The Jewish owner of a bagel chain in Scotland said she was “shocked” after the landlord of one of her stores called her request …
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JTA
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4/12/20
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A second synagogue was vandalized in Huntsville, Alabama, days after another one was plastered with anti-Semitic slurs.
The Chabad of Huntsville was spray-painted with swastikas and …
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JTA
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4/12/20
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The new HBO show based on Philip Roth‘s novel “The Plot Against America,” helmed by David Simon, the Jewish creator of “The Wire,” has made a splash with …
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An appraisal by Lior Zaltzman, JTA
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3/25/20
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In a febrile atmosphere of intensifying anti-Semitism, Jews ought to be watching the international spread of the coronavirus and the resulting illness of those infected with the kind of alarm that …
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By Ben Cohen
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3/11/20
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Over the course of our millennial history, Jews have had many encounters with contagious diseases. Often we’re blamed for them.
Maybe I’m paranoid, but I can’t help feel …
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By Henry Abrahmson
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3/11/20
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Amid growing concern over the increasing hostility towards the Jewish state that’s crept into mainstream talk, a meeting at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) considered the …
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By Judy Lash Balint, JNS
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3/6/20
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Standing up to contemporary anti-Semitism is no easy thing, as it means taking up arms in the war being fought over Israel’s legitimacy. This is a fight to the death against the mortal …
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By Fiamma Nirenstein
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3/6/20
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Reacting to recent attacks against Jews in the United States, Herut North America created and is offering a new cutting-edge guide to help shuls better organize their security efforts.
The …
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By Jeff Dunetz, Columnist
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3/5/20
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BERLIN — Following multiple high-profile attacks by far-right nationalists, German officials are ramping up their efforts against extremists in a move that Jewish leaders in Germany are …
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By Rebecca Spiess, JTA
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2/19/20
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In one of his anti-Jewish tracts, Martin Luther, founder of the Protestant faith in Germany, wrote, “Here in Wittenberg, in our parish church, there is a sow carved into the stone under …
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By Ben Cohen
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2/19/20
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