Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
Murderer of Sarah Halimi Will Avoid Criminal Trial, French Jewish Defense Group Says
A leading French Jewish organization said on Friday that it had "learned with consternation" that the man accused of murdering Jewish pensioner Sarah Halimi in...
‘Zionist Lobby Runs France,’ Claims Defendant on Trial for Antisemitic Abuse of Leading Philosopher Alain Finkielkraut
A man accused of showering the prominent French Jewish philosopher Alain Finkielkraut with antisemitic insults on the fringes of a demonstration in Paris last February...
New Poll of US Jews Connects Growing Anxiety Over Antisemitism With Broader Opposition to Trump
A clear majority of American Jews feel insecure and angry about antisemitism in the US, with many holding President Donald Trump at least partially responsible...
Now Museum Pieces, Yiddish Typewriters Tell the Story of a Once-Vibrant Culture
Not long after the first models appeared on the market in the 1870s, the typewriter began its century of dominance over written communications across the world. Writers used typewriters...
Israel Using Holocaust to ‘Blackmail’ Germany, Palestinians Claim in Response to Bundestag Condemnation of BDS
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has issued a furious rebuke of the German parliament's decision last week to define the anti-Zionist boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign...
Left, Right and Center Parties in German Parliament Unite to Oppose ‘Antisemitic’ BDS Campaign
A coalition of parties from the center, right and left in Germany will come together on Friday to back a parliamentary motion condemning the boycott,...
German Government and Police Criticized Again for Downplaying Islamist Involvement in Antisemitic Offenses
Official German government statistics on rising antisemitism came under criticism on Wednesday, as several observers charged that the data was based on the incorrect assumption...
Yoga, Yurts and Holocaust Denial — French Countryside Mayor Bemoans Upcoming Extremist ‘Summer School’
The mayor of one of southern France's most picturesque towns expressed fury on Tuesday after learning that a group of right-wing activists and conspiracy theorists -- including...
As Antisemitic ‘Protocols’ Are Distributed on Streets of Warsaw, Polish Government Snubs Visiting Israeli Delegation
The growing political hysteria in Poland over the prospect of restituting individual Jewish property stolen during World War II reached new heights on Monday, as...
French Police to Hold Reconstruction of Gruesome Murder of Holocaust Survivor Mireille Knoll
French police will next week hold a reconstruction of the 2018 killing of Mireille Knoll -- the 85-year-old Holocaust survivor who was robbed and brutally...
Berlin Police Criticized for Obscuring Number of Antisemitic Attacks by Muslim Extremists, Left-Wing Anti-Zionists
Police in Berlin were facing criticism over their handling of antisemitic hate crimes on Thursday, after a prominent local politician claimed that officers were assigning right-wing...
Row Simmers Over Chicago Monument to Lithuanian National Hero Implicated in WW2 Crimes Against Jews
A row over the unveiling of a monument in Chicago to a Lithuanian resistance fighter alleged to have participated in the persecution of Jews during...
French Jews Furious as Notorious Antisemite Dodges Jail Time for Holocaust Denial
French Jews reacted with fury on Tuesday after the Paris public prosecutor overturned a historic decision reached last month to sentence one of the country's most...
Smarting From Criticism as World’s ‘Worst Jailer of Journalists,’ Turkish Government Tries to Shift Focus to Israel Over ‘Press Freedom’
Smarting from international criticism on World Press Freedom Day over their country's continuing status as "the worst jailer of journalists in the world," senior Turkish...
