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Israeli President Isaac Herzog writes the final letter to in a Torah initiated by Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky, April 2024 in Jerusalem. (Courtesy Israeli president's office)
Israeli president adds final letter to wartime Torah for Ukrainian Jews initiated by Zelensky
By Marcel Gascón Barberá - JTA
The Torah, which will be brought back to Ukraine in the coming months and placed in one of the synagogues in the country’s capital, was an initiative of Kyiv’s chief rabbi.
Post-7/10 trauma: ‘Suddenly they are flooded with pain’
By Nicole Lampert
Young activists campaigning for refugees (Credit Rene Cassin)
October 2, 2023, 10:01 am
Jewish human rights charity protests about Europe Convention exit threat by Tories
Mia Hasenson-Gross, executive director of René Cassin, reminds Greg Hands MP the European Convention on Human Rights was 'drawn up by the United Nations as a response to the horrors of the Holocaust'
By Lee Harpin
Grant Shapps gives speech in Manchester
October 1, 2023, 4:37 pm
Grant Shapps tells Tory Party conference of ‘ancestors’ escape from pogroms
In his first major speech as defence secretary Shapps, who is Jewish, said decision he made with wife to bring Ukrainian family into their home was 'partly' due to the pogroms
By Lee Harpin
Musician Roger Waters planned to write “Dirty kyke” on an inflatable pig at his concerts and spray audiences with confetti in the shape of swastikas and Stars of David.
September 27, 2023, 6:00 pm
Roger Waters email reveals he wanted to write ‘Dirty kyke’ on inflatable pig
The musician also planned for his audience to be “bombed” with swastika and Star of David-shaped confetti, a new documentary produced by Campaign Against Antisemitism reveals.
By Richard Ferrer
Credit: JewishGen
September 27, 2023, 3:12 pm
Kent synagogue raises over £8,000 to improve security after burial ground attack
Chatham Memorial Synagogue began its most recent appeal last month after vandals knocked over and smashed several headstones in the attached cemetery. 
By Fergal Jeffreys
Palestine protest outside Downing Street in Whitehall timed to raise the issue during the G7 Summit. The people oppose Israel's latest plans to move Palestinian residents of Jerusalem and the resulting conflict that has arisen in the region. The protest was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK, CND, Stop the War and Friends of Al Aqsa. Credit: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News
September 27, 2023, 10:57 am
Survey: 73% of UK Jews felt held responsible ‘in some way’ by non-Jews for Gaza conflict
248 Palestinians were killed by Israel during 2021 conflict, including 129 civilians, 66 of whom were children, according to UN estimates.13 civilians were killed on the Israeli side.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Elon Musk. (SOPA Images/Design by Grace Yagel)
September 27, 2023, 10:06 am
More than 120 Jewish activists call on advertisers and app stores to drop Twitter/X
“We have watched in horror as a new stage in antisemitic discourse has spread like wildfire on one of America’s largest social media networks,” the activist say.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Yaroslav Hunka, right, waits for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Several Jewish advocacy organizations condemned members of Parliament on Sunday for giving a standing ovation to a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War. Credit: The Canadian Press/Alamy Live News
September 27, 2023, 9:10 am
Speaker of Canadian parliament resigns after applauding ex-Nazi soldier
98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a former volunteer fighter in a Waffen SS unit, was applauded as a "hero" in the Canadian parliament.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
An aerial view of the palace in Köthen, Germany. (Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, Henrik Bollmann/Wikimedia Commons)
September 27, 2023, 8:57 am
Study shows right-wing extremist attitudes on the rise in Germany
A new survey indicates that 8% of people in Germany have a right-wing extremist worldview, up from 2-3% in previous years.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
A Golden Globe trophy in 2019. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
September 27, 2023, 8:52 am
Golden Globes expels Egyptian member who tweeted about Zionist ‘stronghold’ in Hollywood
Film critic Howaida Hamdy allegedly tweeted in Arabic: “Hollywood is the Zionists’ stronghold”
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
The orthodox Jewish group of Rosh Yehudi sets up a gender divider, amongst protests, during a public prayer on Dizengoff Square for Yom Kippur. September 24, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90 *** Local Caption *** יום כיפור כיפורים כיכר דיזנגוף הפרדה ראש יהודי תל אביב
September 26, 2023, 11:32 am
Secular and Orthodox Israelis clash over enforced public gender segregation in Tel Aviv
The Supreme Court upheld a ruling by Tel Aviv municipality, banning gender-segregated prayers in public places in the city. Police, however, failed to adequately enforce the ban.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, receives a standing ovation after addressing the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, September 22, 2023 in Ottawa, Canada. Credit: Ukraine Presidency/Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/Alamy Live News
September 26, 2023, 10:14 am
Canadian PM lambasts ‘deeply embarrassing’ standing ovation for ex-Nazi soldier
98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a former volunteer fighter in a Waffen SS unit, was applauded as a "hero" in the Canadian parliament.
By JN Reporter
A still from a since-deleted X/Twitter ad campaign in which a tweet criticizing Elon Musk for "blaming it all on the Jews" can be seen, Sept. 21, 2023. (Screenshot via Twitter)
September 26, 2023, 9:17 am
X made an ad for itself — and showcased a post pillorying Musk for ‘blaming it all on the Jews’
“Twitter’s value has fallen by at least 50%, and Elon is blaming it all on the Jews,” the post said.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
A view of an opening event for the Vilnius 700th anniversary events in the Lithuanian capital, Jan. 25, 2023. (Gabriel Khiterer)
September 26, 2023, 9:13 am
Vilnius is celebrating its 700th anniversary. Lithuanian Jews are commemorating a darker one
Starting in the early 19th century, Vilnius was one of the most important Jewish centres in the world, known as the Jerusalem of the North.
By Emily Tamkin (JTA)
19 September 2023, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Jamel: Sven Krüger (l), a right-wing extremist known throughout Germany, is accompanied by a police officer during a search operation on his property. Federal Interior Minister Faeser has banned the right-wing extremist association "Hammerskins Germany" as well as its regional offshoots and the sub-organization "Crew 38". According to the ministry, police task forces searched the homes of 28 suspected members of the association in ten German states in the early morning. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa (Photo by Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)
September 21, 2023, 10:51 am
Germany bans neo-Nazi group to send ‘signal against racism and antisemitism’
The Hammerskins, a local spinoff of a group founded in the United States in the late 1980s, are accused of promoting criminal activities and of opposing the German constitution.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Undated handout photo issued by Noonans of a Distinguished Flying Cross, a second award bar, a British War Medal, and an American First World War Victory Medal that were awarded to Captain Solomon Clifford Joseph in the final months of the war in 1918 is to be sold by a private collector by Noonans Mayfair on October 13, with an estimate of between £15,000 and £18,000. Cpt Joseph was the highest-scoring Jewish ace of the conflict and the only one to hail from Birmingham, with at least 13 aerial victories attributed to him. Issue date: Thursday September 21, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story SALE Medals. Photo credit should read: Noonans/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
September 21, 2023, 10:46 am
Medals of First World War flying ace to be auctioned
Captain Solomon Clifford Joseph was the highest-scoring Jewish ace of the conflict and the only one to hail from Birmingham, with at least 13 aerial victories attributed to him.
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