Vatican investigates Swiss Guard after allegations of an antisemitic incident in St. Peter's Square
Read full article: Vatican investigates Swiss Guard after allegations of an antisemitic incident in St. Peter's SquareThe Vatican has launched an investigation into a possible antisemitic incident involving a Swiss Guard.
Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism
Read full article: Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitismA dwindling number of Holocaust survivors are marking the 87th anniversary Sunday of Kristallnacht at a time when antisemitism is on the rise, especially in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.
Divided Jewish leaders react with warnings and hope as New York elects its first Muslim mayor
Read full article: Divided Jewish leaders react with warnings and hope as New York elects its first Muslim mayorWithin hours of Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s first Muslim mayor, there were swift and harsh reactions from his Jewish critics.
New York's Jewish community divided, anxious over Mamdani, an Israel critic
Read full article: New York's Jewish community divided, anxious over Mamdani, an Israel criticNew York City’s Jewish community — the largest in the United States — is abounding with anxiety and friction a day ahead of an election that could give the city its first Muslim mayor.
Republican Jewish leaders planned a ceasefire celebration, pivoted to take on antisemitism within
Read full article: Republican Jewish leaders planned a ceasefire celebration, pivoted to take on antisemitism withinConcerns that antisemitism is on the rise among Republicans burst to the surface this weekend at a meeting in Las Vegas.
Following meteoric success — and some criticism — 'Nobody Wants This' evolves in Season 2
Read full article: Following meteoric success — and some criticism — 'Nobody Wants This' evolves in Season 2Netflix's “Nobody Wants This” became a surprise hit last year, topping charts and drawing millions of viewers.
Manchester's Jewish community feels let down by Britain after deadly synagogue attack
Read full article: Manchester's Jewish community feels let down by Britain after deadly synagogue attackHundreds of mourners gathered in wind and rain for a vigil that combined grief and defiance in the remembrance of two men who were killed when a knife-wielding assailant attacked their synagogue in the English city of Manchester.
Man kills 2 in car ramming and stabbing attack at English synagogue on Jewish holy day
Read full article: Man kills 2 in car ramming and stabbing attack at English synagogue on Jewish holy dayA man drove a car into people outside a synagogue in England and stabbed two of them to death on the holiest day of the Jewish year.
Netanyahu brands Australia's Albanese 'weak' over Palestinian state recognition
Read full article: Netanyahu brands Australia's Albanese 'weak' over Palestinian state recognitionPrime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed accusations from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called the Australian leader a "weak politician" for recognizing a Palestinian state.
Israel minister who led prayers at a controversial holy site has a record of provocative actions
Read full article: Israel minister who led prayers at a controversial holy site has a record of provocative actionsIsrael's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has led prayers at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, sparking international condemnation.
French ministers condemn 'excessive use of force' after Jewish youths were removed from a flight
Read full article: French ministers condemn 'excessive use of force' after Jewish youths were removed from a flightFrench government ministers say a summer camp counselor has accused Spanish police of using brute force against her during the removal of a group of French Jewish teenagers from a plane bound for Paris from Spain.
Polish prosecutors investigate far-right lawmaker for comments on Auschwitz
Read full article: Polish prosecutors investigate far-right lawmaker for comments on AuschwitzPolish prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation after a far-right lawmaker described the gas chambers at the Auschwitz death camp as a “fake.”.
Report on curbing antisemitism in Australia recommends threatening university funding
Read full article: Report on curbing antisemitism in Australia recommends threatening university fundingA report is recommending Australian universities lose government funding unless they address attacks on Jewish students and for potential immigrants to be screened for political affiliations.
Congregation flees after arsonist sets fire to an Australian synagogue door
Read full article: Congregation flees after arsonist sets fire to an Australian synagogue doorAn arsonist has set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an accelerant-fueled blaze that left a worshipper injured.
