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Last Jew of Kabul finally making his way to Israel

Zebulon Simentov lands in Turkey, last stop before the Jewish state, after granting his estranged wife a religious divorce, clearing way for his arrival free from threat of prosecution by Rabbinical court

Associated Press , 14:33, 10.17.21

Vendor sells Nazi gear at motorcycle rally

President of local Jewish federation says 'It never stops,' referring to racism, 'unfortunately, people abuse some of the wonderful rights we have and take it to extremes to spread propaganda'

Associated Press , 09:16, 10.17.21

Black U.S. Senate hopeful cancels event over syringe swastika

Spokesperson for GOP candidate and football legend Herschel Walker says he is 'a strong friend of Israel and the Jewish community and opposes hatred and bigotry of all forms'

Associated Press , 10:57, 10.14.21

Complaint filed over neo-Nazi ashes In German Jewish grave

Protestant Church managing the graveyard voiced dismay at the incident, claims to allow burial because 'everyone has a right for a final resting place' but concedes location of grave was mistake

AFP , 18:06, 10.13.21

Holocaust forum focuses on social media role in anti-Semitism

Diaspora affairs minister says upon arrival at the International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance in Malmo the renewed rise of Jewish hatred all over the world is mainly due to 'new social media'

Associated Press , 13:11, 10.13.21

Anti-Semitic prejudice strongest in Eastern Europe and Greece, survey shows

Action and Protection League poll finds third of respondents in Greece and Poland and third in Hungary believe Jews 'will never be able to fully integrate into society'; 1 in 3 respondents said they view Jews negatively

AFP , 10:40, 10.13.21

Police say accused synagogue shooter talked of killing Jews

Federal prosecutors during hearing play dozens of snippets from police radio transmissions from the scene of 2018 Tree of Life synagogue attack that killed 11 people; 'All these Jews need to die,' Robert Bowers heard saying on day of attack

Associated Press , 09:34, 10.13.21

Holocaust survivor-author Eddie Jaku dies in Sydney aged 101

Australian PM pays tribute to the writer, who was born in Germany and escaped from Auschwitz prisoner as Allies approached, spending months in hiding before U.S. troops found him starved and sick with cholera and typhoid

Associated Press , 12:56, 10.12.21

PM wants Israel to bring 500K Jewish immigrants from West in next decade

Opening special conference marking Immigration and Absorption Week, Bennett tells Ynet that alongside efforts to encourage Aliyah, Jerusalem must strengthen ties to diaspora worldwide and help fight rampant racism and anti-Semitism

Sivan Hilaie , 12:20, 10.11.21

Bruchim Haba'im! Aliyah is up 31% in 2021

As pandemic-induced international travel restrictions are gradually eased the globe over, some 20,360 Jewish immigrants have landed at Ben Gurion Airport from January through September with the aim of starting a new life in the Holy Land

i24NEWS , 17:25, 10.10.21

Blinken shares how stepfather took on Soviet denial of Babi Yar massacre

On 80th anniversary of Nazi massacre of 34,000 in Kyiv, top U.S. diplomat recounts how stepfather Samuel Pisar initiated a visit to the site during a meeting with Soviet officials in 1971

i24NEWS , 23:01, 10.07.21

Germany puts 100-year-old on trial for Nazi crimes

Josef Schuetz, stands accused of 'knowingly and willingly' assisting in the murder by gas of 3,518 prisoners at the Sachsenhausen camp during the Holocaust and aiding and abetting the execution of Soviet prisoners of war

AFP , 14:00, 10.07.21

German hotel workers probed after singer's anti-Semitism claim

Prosecutors examine accusations against hotel employees in Leipzig, after Gil Ofarim claimed in a video the two employees asked him to 'put away' his Star of David pendant

AFP , 11:44, 10.07.21

Presidents of Israel, Germany and Ukraine attend Babi Yar 80th anniversary memorial in Kyiv

Herzog says no more awful act of murder than massacre of 80 years ago killing tens of thousands, says 'commemoration and remembrance are vital for the whole of humanity, against evil, cruelty, and apathy'

Associated Press , 21:56, 10.06.21

Artist' Crystal Wall of Crying' commemorates Jews killed in Babi Yar massacre

A symbolic extension of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, the art piece to be unveiled as part of a series of events marking the 80th anniversary since Nazi troops gunned down nearly 34,000 Jews at the wooded ravine near Kyiv

Reuters , 21:06, 10.06.21

Germany expands pensions to more Holocaust survivors

Nearly 76 years after the end of World War II, several thousand survivors, including survivors of the siege of Leningrad and of Nazi persecution in Romania, will now receive 375-euro monthly payments

Associated Press , 10:23, 10.06.21

'No expiry date' for justice, says key lawyer on twilight Nazi trials

Long-term prosecutor and later judge Thomas Walther has dedicated his retirement years to bringing justice, even if late, to victims of the Holocaust and their descendants

