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Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu laughs 05 June 1996 in Jerusalem during Likud party meeting, to discuss the new coalition government. (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

[Photo] How a once-cautious Benjamin Netanyahu came to lead the most radical coalition in Israel’s history

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Published March 24, 2023
Chile’s Jews feel under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment, so they’re backing a far-right presidential candidate

[Photo] Chile’s Jews feel under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment, so they’re backing a far-right presidential candidate

Published November 23, 2021
How a determined Jewish community helped bring home Danny Fenster, the journalist imprisoned in Myanmar

[Photo] How a determined Jewish community helped bring home Danny Fenster, the journalist imprisoned in Myanmar

Published November 23, 2021
Justus Rosenberg, professor and last surviving member of group that smuggled intellectuals out of Nazi-held Europe, has died at 100

[Photo] Justus Rosenberg, last surviving member of World War II resistance group, has died at 100

Published November 22, 2021
1 Israeli killed and 4 injured after Hamas assailant opens fire in Jerusalem’s Old City

[Photo] 1 Israeli killed and 4 injured after Hamas assailant opens fire in Jerusalem’s Old City

Published November 21, 2021
In Charlottesville, a trial of the far right has created a platform for antisemitism and hate

[Photo] In Charlottesville, a trial of the far right has created a platform for antisemitism and hate

Published November 18, 2021
Gold medalist Linoy Ashram reflects on her Olympic whirlwind — and becoming an Israeli icon

[Photo] Gold medalist Linoy Ashram reflects on her Olympic whirlwind — and becoming an Israeli icon

Published November 18, 2021
Romania makes Holocaust education mandatory in all high schools

[Photo] Romania makes Holocaust education mandatory in all high schools

Published November 17, 2021
French lawmaker says Jewish far-right leader Éric Zemmour is part of the country’s antisemitism problem

[Photo] French lawmaker says Jewish far-right leader Éric Zemmour is part of the country’s antisemitism problem

Published November 10, 2021
Warming relations between Israel and Arab countries creates new application for Aravrit, script that combines Hebrew and Arabic

[Photo] Warming relations between Israel and Arab countries creates new application for Aravrit, script that combines Hebrew and Arabic

Published October 31, 2021
Sunrise DC apologizes ‘unequivocally’ for singling out Jewish groups but still denounces Zionism

[Photo] Sunrise DC apologizes ‘unequivocally’ for singling out Jewish groups but still denounces Zionism

Published October 25, 2021
French court acquits imam of incitement charges for quoting text commanding Muslims to kill Jews

[Photo] French court acquits imam of incitement charges for quoting text commanding Muslims to kill Jews

Published September 17, 2021
Hundreds of pilgrims to Uman found to have forged negative COVID tests

[Photo] Hundreds of pilgrims to Uman found to have forged negative COVID tests

Published September 12, 2021
Hurricane Ida destroys one-time Jewish family’s residence that was Louis Armstrong’s ‘second home’

[Photo] Hurricane Ida destroys one-time Jewish family’s residence that was Louis Armstrong’s ‘second home’

Published August 31, 2021
Israeli Supreme Court rules that Jews of Morocco are ineligible for Holocaust compensation

[Photo] Israeli Supreme Court rules that Jews of Morocco are ineligible for Holocaust compensation

Asaf Shalev, JTA
Published August 27, 2021
Jewish humanitarian groups step in, or try to, as crises unfold in Haiti and Afghanistan

[Photo] Jewish humanitarian groups step in, or try to, as crises unfold in Haiti and Afghanistan

Published August 16, 2021
Poland officially approves law that limits Holocaust restitution claims, sparking global Jewish outrage

[Photo] Poland officially approves law that limits Holocaust restitution claims, sparking global Jewish outrage

Published August 15, 2021
5 states are considering sanctions on Ben & Jerry’s after West Bank pullout

[Photo] Illinois among states considering sanctions on Ben & Jerry’s after West Bank pullout

Published July 23, 2021
Algerian judoka quits Olympics to avoid Israeli opponent

[Photo] Algerian judoka quits Olympics to avoid Israeli opponent

Published July 23, 2021
Canada will spend $5M to strengthen security at Jewish institutions, Justin Trudeau tells anti-Semitism summit

