Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
German Interior Minister Highlights Far-Right Threat as Antisemitic Crimes Reach Record Levels
Germany's interior minister on Wednesday expressed disquiet over the record rise in antisemitic crimes in his country in 2019, linking them to a resurgent far...
White Supremacist Origin of Antisemitic, Anti-US Cartoon Promoted by Chinese Embassy in Paris Exposed
A virulently anti-American and antisemitic cartoon tweeted by the Chinese Embassy in Paris on Monday previously appeared on several websites linked to white supremacists and...
Top Ukrainian Police Official Who Demanded ‘List of Jews’ Fired From His Post
The senior Ukrainian police official who demanded that a regional Jewish community supply him with a list of the names and contact details of its...
Sarah Halimi’s Killer Should Face Trial, Says Son of Murdered French Jewish Holocaust Survivor Mireille Knoll
The son of Mireille Knoll -- the French Jewish Holocaust survivor brutally murdered in an allegedly antisemitic attack in her Paris home in March 2018...
Time to Abandon ‘Utopian’ Dream of German Society Free of Antisemitism, Jewish Leader Admits
The head of the German Jewish community said on Monday that he had abandoned hope of his country ever being free of antisemitism. Speaking at an...
‘I Cried and Wanted to Leave Immediately’: Ukrainian Jewish Woman Speaks of Fear Generated by Police Demand for ‘List of Jews’
Members of the tiny Jewish community in the western Ukrainian city of Kolomyia have spoken publicly of the fear and unease that set in when...
Ukraine Police Chief Orders Official Investigation Into Demand for ‘List of Jews’
The head of Ukraine's national police has ordered an official investigation into the widely-condemned demand by a regional police official for a list of members...
Coronavirus Protests Will Boost Far-Right ‘Terrorist Radicalization’ in Germany, Antisemitism Expert Warns
A German expert on the far right has warned that the presence of neo-Nazi and ultranationalist activists in demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions could result in...
‘The Mayor Says You Jews Are Getting Us All Sick’: NYC Couple Cite de Blasio During Violent Assault on Brooklyn Hasidim
A married couple who were arrested in Brooklyn after they attacked a group of Hasidic Jews in a bid to rip off their coronavirus protection...
Outrage in Ukraine as Letter Emerges From Top Police Official Demanding ‘List of Jews’ in Western City of Kolomyia
A demand by a senior police officer in western Ukraine for a list of the names, addresses and phone numbers of local Jewish community members...
Iran Regime Pledges Annual ‘Quds Day’ Urging Israel’s Destruction Will Go Ahead, Despite Coronavirus
The Iranian regime's annual day of rallies and demonstrations calling for the destruction of the State of Israel will go ahead this year despite the...
German Far-Right AfD Leader Mourns Allied Victory Over Nazis as ‘Day of Absolute Defeat’
The leader of the parliamentary group of Germany's main far-right party has publicly mourned the victory over the Nazi German regime by Allied forces on...
Lithuanian Tourism Chiefs Condemned for ‘Immoral’ PR Stunt in Ongoing Fight Over Jewish Cemetery
The head of Lithuania's Jewish community has strongly condemned a government-sponsored publicity stunt that showed hundreds of chairs marked with fake 1,000-euro notes lined up...
Despite Passionate Defense of ‘Academic Freedom,’ Scholar at Center of German Antisemitism Row Campaigned to Exclude Israeli Professors
A prominent South African academic whose invitation to address a cultural festival in Germany has been at the center of an angry row over antisemitism...