Trump says he didn't know an offensive term he used in a speech is considered antisemitic
Read full article: Trump says he didn't know an offensive term he used in a speech is considered antisemiticPresident Donald Trump says he didn’t know that the term “shylock” is considered antisemitic when he used it in a speech to describe unscrupulous moneylenders.
How Democrats in America’s most Jewish city embraced a critic of Israel for New York mayor
Read full article: How Democrats in America’s most Jewish city embraced a critic of Israel for New York mayorZohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of Israel, is the expected Democratic nominee for mayor in America’s most Jewish city and that's raising alarms among some in the New York's Jewish community.
Person arrested for mass shooting threat toward Jewish Community Center in San Antonio, authorities say
Read full article: Person arrested for mass shooting threat toward Jewish Community Center in San Antonio, authorities sayA person suspected of planning a mass shooting at The Barshop Jewish Community Center in San Antonio has been taken into custody, according to police and the FBI.
Netanyahu's government could collapse over Israel's ultra-Orthodox military draft law
Read full article: Netanyahu's government could collapse over Israel's ultra-Orthodox military draft lawIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a vote to dissolve parliament and key coalition partners have threatened to bring down his government.
Israeli hostages highlighted at Boulder Jewish Festival after attack on group urging their release
Read full article: Israeli hostages highlighted at Boulder Jewish Festival after attack on group urging their releaseThis year's Boulder Jewish Festival has been reimagined to focus on community healing.
Paris probes antisemitic vandalism targeting synagogues and a Holocaust memorial
Read full article: Paris probes antisemitic vandalism targeting synagogues and a Holocaust memorialAuthorities in Paris have launched an investigation after several Jewish sites across the capital were defaced with green paint overnight.
Thousands of Israeli nationalists chant 'death to Arabs' during annual procession through Jerusalem
Read full article: Thousands of Israeli nationalists chant 'death to Arabs' during annual procession through JerusalemGroups of Israeli Jews chanting “Death to Arabs” have made their way through Muslim neighborhoods of Jerusalem’s Old City.
Trump administration says Columbia violated civil rights of Jewish students
Read full article: Trump administration says Columbia violated civil rights of Jewish studentsThe Trump administration is accusing Columbia University of violating the civil rights of Jewish students by “acting with deliberate indifference” toward what it describes as rampant antisemitism on campus.
Global leaders are condemning the fatal attack on 2 Israeli Embassy staffers. Here's what they said
Read full article: Global leaders are condemning the fatal attack on 2 Israeli Embassy staffers. Here's what they saidGlobal reactions are pouring in after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum.
Court papers say suspect in embassy killings declared, 'I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza'
Read full article: Court papers say suspect in embassy killings declared, 'I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza'The man charged with fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington as they were leaving an event at a Jewish museum told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.”.
A museum opens at a former factory in the Czech Republic where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews
Read full article: A museum opens at a former factory in the Czech Republic where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 JewsA dilapidated industrial site in the Czech Republic where German businessman Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews during the World War II is coming back to life.
Dutch-led Suriname team digitizes 100,000 documents to preserve Jewish history in the Caribbean
Read full article: Dutch-led Suriname team digitizes 100,000 documents to preserve Jewish history in the CaribbeanAs firefighters in Suriname battled to save buildings in the historic city center of Paramaribo in April, volunteers were scanning documents from the Neveh Shalom Synagogue in an effort to preserve the history of the thousands of Jews who have called the city home since the 1700s.
Texas House approves antisemitism bill in response to pro-Palestinian protests
Read full article: Texas House approves antisemitism bill in response to pro-Palestinian protestsThe bill, which would require schools to use a definition of antisemitism when considering discipline for students, will soon head over to Abbott’s desk.
Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the US
Read full article: Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the USThe Anti-Defamation League says the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record high last year.
Takeaways from AP’s report on the religious and moral undercurrents in Superman comics
Read full article: Takeaways from AP’s report on the religious and moral undercurrents in Superman comicsJames Gunn’s upcoming film “Superman” is generating conversations about the place and relevance of this superhero who turned 87 on Friday, observed as Superman Day.
