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‘We are united’: NYC Jewish, Muslim community members commemorate Auschwitz liberation

“The memory of the Holocaust reminds us that the seeds of hatred must be confronted wherever they appear,” CAM Chief Government Affairs Officer Lisa Katz said.

 Elon Musk is seen on a large screen

Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer

The threat AfD poses to Jews goes beyond rhetoric. If the party’s ideas on animal protection were to become law, it would become very difficult to keep kosher in Germany.

By JOSHUA SCHULTHEIS/JTA
29/01/2025

Auschwitz through Jewish eyes: Lessons and reflections on memory

Reporters Notebook | Auschwitz through the eyes of Jews eight decades later.

Behind the gate leading nowhere: The 'Alliance' as a monument to Napoleonic genius

The gate that goes nowhere is somehow a monument to the Napoleonic genius of the man who enabled the emancipation of the Jews.

Enough promises: Unleash the law in the fight against antisemitism

Today, pro-forma condemnations of antisemitism, while welcome, are entirely meaningless in the absence of urgent and tangible action.

By RICHARD MARCEAU , ARSEN OSTROVSKY
24/01/2025

SA Chief Rabbi invites counter-terror task force to South Africa

Rabbi Warren Goldstein: “There is a growing terror threat from Iran against Jews worldwide, and the task force’s work in South Africa will assist all diaspora communities.”

 Javier Milei at the Western Wall, February 6, 2024

Argentina’s President Javier Milei wins 2025 'Jewish Nobel Prize'

Genesis Prize Chairman Stan Polovets praised Milei’s support for Israel, achievements in reforming Argentina’s economy, and pursuit of justice for AMIA terror victims.

Antisemitic attacks targeting two Sydney synagogues, Jewish property leaves community outraged

A wave of antisemitic vandalism in Australia, including an attempted synagogue arson, has alarmed the Jewish community.

Tributes flow for leading Zionist ally

South African community leader, JPost and Jewish National Fund-USA “Top 25 Young ViZionaries honoree” mourned by thousands of Zionists worldwide.

By JNF-USA
09/01/2025
 Mourners accompany a hearse bearing the body of Rabbi Jacob Joseph on the Lower East Side

The Lower East Side anti-Jewish riot that changed the way Jews do politics

In 1902, an anti-Jewish riot at a rabbi's funeral in NYC left 196 mourners injured but sparked a wave of Jewish political activism, setting a precedent for organized resistance against antisemitism.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
05/01/2025
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