Jews & Anti-Semitism

Academics & Education

Keffiyeh-wearing kindergarten teachers create hostile environment at Toronto school Symbols of violent resistance against Israeli Jews were prominently displayed in the school's foyer, with the tacit approval of administrators

May 17, 2025   

(National Post) Problems with political activism and antisemitism seeping into Canadian schools came to the fore last fall after Toronto students were taken to a rally against environmental contamination on an Indigenous reserve that quickly descended into an anti-Israel hate-fest. But this […]

Academics & Education

Leeds student group reported to police after calling for ‘armed resistance’ Exclusive: Group called leedsstudents4palestine urges ‘global siege’ and praises ‘heroic resistance’ against 'Zionist genocidal project'

May 9, 2025   

(Jewish News) A hardline student group in Leeds has openly backed “armed resistance” and urged supporters to lay siege to offices linked to what it calls the “Zionist genocidal project.” In a shocking Instagram post still live at time of writing, leedsstudents4palestine […]

Academics & Education

Mohsen Mahdawi, in deportation battle with Trump admin, bragged to neighbors about building guns for terrorists According to a 2015 police report and locals who spoke with the Free Beacon, the Columbia University activist said he 'like[d] to kill Jews'

May 7, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A Palestinian activist at Columbia University spooked neighbors in his small Vermont town by bragging about his hatred of Jews and his background of building weapons for terrorist groups, according to interviews and 2015 police records obtained by the Washington […]

Government & Politics

Government working tirelessly to ensure safety of UK Jews, says minister after Iranian arrests Jewish News understands there have been security fears recently for Iranian dissidents in this country who have expressed opposition to the regime in Tehran and support for Israel

May 7, 2025   

(Jewish News) Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has given a “categorical assurance” that the government will work “tirelessly” with the Community Security Trust and other communal organisations to ensure the safety of Britain’s Jews. Jarvis made the pledge after giving an update […]

Interfaith

Iranian arrested in UK over terror plot ‘very well connected’ to Tehran regime — report The suspect's family reportedly holds major businesses in the Islamic Republic, with the source saying he was 'very well connected.'

May 6, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) One of the Iranian nationals arrested in the UK on suspicion of planning a terror attack has close ties to the Iranian regime, the Telegraph reported on [Monday], citing Iranian sources in the UK. The suspect’s family reportedly holds major […]

Gender Separation

Pro-Gaza candidate who backed segregated spaces for Muslims wins local election seat Maheen Kamran, 18, has been elected as a councillor for Burnley Central East after being inspired by the Gaza war to enter politics

May 2, 2025   

(Jewish News) A pro-Gaza independent candidate who called for segregated areas to end the mixing of Muslim men and women has triumphed in a local election in Burnley, Lancashire. Maheen Kamran was elected as a councillor for Burnley Central East with 1,357 votes on […]

Academics & Education

Harvard Law Review gives $65,000 fellowship to anti-Israel student charged with assault Ibrahim Bharmal will work at Council on American-Islamic Relations, write article

May 1, 2025   

(Editors) Harvard Law Review, which the federal secretary of education announced this week is the subject of a discrimination investigation, is awarding a $65,000 fellowship to the student who faced misdemeanor criminal charges for assaulting a Jewish student during an anti-Israel campus protest. […]

Government & Politics

Belgian MP Sam van Rooy: ‘Europe must wake up to the threat of radical Islam’ 'Israel is fighting Islamic jihad more than any other country. We should realize that and support them. After they take Jerusalem, the next target will be Rome.'

April 30, 2025   

(JNS) Belgian Member of Parliament Sam van Rooy issued a stark warning on Monday about the future of Europe, arguing that rising Islamic extremism and unchecked immigration are threatening democratic values across the continent. “We want to remain a democratic society, but […]

Academics & Education

Harvard students ordered to enter pretrial diversion program over assault of Israeli classmate Ibrahim Bharmal and Elom Tettey-Tamaklo were filmed accosting a Jewish classmate

April 28, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The two Harvard University students who faced criminal charges for assaulting an Israeli classmate during an anti-Israel “die-in” protest will take an in-person anger management class and perform 80 hours of community service as part of a pretrial diversion program, […]

Clothing

‘Outrageous,’ says Chicago Jewish Alliance of city’s mayor wearing keffiyeh 'The keffiyeh isn’t just a cultural symbol. Not anymore,' the organization wrote. 'It’s a flag of war.'

April 24, 2025   

(JNS) The Chicago Jewish Alliance denounced Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday after the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations posted a photo of him wearing a keffiyeh to celebrate Arab Heritage Month. “This is outrageous,” the alliance wrote. “For […]

Academics & Education

Yale derecognizes Students for Justice in Palestine chapter after group blocks Jewish students’ access to parts of campus The Ivy League university also promised that student agitators would face 'immediate disciplinary action'

April 23, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Yale University stripped the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter, Yalies4Palestine, of its status as a recognized student group on Wednesday after it established a short-lived encampment. The decision may give insight into how Yale president Maurie McInnis, […]

Academics & Education

Dem senator visits detained Columbia activist who said he ‘can empathize’ with Hamas’s decision to massacre Jews 'I'm here with our friend from the Upper Valley,' Peter Welch tells Mohsen Mahdawi

April 22, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) Sen. Peter Welch (D., Vt.) visited detained Columbia University activist Mohsen Mahdawi on Monday, calling him a “friend” and praising his work with “Jewish brothers and sisters” on Columbia’s campus. In the wake of Oct. 7, Mahdawi said he could […]

Christians

Belgium’s Easter Quran hunt leads to police investigation Distressed residents woke up to 800 copies of the Muslim holy book placed on their windshields and mailboxes on Easter weekend.

