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The Best Cure for Defiance
The nineteenth-century humanitarian iconoclast, Clarissa “Clara” Harlowe Barton (1821-1912), is best remembered for providing much-needed supplies to the Union Army during the American Civil War following which she...
Iranian President Says Tehran ‘Never Has Hope’ in Vienna Nuclear Talks
Hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Friday Tehran “never” pins hope on ongoing talks in Vienna aimed at reviving the country's 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers. Iran and the United States resumed indirect talks...
Holocaust Memorial Says It’s Unlikely Purported ‘Auschwitz Tattoo Kit’ Was Used on Jews
A partial tattoo kit offered at auction in Israel as an Auschwitz artifact is highly unlikely to have been used on Jews at the Nazi concentration camp, a court-ordered investigation has found following outcry from...
Fueled by ‘Free Palestine’ Demonstrations, Antisemitic Incidents Soar to New Heights in UK
Antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom soared dramatically in 2021, largely fueled by the militant anti-Zionist demonstrations that accompanied the war last May between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, a new report from the Jewish...
US Lawmakers Call on Dept. of Education to End Delay of Campus Antisemitism Guidance
Thirty-nine members of the US Congress have urged the Department of Education to issue promised...
French Court Fines Neo-Nazi Activist and Catholic Priest for Video Inciting Hatred of Jews
A neo-Nazi activist and a Catholic priest have been fined by a court in France...
Alabama Jewish Groups Respond to ‘Inappropriate’ Display of Nazi Salute in Classroom
Footage of a Mountain Brook, Alabama, history teacher and his high school students pantomiming a...
Antisemitism Envoy Nominee Lipstadt Attacks Branding of Israel as ‘Apartheid’ State During Senate Confirmation Hearing
Deborah Lipstadt, US President Joe Biden's nominee for the post of antisemitism envoy, warned a...
Campus Antisemitism Largely Felt In Person, Says Year-End Student Report
Last year's spike in antisemitic incidents on campus was mostly felt face-to-face, despite the online...
The Best Cure for Defiance
The nineteenth-century humanitarian iconoclast, Clarissa “Clara” Harlowe Barton (1821-1912), is best remembered for providing much-needed supplies to the Union Army during the American Civil War following which she founded...
Iranian President Says Tehran ‘Never Has Hope’ in Vienna Nuclear Talks
Hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Friday Tehran “never” pins hope on ongoing talks in Vienna aimed at reviving the country's 2015 nuclear agreement...
Holocaust Memorial Says It’s Unlikely Purported ‘Auschwitz Tattoo Kit’ Was Used on Jews
A partial tattoo kit offered at auction in Israel as an Auschwitz artifact is highly unlikely to have been used on Jews at the Nazi...
Fueled by ‘Free Palestine’ Demonstrations, Antisemitic Incidents Soar to New Heights in UK
Antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom soared dramatically in 2021, largely fueled by the militant anti-Zionist demonstrations that accompanied the war last May between Israel...
US Lawmakers Call on Dept. of Education to End Delay of Campus Antisemitism Guidance
Thirty-nine members of the US Congress have urged the Department of Education to issue promised Title VI guidance to protect Jewish students from antisemitism on...
French Court Fines Neo-Nazi Activist and Catholic Priest for Video Inciting Hatred of Jews
A neo-Nazi activist and a Catholic priest have been fined by a court in France for a video posted to YouTube that incited violence and...
Alabama Jewish Groups Respond to ‘Inappropriate’ Display of Nazi Salute in Classroom
Footage of a Mountain Brook, Alabama, history teacher and his high school students pantomiming a Nazi-style salute in class has emerged, prompting a response from...
Antisemitism Envoy Nominee Lipstadt Attacks Branding of Israel as ‘Apartheid’ State During Senate Confirmation Hearing
Deborah Lipstadt, US President Joe Biden's nominee for the post of antisemitism envoy, warned a confirmation hearing on Tuesday that the effort to brand Israel...
Campus Antisemitism Largely Felt In Person, Says Year-End Student Report
Last year's spike in antisemitic incidents on campus was mostly felt face-to-face, despite the online learning that continued at many universities during the pandemic, according...
Florida Police Charge Three Neo-Nazis for Assault on Jewish College Student
Police in Florida have charged three men for an antisemitic attack on a Jewish college student at a recent neo-Nazi rally in Orlando. The Orange County...
Two Potential Successors to Palestinian President Named to Top Posts
Two potential successors to 86-year-old Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas were named on Monday to top posts in the Palestine Liberation Organization at a meeting boycotted...
Biden Said to Continue Delay of New Title VI Protections for Jewish College Students
A delay of new guidance at the US Department of Education that would help protect Jewish college students from discrimination is set to continue through...
Brooklyn College Facing Federal Civil Rights Inquiry Over ‘Hostile Environment’ for Jewish Students
The US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is formally investigating a complaint alleging antisemitic harassment of Jewish students at Brooklyn College, a...
Ex-UCLA Philosophy Lecturer Arrested for Antisemitic, Racist Threats of Mass Shooting
Police in Boulder, Colorado on Tuesday arrested a former University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) postdoctoral fellow for threatening to commit a mass shooting and issuing...
