Michael Starr

Michael Starr is the Diaspora affairs correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, covering global Jewish affairs, antisemitism, and radical anti-Israel activities.

Previously, Starr was the legal affairs and police affairs correspondent.

Starr is a veteran of the October 7 war and earned a BA in government and diplomacy and an MA in security studies at Reichman University.


Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels as they raid trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on August 9, 2025.

IDF reservist at GHF's aid project: Far from perfect, but not a Gaza 'death trap' - frontlines

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a media briefing during the 58th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 10, 2025.

Rubio: US gov't will designate Muslim Brotherhood a terror org.

Albany, New York

New York man sentenced for firing shotgun outside Albany synagogue during Hanukkah


Three firebombs hurled at Russian synagogue for second arson attack this year

The previous July 10, 2024, attack saw vandals set fire to the synagogue's electrical box

In second arson attack in year, three firebombs hurled at Russian synagogue.

UCLA holds emergency meeting after Trump demands $1b. antisemitism settlement

UC President James Milliken said that the Justice Department had made the proposal to UCLA on Friday, on the heels of the university system’s offer to engage “in good faith dialogue."

 PROTESTERS SUPPORTING Palestinians in Gaza gather at UCLA in May.

Victoria police seek synagogue vandal who threatened revenge against 'child-killing Jew-monsters'

The grey-haired Caucasian man is suspected of scrawling threatening antisemitic messages on a pillar at the entrance of the synagogue on August 2.

Canada's oldest synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El in Victoria, B.C., was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti.

Three arrested for throwing paint, smashing Israeli Hague embassy door

Suspects of the vandalism were arrested by local police.

Smashed door at the Israeli embassy at The Hague.

Montreal police arrest suspect in brutal attack on Jewish father

A 24-year-old has been arrested in relation to the Friday assault of a Jewish father in a park in Montreal.

Jewish father attacked in Montreal Park on August 8, 2025

Chief rabbi criticizes UK gov’t for rewarding Hamas captors with state at London hostage march

Thousands marched in London demanding the release of hostages held by Hamas, as UK Chief Rabbi Mirvis criticized Starmer’s Palestinian state recognition.

 Rev Sir Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth is seen in Lincoln’s Inn Fields with hostage families and supporters as they prepare to march to Downing Streeton August 10, 2025 in London, England.

Jewish LGBTQ groups march in Montreal pride after Zionist ban revoked

There had been two minor incidents that momentarily disrupted the event, with one participant throwing a balloon at a Jewish marcher.

Jewish LGBTQ groups march in Montreal pride after Zionist ban revoked.

WATCH: 'F*k Jews, BDS:' IAC headquarters vandalized with Nazi symbols

This was not the only graffiti in the area, with "F*k Jews, BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions)" scrawled on the Highway 101 freeway entrance, and additional swastikas spotted in the vicinity.

"F*k Jews, BDS" with a swastika grafftied at the Israeli-American Council (IAC) national headquarters.

Greta Thunberg, dozens of ships to reattempt Gaza blockade run

Organizers believe that a maritime route is necessary for its mission to deliver aid, accusing the IDF and Gaza Humanitarian Foundation of restricting land-based deliveries.

 Activists wash the deck of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship 'Handala' as they prepare to sail for Gaza in an attempt to break a long-standing Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Marsa, Malta August 16, 2024.

Canadian leaders condemn beating of Montreal Jewish father in front of children

"The attack on a Jewish father in Montreal late yesterday, in front of his own children, is an appalling act of violence," Canadian Prime MInister Mark Carney said.

 Downtown Montreal as seen from Mount Royal.