[Photo] Canada will spend $5M to strengthen security at Jewish institutions, Justin Trudeau tells anti-Semitism summit

Published July 22, 2021
Exaggerated pop-culture Holocaust stories make it hard for educators like me to teach the truth

[Photo] Misinformed pop-culture Holocaust stories make it hard for educators like me to teach the truth

Published July 21, 2021
AIPAC-affiliated congressional trips to Israel set for August delayed over Delta variant concerns

[Photo] AIPAC-affiliated congressional trips to Israel set for August delayed over Delta variant concerns

Published July 21, 2021
3 Jewish filmmakers were arrested in Nigeria, accused of working with rebels. Their families say they were just donating a Torah scroll.

[Photo] 3 Jewish filmmakers were arrested in Nigeria, accused of working with rebels. Their families say they were just donating a Torah scroll.

Published July 15, 2021
The ancestry of a Jewish refugee’s son is at the heart of a major political crisis in Congo

[Photo] The ancestry of a Jewish refugee’s son is at the heart of a major political crisis in Congo

Published July 14, 2021
Israel becomes first country to offer a 3rd COVID vaccine dose

[Photo] Israel becomes first country to offer a 3rd COVID vaccine dose

Published July 12, 2021
Auschwitz Museum says Lauren Boebert’s tweet about vaccines shows ‘moral and intellectual decline’

[Photo] Auschwitz Museum says Lauren Boebert’s tweet about vaccines shows ‘moral and intellectual decline’

Published July 13, 2021
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[Photo] Rep. Lauren Boebert says Biden’s COVID vaccine staff are ‘Needle Nazis’

Published July 8, 2021
Florida searchers tell families there are no survivors, report says

[Photo] Florida searchers tell families there are no survivors, report says

Published July 7, 2021
Less than 3 years after Tree of Life shooting, GOP-led Pennsylvania legislature eliminates nonprofit security funding

[Photo] Less than 3 years after Tree of Life shooting, Pennsylvania legislature eliminates nonprofit security funding

Published July 7, 2021
Jewish girl praying for missing parent moves Surfside mayor: ‘I am going to find her’

[Photo] Jewish girl praying for missing parent moves Surfside mayor: ‘I am going to find her’

Published July 1, 2021
Jewish communities mobilize in response to building collapse in Florida Orthodox enclave

[Photo] Jewish communities mobilize in response to building collapse in Florida Orthodox enclave

Published June 25, 2021
Honduras opens embassy in Jerusalem, becoming 4th country to make the move

[Photo] Honduras opens embassy in Jerusalem, becoming 4th country to make the move

JTA STAFF
Published June 24, 2021
As an American, I didn’t think I’d be afraid to be Jewish in France. But I am.

[Photo] As an American, I didn’t think I’d be afraid to be Jewish in France. But I am.

Published June 22, 2021
Journalist who vandalized Warsaw Ghetto wall is teaching British teachers about antisemitism

[Photo] Journalist who vandalized Warsaw Ghetto wall is teaching British teachers about antisemitism

Published June 9, 2021
Death toll rises to 6 Israelis, 55 Palestinians in Palestinian-Israeli conflagration

[Photo] Death toll rises to 6 Israelis, 55 Palestinians in Palestinian-Israeli conflagration

Published May 12, 2021
TikTok and Twitter videos bring images of Israel-Gaza conflict home to American Jews

[Photo] TikTok and Twitter videos bring images of Israel-Gaza conflict home to American Jews

Published May 11, 2021
Biden’s first meeting as president with an Israeli leader is with Mossad chief

[Photo] Biden’s first meeting as president with an Israeli leader is with Mossad chief

JTA STAFF
Published May 3, 2021
Even with COVID-19 lockdowns, antisemitic incidents rise to record level in Austria

Despite COVID-19 lockdowns, antisemitic incidents rise to record level in Austria

Warsaw unveils monument to secret underground archive that documented the Holocaust’s horror

As it did decades ago, Northern Ireland’s Jewish community looks to weather the storm of violence on the streets of Belfast

Ancient synagogue in Libya being turned into Islamic center, Jewish group says

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