April 22, 2025   

(European Conservative) The residents of the Belgian city of Liège woke up to quite a surprise over the weekend, hardly left by the Easter bunny: hundreds of pocket-sized, French-language Qurans had been distributed throughout multiple neighborhoods by unknown activists. Concerned locals believe […]

Employment

DHS official who openly cheered Hamas fired after 16 months of paid leave The Biden admin refused to fire a former PLO employee in charge of vetting migrants who celebrated October 7.

April 17, 2025   

(Daily Wire) Nejwa Ali, a former spokeswoman for the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) who the Department of Homeland Security hired and put in charge of vetting asylum seekers, was fired by the Trump administration in February after the Biden administration declined to […]

Crime

Palestinian sentenced to jail in Germany after assaulting Munich massacre victim’s relative Mustafa A., a Palestinian student in Berlin, convicted of punching and kicking Lahav Shapira — the grandson of one of the 1972 Munich Olympics terror attack victims

April 17, 2025   

(Ynet) A German court on Thursday sentenced a Palestinian student, identified as Mustafa A., to three years in prison for the antisemitic assault of Lahav Shapira, the grandson of Amitzur Shapira — one of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists […]

Academics & Education

Harvard Law publishes fond reminiscence from student facing criminal charges for assaulting Jewish classmate 'As I look to the future, I do so with a full heart and a clear mind,' Ibrahim Bharmal writes in blog post featured on HLS website

April 15, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Harvard Law School published a blog post from one of the students facing criminal charges for assaulting an Israeli classmate. The post, from Harvard Law Review editor Ibrahim Bharmal, features Bharmal’s praise for something called the “Crimmigration Clinic,” a law […]

Academics & Education

Northwestern vandals spray-paint Hamas triangles, ‘Intifada Now’ on campus building housing Holocaust center The university's president promises to suspend any students involved in the incident, which took place during Passover

April 15, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Anti-Semitic vandals used red paint to write “Death to Israel” and draw Hamas triangles on a Northwestern University building that houses the school’s Holocaust center as Jewish students observe Passover. Unity of Fields, a self-described “militant front against the US-NATO-zionist […]

Crime

London cop who worked in hate crimes unit sacked for antisemitic posts after Oct. 7 One of the images showed Hitler morphing into Netanyahu amid other ‘antisemitic and grossly offensive’ posts to Instagram in the wake of Hamas onslaught

April 14, 2025   

(Times of Israel) A London police officer has been sacked for posting “antisemitic and grossly offensive” messages on Instagram in the wake of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, police announced Friday. One of DC Ibrahim Khan’s posts contained an image of Nazi […]

Academics & Education

No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found An internal memo, prepared days before Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE agents, raises doubts about the Trump administration’s claims that she supports Hamas.

April 13, 2025   

(Washington Post) Days before masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to deport her, the State Department determined that the Trump administration had not produced any evidence showing that she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public […]

Clerics & Preachers

‘Look how devilish the Jews are’: Biden DHS approved grant to Florida mosque tied to prominent anti-Semites Cleric featured in promotional video for the Deen Center claimed 'the Jews ... control the whole world by the money'

April 11, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The Department of Homeland Security recently awarded anti-terrorism grants to a Florida mosque linked to pro-terror Islamic clerics, 9/11 conspiracy theorists, and an anti-Semitic pastor who claims “the Jews” conduct “secret rituals” at holy sites in Jerusalem. DHS gave nearly […]

Academics & Education

CAIR seeks to block Columbia University from submitting SJP-related protest records to Congress The Ivy League school appears to be withholding information from federal lawmakers as a result of CAIR's suit

April 10, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The Council on American-Islamic Relations is seeking to block Columbia University from turning over records to Congress this week related to the pro-Hamas group Students for Justice in Palestine’s activities on campus, court filings reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon […]

Government & Politics

GOP Rep. Randy Fine, the newest Jewish congressman, calls Rashida Tlaib a ‘terrorist’ 'I think some of these people should not be in Congress. I think they’re a disgrace. I think some of them shouldn’t be Americans,' the Florida representative said.

April 9, 2025   

(JTA) Only a week after being sworn into Congress, Jewish Rep. Randy Fine directed his latest inflammatory statement at a Muslim colleague. On a podcast Wednesday, the Florida Republican and self-proclaimed “Hebrew Hammer” called Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib a “terrorist” and said […]

Academics & Education

Northwestern SJP chapter, quoting PFLP terrorists, urges members to ‘build an Intifada’ and ‘destroy amerika’ ‘Feel your fear and channel it into anger,’ student org says during 'Organizing Safety 101' training session

April 9, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Northwestern University’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter held an anarchist training session for its members at which it cited propaganda from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group urging U.S. students to “build an Intifada” and […]

Academics & Education

US to check social media as it seeks to bar non-citizens suspected of antisemitism The scrutiny will apply to foreign students, people applying for green cards — or seeking any other kind of immigration benefit.

April 9, 2025   

(Politico) U.S. authorities will examine the social media of foreigners seeking to enter the country as the Trump administration seeks to bar people it believes have engaged in antisemitic activity, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. DHS will apply the scrutiny […]

Christians

Multifaith community leaders condemn EPIC City probes at North Texas news conference Spokespeople for the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Jewish Voice for Peace, along with a Christian minister, call heightened scrutiny of a Muslim-centric neighborhood evidence of Islamophobia.

April 8, 2025   

(Dallas Morning News) Muslim, Jewish and Christian community leaders gathered for a news conference Tuesday morning to condemn the slew of recent investigations into Muslim-centric neighborhood EPIC City. EPIC City, currently the subject of at least five investigations announced by Texas politicians, […]