Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
Jewish Couple in Paris Assaulted and Robbed at Home by Gang of Intruders
A Jewish couple in Paris was assaulted and robbed in their own home earlier this week, a Jewish communal security organization confirmed on Thursday, raising the concern...
In New York Speech, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Backs IRGC, Accuses Trump of Falling for Israeli-Led ‘Plot’
Iran's foreign minister bluntly told an invited audience in New York City on Wednesday that the US must recognize the authority of the Islamic Revolutionary...
Polish Catholic Church Leader Condemns Shocking Easter Ritual Involving Antisemitic ‘Judas’ Effigy
The leadership of the Catholic Church in Poland on Monday strongly condemned an Easter holiday ritual in the southern town of Pruchnik in which adults...
‘Bolder and More Brutal’: New Report Shows Steep Increase in Antisemitic Violence in German Capital
Violent antisemitic incidents in Berlin more than doubled during the last year, against the background of an overall increase in the number acts of Jew-hatred in the...
French Jewish Leaders Grieve for Notre Dame Cathedral Fire, Pledge Solidarity With Catholic Church
Leaders of the Jewish community in France continued to express profound sorrow on Tuesday over the devastating fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which ravaged...
French Far-Right Activist Alain Soral Receives Another Prison Sentence, This Time for Holocaust Denial
A court in Paris on Monday sentenced the French extreme right-wing activist Alain Soral to a year in prison for engaging in Holocaust denial --...
Lithuanian Human Rights Activists Launch Legal Challenge to Government Efforts to Build Convention Center Atop Historic Jewish Cemetery
A Lithuanian human rights organization on Monday filed a preventative claim with the district court in the country's capital, Vilnius, to block the government's plans to...
Paris Councillor Calls for Stepped-Up Effort in Fight Against Antisemitism in France
The Paris councillor who last month pushed a determined resolution against antisemitism through the French capital's Regional Council called on Thursday for redoubled efforts to...
Leading French Intellectuals Urge Criminal Trial for ‘Antisemitic’ Killer of Sarah Halimi
Thirty-nine of France's leading intellectuals have signed an impassioned editorial in one of the country's leading newspapers calling for the killer of Sarah Halimi -- the...
Dream Trip to German Soccer Stadium for Israeli Kids Ends in Antisemitic ‘Humiliation’ on Bus Going Home
A dream trip earlier this month to see one of Germany's top soccer teams in action at their home stadium ended in an antisemitic nightmare for...
‘Jews Have to Die!’: Rabbi Recounts Antisemitic Assault on Buenos Aires Synagogue Worshippers Following Friday Night Services
The rabbi of the Buenos Aires synagogue attacked with stones and broken glass following Shabbat services last Friday night has called on the Argentine authorities to...
On Second Anniversary of Sarah Halimi’s Murder, French Jewish Leader Calls for Killer to Face Trial for Antisemitic Crime
Two years after the antisemitic murder of the French Jewish pensioner Sarah Halimi in her Paris apartment, the head of the French Jewish community has issued...
‘Heir of Mohamed Merah’: French Cops Arrest Terror Suspect Inspired by Islamist Behind Jewish School Massacre in Toulouse
French media outlets revealed on Wednesday that a man who described himself as the "heir of Mohamed Merah" -- the Islamist terrorist who murdered three...
‘Intolerable’: In Picturesque French Town, Local Jewish Politician Defies Antisemitic Daubings
Local politicians in the Loire region of central France rallied on Friday in support of a Jewish deputy mayor who was personally targeted by violently...
