Belgian carnival float features puppets of grinning Jews, a rat and money bags
by Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — Participants in a street celebration in the Belgian city of Aalst paraded giant puppets of Orthodox Jews and a rat…
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Jewish Agency’s Isaac Herzog blames ‘killing fields of social media’ for rising anti-Semitism
by Sam Sokol JERUSALEM (JTA) — Social media are spreading anti-Semitism, Jewish Agency chief Isaac Herzog told American Jewish leaders meeting here, and are “a…
Roma, the Mexico City setting of Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar frontrunner, used to be a Jewish neighborhood
by Alan Grabinsky MEXICO CITY (JTA) — Alfonso Cuaron’s film “Roma” has already won two Golden Globes, and many think it will be the first…
Malaysia Stripped Of Hosting World Para Swimming Championships
(January 27, 2019) – Thanks to a mounting worldwide campaign, including a petition from B’nai Brith Canada that garnered over 1,500 signatures, the International Paralympic…
Right-wing killings eclipsed all other extremist-related murders in 2018. The numbers don’t lie.
by Jonathan A. Greenblatt NEW YORK (JTA) — Every year, extremism takes a deadly toll around the world. No region is immune — not the…