AFP , 09:37, 10.06.21

Ukrainians unearth hiding places of Jews in city sewers during Holocaust

Under the city of Lviv, home to once-bustling Jewish community, research team discovers cave believed to have been used by Jews fleeing the ghetto and a chamber filled with artifacts believed to have been used by the hiding families

Reuters , 22:49, 10.05.21

EU unveils strategy to tackle rising anti-Semitism in Europe

Under the plan, continental bloc will fund Europe-wide network to help remove online hate speech and better protect public spaces and places of worship to help Jewish people feel safer

Associated Press , 22:13, 10.05.21

Jewish group decries German hotel that told singer to cover Star of David

Gil Ofarim, who lives in Germany, shares video on Instagram showing him in front of the Westin hotel in Leipzig and saying employee asked him to put away his necklace in order to check into the hotel

Associated Press , 21:31, 10.05.21

Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Auschwitz-Birkenau site

Police survey video footage of incident, dubbed 'an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history', for vandals who defaced memorial site

Reuters , 21:11, 10.05.21

Herzog heads to Ukraine for 'Babi Yar' massacre anniversary

President is set to fly to Kiev and meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to mark 80 years since more than 33,000 people, most of them Jews, were killed at the ravine outside then Nazi-occupied Kiev

AFP , 13:03, 10.05.21

U.S. jury convicts leader of neo-Nazi campaign to threaten Jews, journalists

Kaleb Cole is charged with conspiracy, mailing threatening communications and interfering with federally protected activity for sending swastika-laden posters to ADL members and reporters in 3 states on behalf of Atomwaffen Division hate group

Associated Press , 10:40, 09.30.21

California man to be sentenced for fatal synagogue attack

John T. Earnest, former nursing student, will be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for bursting into synagogue on Passover in 2019 with a semiautomatic rifle and killing one worshipper and injuring three others

Assoicated Press , 08:19, 09.30.21

Ukraine marks 80th anniversary of mass shootings in Kyiv's Babyn Yar

Over two days in September 1941, Nazi troops and their collaborators gunned down nearly 34,000 Jewish men, women and children in one of the Holocaust's single biggest massacres of Jews

Reuters , 12:12, 09.29.21

2 men charged with hate crime in May attack on LA Jewish diners

Suspects indicted on felony counts of assault for anti-Semitic attack coming during spate of incidents targeting Jews globally amid conflict between Israel, Gaza terror groups

i24NEWS , 13:32, 09.23.21

Ukraine passes law banning anti-Semitism

Bill defines anti-Semitism as hatred of Jews, stating its manifestation can be directed at Jews as well as their property, religious buildings or communities; though no punishments are listed, victims can claim compensation for material and moral damage

Reuters , 17:03, 09.22.21

Four charged with 'anti-Semitic abuse' during London protest

London's Metropolitan Police say the men, all from Blackburn, were charged with 'using threatening, abusive or insulting words' after they had been caught on camera threatening to rape Jewish women during pro-Palestinian rally in May

AFP , 17:08, 09.20.21

Jews redeem firstborn son in ancient ceremony

Family and friends gather for a festive meal, dressed in their finest attire and adorning the baby with jewelry to celebrate tradition hearkening back to the biblical exodus from Egypt

Associated Press , 11:22, 09.20.21

The Netherlands unveils its first national Holocaust monument

Memorial, situated in heart of Dutch capital, lists names of 102,000 Jewish, Roma and Sinti victims of Nazis; designer says memorial serves as 'warning to us all what can happen in so-called civilized societies'

Reuters , 17:17, 09.19.21

Making art of Holocaust education

Global Mural Project by Artists 4 Israel honors late Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who risked his life to save Jews during WWII and brings his educational stories straight to the people of Portugal's Vila Nova de Gaia

Mike Wagenheim/The Media Line , 13:51, 09.18.21

Four held over foiled 'Islamist' attack on German synagogue

State premier of the of Hagen says 'Islamist motivated attack was averted' on Wednesday, the eve of Yom Kippur; Syrian teen was among 4 people detained; 2 years ago gunman attacked a German synagogues in Halle on Yom Kippur

AFP , 20:15, 09.16.21

Jewish leaders bury remains found in former Warsaw ghetto

Bones discovered in district that was largely Jewish before Nazi occupation of Poland; 'After nearly 80 years this unknown person got his dignity back,' says head of city's Jewish community

Reuters , 22:08, 09.14.21

Ida Nudel, former refusenik and idol of Soviet Jewry, dies at 90

Zionist activist who became the most famous female member of the movement in the USSR, struggled for nearly 16 years to immigrate to Israel, suffering routine arrests and winning support of many public figures, such as Jane Fonda

Yaron Druckman , 15:12, 09.14.21

Bahrain's Jews worship in public for first time in decades

Following normalization agreements with Israel, community leader Ebrahim Nonoo says he is now bringing Jewish traditions into plain view after flock of several dozen had been worshipping in private since 1947

AFP , 12:32, 09.14.21