit detained in Myanmar while trying to leave the country

Demonstrators against Israel hold up signs at a rally in Vienna, Austria where protesters chanted in Arabic about a massacre of Jews on May 13, 2021. (Courtesy of Austrian Union of Jewish Students)

Man punched on Austrian train for asking passengers to stop denying the Holocaust

To mitigate COVID-19 shortfall, Genesis Philanthropy Group donates $4 million to European Jewish institutions

Irish parliament calls Israel’s presence in the West Bank ‘de facto annexation’

A 29-year-old man is taken into custody for the murder of Vladimir Shchukin in Nikolayev, Ukraine on May 25, 2021. (National Police of Ukraine)

Jewish history and Holocaust studies scholar murdered in Ukraine

The aftermath of an antisemitic incident at the Jewish cemetery of Hoyo de Manzanares, Spain on May 23, 2021. (The municipality of Hoyo de Manzanares)

Jewish man punched on Berlin street, one of 3 antisemitic incidents reported in German capital

Sections

Get JTA in your inbox

Get JTA in your inbox

Get JTA in your inbox