Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
Amid Rising Bigotry, Roma Communities in Europe Commemorate Nazi Genocide
Roma communities in Europe on Monday commemorated the victims of the Nazi genocide during World War II as they marked European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day,...
COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes Depth of Antisemitic Feeling in Argentina, University Survey Shows
Argentines are far more antisemitic than they acknowledge, one of country's leading journalists has charged, in the wake of an academic survey revealing that nearly...
‘People Use Israel to Attack Jews,’ Says Toronto Man Who Survived ‘Free Palestine’ Antisemitic Assault
A Jewish man in Toronto has given a moving account of his experience of an antisemitic attack on Wednesday, during which the assailant yelled the...
Top Dutch Soccer Player Steven Berghuis Targeted by Lurid Antisemitic Mural After Signing for ‘Jewish’ Club Ajax
A top Dutch soccer player who announced on Monday that he had signed for a top-flight team associated by some fans with the Jewish community...
Antisemitism Now Has ‘Academic Mandate,’ Leading Expert on Academic Freedom Tells Indiana Conference on Jew-Hatred
The latest wave of anti-Zionism now sweeping through some academic departments at US universities is having a chilling effect on how scholarship on Zionism, Jewish...
‘Still it Continues’: Jewish Former Wife of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Protests Ongoing Antisemitic Abuse
The Jewish former wife of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has disclosed that she left the country in 2004 "after a decade of antisemitic attacks...
Entrenched Antisemitism Among Imams Serving US Muslim Communities Needs to Be Challenged, Scholar Tells Major Conference
"I was wrong," said Mohammed Al-Azdee, with disarming candor. An associate professor of communication theory at Bridgeport University in Connecticut, the Iraqi-born Al-Azdee was speaking to...
‘Hate Is More Engaging’: Researchers Make Headway Measuring Antisemitic Propaganda on Social Media
The year-long lockdown brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 cemented the place of social media as the main channel for the spread of...
Jews ‘Learned Evil’ From Nazis: Leading COVID-19 Conspiracy Theorist in Germany Loses Publisher Over Antisemitic Comments
A Germany-based microbiologist whose profile surged during the COVID-19 pandemic as he spread various false accounts of the virus has been exposed as an antisemite...
Palestinian Journalist Fired From BBC Over ‘Hitler Was Right’ Tweet Pins Blame on ‘Pro-Israel Mob’
A Palestinian journalist who was fired by the BBC for posting an antisemitic tweet that included the words "Hitler was right" has issued a defiant...
Amid ‘Worsening Antisemitism’ in UK, Church of England to Offer ‘Repentance’ for Anti-Jewish Decrees of Thirteenth Century
The Church of England is planning to offer "repentance" for an anti-Jewish decree issued 800 years ago that forced Jews to wear clothing distinguishing them...
In First, Israeli Authorities Seize Digital Wallets Containing Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Destined for Hamas
The Israeli authorities have issued a seizure order targeting nearly $8 million worth of cryptocurrency holdings controlled by the Islamist terror group Hamas. The order, signed...
Restitution of Property Stolen During Holocaust Is ‘Question of Dignity and Justice,’ Israeli Diplomat Tells Polish Senate Hearing
A senior Israeli diplomat told a Polish Senate committee hearing on Wednesday that a widely-criticized new law that closes off the restitution claims of Holocaust...
New Book Alleges That Trump Told Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, ‘Well, Hitler Did a Lot of Good Things’
Former US President Donald Trump allegedly praised the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler as a leader who "did a lot of good things," according to a...
