Global

Most of the 8,000 or so Jews left in Austria live in Vienna, shown here in 2018. (Andrew Michael/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Woman threatens rabbi with a knife on street in Vienna, steals his kippah

The unidentified perpetrator shouted anti-Semitic insults at the victims for minutes as passersby looked away.

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 27, 2020 5:53 am

Advertisement

Longtime human rights activist Irwin Cotler named as Canada’s first envoy in anti-Semitism fight

Cotler has a long career advocating for human rights and defending political prisoners, including Natan Sharansky and Nelson Mandela.

November 25, 2020 4:44 pm

Montreal Jewish nursing home hit hard by COVID infections in 2nd wave

The public facility, in the predominantly Jewish suburb of Cote St. Luc, is suffering from acute staff shortages.

November 25, 2020 12:44 pm

22% of hate crimes in Europe in 2019 were against Jews, report shows

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 25, 2020 12:28 pm

Sweden pleads for the life of Iranian-Swedish physician set to be executed in Iran for spying for Israel

By Ron Kampeas November 24, 2020 5:22 pm

Suzanne Belling, former JTA correspondent and South African Jewish leader, dies at 72

By Ben Harris November 24, 2020 3:42 pm

A child poses for a photo with a woman dressed as Black Pete and a man portraying Saint Nicholas in northern Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Nov. 16, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Amsterdam’s Jewish museum wades into Dutch blackface controversy with new exhibition

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 24, 2020 10:21 am

Dutch right-wing leader of Forum for Democracy party Thierry Baudet speaks to the press in the Senate of the Netherlands in the Hague on February 5, 2020. (Sem Van Der Wal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Dutch right-wing politician resigns following party’s anti-Semitism scandal

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 23, 2020 5:26 pm

Marijuana plants seized from Argentine synagogue’s courtyard

By JTA Staff November 23, 2020 3:32 pm

An Israeli El Al airplane flying the flags of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, and bearing the word "peace" in Arabic, English and Hebrew, arrives at the Abu Dhabi airport after flying from Tel Aviv on August 31, 2020. (Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images)

Kosher hotels and authoritarianism: Israelis see attraction in easy UAE travel, but some have concerns

By Sam Sokol November 23, 2020 1:22 pm

Load More

Advertisement