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Scottish Friends of Palestine Seeks ‘Bias-Free’ Schools Curriculum in Parliament Petition
Years after a contentious debate over how children in Scotland are taught about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a nonprofit is petitioning the country's legislators to...
Argentine Jewish Leader: AMIA Bombing Court Hearing Held on Day of Ceremony ‘Goes Against the Memory’ of Victims
The head of Argentina's umbrella Jewish group has lambasted the timing of a court hearing — part of the long-running legal aftermath of the 1994 bombing against the country's Jewish community headquarters — that was...
Bay Area Labor Union to Weigh Endorsing BDS, Blocking of Israeli Ships at Port
Weeks after a group of Bay Area longshoremen helped prevent an Israeli ship from unloading in Oakland, a 100,000-strong San Francisco Labor Council plans to vote on becoming the latest union to endorse the Boycott,...
German Jewish Community Head Calls for Closer Ties With Independent Muslim Groups
A leader of Germany's Jewish community said in a Thursday interview that he hopes to foster closer cooperation between Jews and Muslim groups, provided those organizations are not subject to "influence" from abroad. Josef Schuster, President...
Oregon Professor Sues University for Firing After He Aired Concerns of Sexual Harassment, Antisemitism Among Senior Staff
A Jewish professor who was fired in April from Oregon's Linfield University has brought a...
Mark Zuckerberg ‘Inundated With Antisemitic Abuse’ After Posting Photo of Family Dog Wearing Kippah
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was subjected to a torrent of antisemitic abuse on the social...
Back to Baseball in Brooklyn and on to Tokyo for Team Israel
JNS.org - For Team Israel and members of the media who spent three tense, very...
Franklin and Marshall Alumni Letter Backs Faculty Condemnation of Israel’s ‘Jewish Supremacy’
A volley of community statements on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict resumed Monday at Franklin & Marshall...
Cornel West Resigns From Harvard, Partly Blaming School’s ‘Hostility to Palestinian Cause’
Activist and scholar Cornel West announced his resignation from Harvard University on Monday, blaming in...
Scottish Friends of Palestine Seeks ‘Bias-Free’ Schools Curriculum in Parliament Petition
Years after a contentious debate over how children in Scotland are taught about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a nonprofit is petitioning the country's legislators to require...
Argentine Jewish Leader: AMIA Bombing Court Hearing Held on Day of Ceremony ‘Goes Against the Memory’ of Victims
The head of Argentina's umbrella Jewish group has lambasted the timing of a court hearing — part of the long-running legal aftermath of the 1994...
Bay Area Labor Union to Weigh Endorsing BDS, Blocking of Israeli Ships at Port
Weeks after a group of Bay Area longshoremen helped prevent an Israeli ship from unloading in Oakland, a 100,000-strong San Francisco Labor Council plans to...
German Jewish Community Head Calls for Closer Ties With Independent Muslim Groups
A leader of Germany's Jewish community said in a Thursday interview that he hopes to foster closer cooperation between Jews and Muslim groups, provided those...
Oregon Professor Sues University for Firing After He Aired Concerns of Sexual Harassment, Antisemitism Among Senior Staff
A Jewish professor who was fired in April from Oregon's Linfield University has brought a $4 million lawsuit against the college, claiming that he was...
Mark Zuckerberg ‘Inundated With Antisemitic Abuse’ After Posting Photo of Family Dog Wearing Kippah
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was subjected to a torrent of antisemitic abuse on the social media platform after posting a photo of his family dog...
Back to Baseball in Brooklyn and on to Tokyo for Team Israel
JNS.org - For Team Israel and members of the media who spent three tense, very exciting nights at Maimonides Park in Coney Island, NY, back...
Franklin and Marshall Alumni Letter Backs Faculty Condemnation of Israel’s ‘Jewish Supremacy’
A volley of community statements on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict resumed Monday at Franklin & Marshall College (F&M), when over 130 alumni endorsed a hotly-debated faculty...
Cornel West Resigns From Harvard, Partly Blaming School’s ‘Hostility to Palestinian Cause’
Activist and scholar Cornel West announced his resignation from Harvard University on Monday, blaming in part what he termed a "cowardly deference to the anti-Palestinian...
Iranian Commander Urged Escalation Against US Forces at Iraq Meeting, Sources Say
A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander urged Iraqi Shi'ite militias to step up attacks on US targets during a meeting in Baghdad last week, three militia...
In Symbolic End to War, US General Departs Afghanistan
The US general leading the war in Afghanistan, Austin Miller, relinquished command at a ceremony on Monday and quietly left the country, a symbolic end...
Group of Syracuse Students Harassed With Antisemitic Language, Pelted With Eggs From Car
A group of students walking near the Syracuse University campus were pelted with eggs and harassed with antisemitic language, according to a bias incident report...
Israel: Cabinet Mulls New Outline for Qatari Cash Transfer to Gaza Strip
i24 News - Israel's security cabinet was set to meet Sunday to discuss the outstanding -- and thorny -- issue of Qatari-pledged financial aid to...
Watchdog Testimony at Human Rights Council Presses UN Over Killing of Palestinian Authority Critic
In testimony during a standing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session on alleged Israeli human rights abuses, a watchdog group accused the UN of...
