Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
‘Traitor!’: French Pundit Tipped as Far-Right Presidential Candidate in Visceral Attack Against Leading Jewish Intellectual
The television pundit widely tipped to be the far right's candidate in next year's presidential election in France on Thursday attacked one of the country's...
New Survey Sheds Light on Deep-Rooted Antisemitic Attitudes Across EU Nations
Antisemitic prejudice towards Jews persists among more than 30 percent of the population in countries across Eastern Europe, while in Western Europe, hostile views of...
Quashing Verdict in Favor of Far-Right Activist, Top French Court Urges Vigilance Against ‘Disguised, Allusive’ Antisemitism
France's highest court has quashed the appeal clearing a notorious far-right activist and Holocaust denier of promoting antisemitic hatred with a rap video that featured...
Connecticut GOP State Rep. Slammed for Comparing Nazi Medical Experiments on Jewish Prisoners With COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
A Republican legislator in Connecticut faced a storm of criticism on Monday for comparing the problems faced by individuals who freely refuse to vaccinate against...
Westin Hotel in Germany Accused of Discriminating Against Jewish Singer Hired Neo-Nazi Security Firm to Guard Against Demonstrators
In a bizarre twist in the case of Gil Ofarim — the popular German-Jewish singer who alleged that he was refused service at the Westin...
Hundreds Demonstrate Outside Leipzig Hotel in Solidarity With German Jewish Singer Told to ‘Pack’ His Star of David
Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Westin Hotel in the German city of Leipzig on Tuesday night for a spontaneous rally against antisemitism. Organizers estimated that...
‘People Are Leaving!’: At Council Meeting, Residents of NJ Township Decry Orthodox Jewish Families Moving Into Area
A council meeting in the township of Jackson, New Jersey held to discuss concerns about Orthodox Jewish families moving into the area heard one woman...
Israeli Soccer Fans Showered With Antisemitic Abuse as Maccabi Haifa Hammered in Berlin Contest
About 1,000 traveling supporters of Israeli soccer team Maccabi Haifa were showered with antisemitic abuse by opposing fans at a UEFA Europa Conference League contest...
16-Year-Old Syrian Appears Before German Judge Over Alleged ‘Islamist’ Plot to Attack Synagogue on Yom Kippur
A 16-year-old Syrian boy was set to appear before a judge in Germany on Friday after he was arrested with three members of his immediate...
French Court Acquits Imam of Incitement for Sermon That Cited Hadith Urging Muslim Violence Against Jews
A French court has acquitted an imam in the city of Toulouse of incitement to racial hatred for a sermon he gave in 2017 that...
Crudely Antisemitic Books Sold Outside Warsaw Church as Top Polish Leaders Attend Beatification Ceremony of Revered Catholic Figures
Piles of antisemitic literature with titles such as "Scum and the Jews in Today's Poland" were prominently on sale outside Warsaw's main church on Sunday,...
Be Aware, Not Afraid, Jewish Communal Security Expert Advises in Advance of High Holiday Celebrations
Concerns over rising antisemitism along with the lingering COVID-19 pandemic should not prevent American Jews from embracing the forthcoming High Holidays, the US Jewish community's...
US Antisemitic Conspiracy Theorist Who Called Pandemic a ‘Hoax’ Dies of COVID-19
A hardline US antisemitic conspiracy theorist who advocated the "eradication of every Zionist" has died from the very illness that he dismissed as a "hoax." Robert...
‘Ignorant’ Kentucky GOP Congressman Slammed for Comparing COVID-19 Vaccine Pass With Plight of Prisoners in Auschwitz
A Kentucky Congressman who tweeted a shocking comparison between public health measures to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and the mass incarceration of Jews in Nazi...