Is he Christ? Is he Moses? Superman's religious and ethical undertones add to his mystique
Read full article: Is he Christ? Is he Moses? Superman's religious and ethical undertones add to his mystiqueJames Gunn's upcoming film “Superman” is generating conversations about the place and relevance of this superhero who turned 87 on Friday, observed as Superman Day.
Protest letters from former Israeli soldiers lay bare profound rifts over the ongoing war
Read full article: Protest letters from former Israeli soldiers lay bare profound rifts over the ongoing warWhen nearly 1,000 Israeli Air Force veterans signed an open letter last week calling for an end to the war in Gaza, the military responded immediately, saying it would dismiss any active reservist who signed the document.
Some Pennsylvania Jews reminded of Tree of Life shooting after arson attack on Josh Shapiro's home
Read full article: Some Pennsylvania Jews reminded of Tree of Life shooting after arson attack on Josh Shapiro's homePennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mansion was the target of an arson attack last weekend, but the attacker's motives are unclear.
What to know about Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and the arson at his official residence
Read full article: What to know about Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and the arson at his official residencePennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has reopened his official residence to the public barely a week after an arsonist’s fire tore through one wing.
Jewish families channel Passover story after devastating losses in Los Angeles wildfires
Read full article: Jewish families channel Passover story after devastating losses in Los Angeles wildfiresMembers of a 104-year-old Pasadena synagogue that was burned down in the Los Angeles fires in January are getting ready to celebrate Passover.
Trump administration will screen for antisemitic activity in granting immigration benefits
Read full article: Trump administration will screen for antisemitic activity in granting immigration benefitsThe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says the Trump administration will immediately start considering “antisemitic activity” on social media and physical harassment of Jewish people as grounds for denying immigration benefits.
Passover begins soon. For many Jews, the celebrations will occur amid anxieties and divisions
Read full article: Passover begins soon. For many Jews, the celebrations will occur amid anxieties and divisionsPassover celebrations this year will again occur amid anxieties and divisions among many Jews related to the unresolved Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza and the specter of widespread antisemitism.
Auburn's Bruce Pearl a vocal leader of a trio of Jewish coaches with teams at the Final Four
Read full article: Auburn's Bruce Pearl a vocal leader of a trio of Jewish coaches with teams at the Final FourAuburn coach Bruce Pearl, Florida’s Todd Golden and Duke’s Jon Scheyer are basketball rivals at the Final Four with a unique thread of connection.
Jewish Texans disagree on how to combat antisemitism in schools during hearing on Senate bill
Read full article: Jewish Texans disagree on how to combat antisemitism in schools during hearing on Senate billLawmakers propose addressing antisemitism by requiring schools to use a set definition. Critics say the measure will stifle speech.
A cache of explosives in Sydney provoked antisemitic terrorism fears. Police now say it was faked
Read full article: A cache of explosives in Sydney provoked antisemitic terrorism fears. Police now say it was fakedPolice in Australia say an explosives-filled trailer that politicians earlier described as an antisemitic terrorism plot and a foiled mass casualty event was staged by criminals in a complicated hoax.
The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans
Read full article: The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other AmericansThe Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is hurting a variety of U.S. companies, nonprofits and farms.
Australia wakes to more antisemitic graffiti after a discovery of explosives was revealed by police
Read full article: Australia wakes to more antisemitic graffiti after a discovery of explosives was revealed by policeAs three more episodes of antisemitic graffiti were discovered across Sydney on Thursday morning, Australian political leaders warned of an escalation in hatred and decried as terrorism an incident of explosives found in a trailer on the city’s outskirts.
At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism
Read full article: At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitismAuschwitz survivors have warned of the rising antisemitism and hatred in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation.
