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In significant verdict, French court sentences Holocaust denier to 5 years for making death threats

The unusually harsh sentence was over videos he made calling for the murder of two Jewish lawyers and a journalist.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 4, 2021 11:04 am

The city hall of Belfast, UK. (Giorgio Galeotti/Wikimedia Commons)

Belfast City Council calls for Israeli ambassadors to be expelled from UK and Ireland

Outside Ireland’s Foreign Ministry in Dublin, pro-Palestinian students and activists staged a sit-in urging the country to expel the Israeli ambassador.

June 4, 2021 10:34 am

The entrance to the JFS school in London, the United Kingdom. (Courtesy of JFS)

London Jewish schoolteachers quit union over pro-Palestinian stance

One Jewish teacher resigned from a non-Jewish school following harassment by students whom she said tried to pin Palestinian flags in her hair.

June 3, 2021 5:40 pm

These days David Hertz is a world leader in turning food into social change. He had to reconcile his Jewish identity first.

By Marcus M. Gilban June 1, 2021 1:21 pm

A banner about Israel hangs on the facade of the De Ateliers arts institution in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on May 28, 2021. (Barry Mehler)

Dutch university removes ‘from the river to the sea’ pro-Palestinian banner following protests by Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 1, 2021 11:53 am

The synagogue of Kremenchuk in Ukraine. (Foundation for Jewish Heritage/The Center for Jewish Art)

In Ukraine, bullet holes are found in a synagogue and a mass grave of Holocaust victims is desecrated

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 1, 2021 11:45 am

North Macedonia’s first Jewish lawmaker quickly broke taboos — and was hit with antisemitism

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 31, 2021 11:48 am

Non-Jewish man wearing yarmulke in solidarity with Jews is assaulted in Sweden

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 30, 2021 6:39 pm

Amid a surge in hate crimes, prominent European Jews worry the war against antisemitism has been lost

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 28, 2021 3:15 pm

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

By Marcus M. Gilban May 27, 2021 4:44 pm

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