US civil rights probe faults Philadelphia school district over handling of antisemitism reports
Read full article: US civil rights probe faults Philadelphia school district over handling of antisemitism reportsFederal education officials say the Philadelphia school district failed to show it protected Jewish students from harassment despite “repeated, extensive notice” that students, teachers and administrators were engaging in antisemitic behavior.
University of California campuses resolve discrimination complaints stemming from Gaza protests
Read full article: University of California campuses resolve discrimination complaints stemming from Gaza protestsThe U.S. Department of Education said Friday it has reached an agreement with the University of California system resolving complaints from Jewish and Muslim students of discrimination and harassment during protests last spring over the war in Gaza.
As wars rage around them, Armenian Christians in Jerusalem's Old City feel the walls closing in
Read full article: As wars rage around them, Armenian Christians in Jerusalem's Old City feel the walls closing inAs the war in Gaza rages, Syria's government transforms, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank seethes, Armenian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem fight a different battle.
Beyond evangelicals, Trump and his allies courted smaller faith groups, from the Amish to Chabad
Read full article: Beyond evangelicals, Trump and his allies courted smaller faith groups, from the Amish to ChabadDonald Trump’s lock on the white evangelical vote is legendary, but he didn't focus exclusively on large religious voter blocs.
Israel's West Bank settlers hope Trump's return will pave the way for major settlement expansion
Read full article: Israel's West Bank settlers hope Trump's return will pave the way for major settlement expansionAdvocates of Jewish settlement in the West Bank believe they have reason to celebrate after Donald Trump's election win.
Attacks on Israeli soccer fans in the Netherlands prompts prime minister to cancel climate trip
Read full article: Attacks on Israeli soccer fans in the Netherlands prompts prime minister to cancel climate tripDutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has canceled his planned trip to United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan so he can stay in the Netherlands to deal with the fallout from assaults on fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team in Amsterdam that authorities condemned as antisemitic.
Argentina's president fires his foreign minister after vote in favor of ending US embargo on Cuba
Read full article: Argentina's president fires his foreign minister after vote in favor of ending US embargo on CubaArgentina’s President Javier Milei has dismissed his foreign minister hours after the country voted against the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba at the U.N. Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino was replaced by the current Argentina’s ambassador to the U.S., Gerardo Werthein, Milei’s spokesman Manuel Adorni announced on his X account.
Fallout from 2023 Hamas attack lingers as Jews worldwide observe a holiday meant for joy
Read full article: Fallout from 2023 Hamas attack lingers as Jews worldwide observe a holiday meant for joyCustomarily, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, highlighted by exuberant dancing around a Torah.
Some Jewish voters in presidential swing states reconsider their longtime devotion to Democrats
Read full article: Some Jewish voters in presidential swing states reconsider their longtime devotion to DemocratsPennsylvania has the biggest Jewish population of any swing state, and any shift could have enormous implications in a state decided by narrow margins the past two presidential elections.
Intersection of Iran attack, Jewish holidays, Oct. 7 anniversary holds heavy weight for Jewish community
Read full article: Intersection of Iran attack, Jewish holidays, Oct. 7 anniversary holds heavy weight for Jewish communityIt will be harder to rejoice during the Jewish new year celebration this year, after Iran's attack on Israel and the upcoming one year memorial of the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.
Man is sentenced to 35 years for shooting 2 Jewish men as they left Los Angeles synagogues
Read full article: Man is sentenced to 35 years for shooting 2 Jewish men as they left Los Angeles synagoguesA California man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for shooting and wounding two Jewish men outside Los Angeles synagogues last year.
Jews and Catholics warn against Trump's latest loyalty test for religious voters
Read full article: Jews and Catholics warn against Trump's latest loyalty test for religious votersFormer President Donald Trump recently reissued his loyalty test to religious Americans, declaring that he can best protect their freedoms while preemptively blaming some if he loses the presidential election in November.
As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies
Read full article: As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategiesThe stakes have gone up for students protesting the war in Gaza as U.S. colleges roll out new security measures and protest guidelines this fall in hopes of avoiding disruptions like last spring’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations, which led to some 3,200 arrests.
Doug Emhoff says he's 'gutted' after the hostage killings in Gaza
Read full article: Doug Emhoff says he's 'gutted' after the hostage killings in GazaDoug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, says he is “gutted” after the killings of American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five other Israeli hostages taken by Hamas.
Former Cornell student gets 21 months in prison for posting violent threats to Jewish students
Read full article: Former Cornell student gets 21 months in prison for posting violent threats to Jewish studentsA former Cornell University student arrested for posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus last fall after the start of the war in Gaza has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Judge dismisses antisemitism lawsuit against MIT, allows one against Harvard to move ahead
Read full article: Judge dismisses antisemitism lawsuit against MIT, allows one against Harvard to move aheadA federal lawsuit accusing Massachusetts Institute of Technology of tolerating antisemitism after the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel has been dismissed while a similar one against Harvard University can continue.
Some Democratic backers of Josh Shapiro see a missed chance for a Jewish vice president
Read full article: Some Democratic backers of Josh Shapiro see a missed chance for a Jewish vice presidentVice President Kamala Harris’ choice to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate disappointed fans of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who was one of Harris’ finalists for the job and seen as someone who could help Democrats win a key swing state and make history by electing the first Jewish vice president.
Donald Trump says Kamala Harris, who's married to a Jewish man, 'doesn't like Jewish people'
Read full article: Donald Trump says Kamala Harris, who's married to a Jewish man, 'doesn't like Jewish people'Former President Donald Trump claims Vice President Kamala Harris “doesn’t like Jewish people” even though she's married to a Jewish man.
Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaint
Read full article: Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaintThe Anti-Defamation League says the Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from “a virulent wave of antisemitism” that swept through classrooms after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
Israeli government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts
Read full article: Israeli government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outpostsA groups that monitors settlements in the West Bank says Israel has budgeted millions of dollars to protect and support the growth of small, unofficial Jewish farms in the Israeli-occupied territory.
30 years after attack on Argentina's Jewish center, Milei makes promises. But the anguish remains
Read full article: 30 years after attack on Argentina's Jewish center, Milei makes promises. But the anguish remainsOn each passing anniversary of the deadly 1994 attack against Argentina’s largest Jewish community center, Diana Malamud said she endures a brutal “Groundhog’s Day.”.
Prosecutors say neo-Nazi 'murder cult' leader plotted to give poison candy to Jewish kids in NYC
Read full article: Prosecutors say neo-Nazi 'murder cult' leader plotted to give poison candy to Jewish kids in NYCProsecutors say the leader of a violent neo-Nazi extremist group based in eastern Europe has been charged with plotting to have an associate dress up as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children in New York City to sow terror.
Israel's military will begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men on Sunday. It could rattle the government
Read full article: Israel's military will begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men on Sunday. It could rattle the governmentThe Israeli military will begin sending draft notices to Jewish ultra-Orthodox men on Sunday.
Ultra-Orthodox protest against order to enlist in Israeli military turns violent in Jerusalem
Read full article: Ultra-Orthodox protest against order to enlist in Israeli military turns violent in JerusalemThousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men have clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem during a protest against a Supreme Court order for them to begin enlisting for military service.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews block highway to protest Israel's new mandatory military service ruling
Read full article: Ultra-Orthodox Jews block highway to protest Israel's new mandatory military service rulingHundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men have blocked a major highway in central Israel for two hours.
In France's high-stakes legislative election, a Jewish candidate faces and fights hate and division
Read full article: In France's high-stakes legislative election, a Jewish candidate faces and fights hate and divisionAntisemitism has surged as a hot-button issue in France's high-stakes legislative election campaign.
Israel's military must enlist the ultra-Orthodox. What will that mean for Netanyahu and the war?
Read full article: Israel's military must enlist the ultra-Orthodox. What will that mean for Netanyahu and the war?Israel's Supreme Court unanimously ordered the government to begin drafted ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into the army.
Israel's high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men, rattling Netanyahu's government
Read full article: Israel's high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men, rattling Netanyahu's governmentIsrael’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza.
Ceremony marks start of rebuilding for Pittsburgh synagogue targeted in antisemitic mass shooting
Read full article: Ceremony marks start of rebuilding for Pittsburgh synagogue targeted in antisemitic mass shootingSecond gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro are among the dignitaries marking the groundbreaking of a new structure replacing the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
As France reels from alleged rape of a Jewish girl, antisemitism comes to fore in election campaign
Read full article: As France reels from alleged rape of a Jewish girl, antisemitism comes to fore in election campaignThe alleged rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a suspected antisemitic attack has sent shockwaves throughout France and thrust concerns about antisemitism to the forefront of campaigning for the country’s legislative elections.
Israeli nationalists march in Jerusalem as a far-right minister boasts of Jewish prayer at key site
Read full article: Israeli nationalists march in Jerusalem as a far-right minister boasts of Jewish prayer at key siteThousands of ultranationalist Israelis have marched through a sensitive Palestinian area of Jerusalem in an annual procession, chanting racist slogans.
Columbia University and a Jewish student agree on a settlement that imposes more safety measures
Read full article: Columbia University and a Jewish student agree on a settlement that imposes more safety measuresColumbia University has agreed to take additional steps to make its students feel secure on campus.
Ultra-Orthodox protesters block Jerusalem roads ahead of Israeli court decision on draft exemptions
Read full article: Ultra-Orthodox protesters block Jerusalem roads ahead of Israeli court decision on draft exemptionsDozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters have blocked roads in Jerusalem as Israel's Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case challenging a controversial system of exemptions from military service granted to the religious community.
French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue
Read full article: French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogueFrance’s Interior Minister says that a man who was shot and killed by police after a suspected arson attack on a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen was an Algerian national who’d sought medical treatment in France and wasn’t flagged as a suspected extremist.
Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba
Read full article: Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist CubaThe 1959 revolution led by Fidel Castro installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans.
Pro-Palestinian protesters demand endowment transparency. But it's proving not to be simple
Read full article: Pro-Palestinian protesters demand endowment transparency. But it's proving not to be simpleSome universities are vowing to provide information about how much university endowment money is invested in companies profiting from the Israel-Hamas war amid calls from pro-Palestinian protesters.
In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war
Read full article: In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza warPresident Joe Biden has condemned the “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world.”.
The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war
Read full article: The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas warU.S. university presidents have joined Holocaust survivors and thousands of Israelis for a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz.
Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens
Read full article: Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpensThe student protest movement over the war in Gaza is roiling Senate contests in an election year when control of the chamber is at stake in November.
Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests
Read full article: Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protestsSome Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism.
House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war
Read full article: House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza warThe House has passed legislation that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws.
House Republicans launch investigation into federal funding for universities amid campus protests
Read full article: House Republicans launch investigation into federal funding for universities amid campus protestsHouse Republicans are investigating the federal funding for universities where students have protested the Israel-Hamas war.
Community gathers at Baruch Hashem Congregation for Passover Seder
Read full article: Community gathers at Baruch Hashem Congregation for Passover SederPeople from all over South and Central Texas gathered Monday at Baruch Hashem Congregation on Huebner Road for the annual Passover Seder, a ritual marking the beginning of Passover, which symbolizes the transition from slavery to freedom.
London police to meet with Jewish leaders as protests spark concerns about the safety of Jews
Read full article: London police to meet with Jewish leaders as protests spark concerns about the safety of JewsLondon’s police commissioner will meet with senior members of the Jewish community on Monday after the force bungled its apology for suggesting an “openly Jewish″ man’s presence along the route of a pro-Palestinian march risked provoking the demonstrators.