(JTA) An imam from the Swedish city of Malmo for the first time confirmed his attendance at the city’s Kristallnacht Holocaust commemoration event. The planned attendance Saturday night of Salahuddin Barakat, founder of Malmo’s Academy of Islam, at Malmo’s synagogue is an […]
(Brussels Times) Nacer Bendrer, already sentenced to 15 years in jail for supplying weapons to the perpetrator of the attack on the Jewish Museum, Mehdi Nemmouche, on Monday received an additional three years for a separate case of illegal arms possession. The […]
(JTA) Rep. Ilhan Omar appeared at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in her home state of Minnesota, offering a strong endorsement that noted his Jewishness. An estimated 10,000 supporters attended the Sunday night event for the Vermont senator at […]
(NY Post) The American Jewish Congress is demanding that Bernie Sanders fire one [of] his top staffers, Linda Sarsour, for “a long history of flagrant anti-Semitism.” Jack Rosen, president of the 101-year-old organization, blasted the Democratic presidential candidate in a scalding letter […]
(JNS) The watchdog group Stopantisemitism.org is calling on the U.S. Department of Education and [Georgia] State University to keep the “terror-affiliated” Council on American-Islamic Relations off U.S. college campuses. “The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an American front group for the terrorist […]
(JTA) Electoral gains by Germany’s strongest far-right party has Jews and Muslims here worried. Winning 23.4 percent of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary election, the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany, or AfD party — propelled by male voters and those under the age […]
(National Post) A voting guide for Canadian Muslims rated federal political leaders on their views on a boycott campaign against Israel and was partly funded by a federal grant, a Jewish advocacy group said Friday. B’nai Brith Canada urged an end to […]
(Age) A Victorian schoolboy has been charged with stalking, harassing and threatening to kill a bullied Jewish schoolboy and the boy’s mother. The 16-year-old is accused of threatening a 12-year-old Jewish boy who was photographed kissing another boy’s shoe in a widely […]
(AP) Muslim groups helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to help Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue recover after a gunman killed 11 people there, one year ago this week. The Jewish congregation mounted its own fundraiser for New Zealand’s Muslims after […]
(JTA) Bernie Sanders was one of only two Democratic presidential candidates to address the Islamic Society of North America convention in August, the largest annual gathering of Muslim Americans in the country. Organizers invited the 10 highest-polling contenders at the time to […]
(JTA) Belgian police arrested a Muslim man who asked passersby on a Brussels street if they were Jewish while holding a knife and shouting about Allah. No one was hurt in the incident last week in Koekelberg, a northwestern neighborhood of the […]
(Times of Israel) A Canadian imam called candidates in the country’s upcoming elections “evil and filthy” supporters of Zionism who approve of homosexuality, warning Muslims they would be judged for their votes. “This voting is a testimony and will be recorded,” Sheikh […]
(Free Beacon) Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) has tapped as his latest 2020 campaign surrogate an American-Palestinian comedian who has defended notorious anti-Semites, accused President Donald Trump of leading “a KKK rally,” and routinely claimed that Israel stole land from the Palestinian […]
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(Times of Israel) A man armed with a knife attempted to run into a synagogue in central Berlin Friday evening, German media reported Saturday. The man, apparently a Syrian refugee, was tackled by security personnel at the entrance to the Neue Synagogue. […]
(Australian Jewish News) Victoria’s Education Minister James Merlino has ordered an “immediate review” into how two Melbourne schools responded to alleged incidents of antisemitic bullying, following yesterday’s exclusive report in the AJN. In a story that has since made international headlines, we […]
(Australian Jewish News) A five-year-old student began wetting himself in class after he was subjected to antisemitic bullying over the course of four months, while a 12-year-old student was forced to kiss the feet of a Muslim child and was physically assaulted. […]
(Local) The leader of Sweden’s Centre Party has said she “regrets” a party vote to work for a ban on non-medical circumcision, after Jewish and Muslim groups criticized the decision. What happened? Sweden’s Centre Party voted in favour of banning circumcision (omskärelse) […]
(Deutsche Welle) A Palestinian rally set to take place Wednesday in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate has caused a diplomatic storm as both the Israeli and US ambassadors to Germany called for a performance by Palestinian rappers Shadi Al-Bourini and Shadi Al-Najjar to be […]
(NY Post) Pressure is mounting on Sen. Bernie Sanders to cut ties with longtime campaign surrogate Linda Sarsour, with critics such as Manhattan billionaire Ronald Lauder citing her long history of anti-Semitic comments. “Linda Sarsour is a virulent anti-Semite who has publicly […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) on Friday came to the defense of an anti-Israel activist voted off the Women’s March board earlier in the week, telling her, “we have the truth on our side.” Tlaib took to Twitter to defend […]
(AP) The Trump administration is threatening to cut funding for a Middle East studies program run by the University of North Carolina and Duke University, arguing that it’s misusing a federal grant to advance “ideological priorities” and unfairly promote “the positive aspects […]
(Free Beacon) Zahra Billoo, who has been outspoken about her hatred of Israel and Memorial Day, was voted off the board of the Women’s March Wednesday night after serving only two days. Billoo, the executive director of the San Francisco Bay Area […]
(CBC) Sameer Zuberi, a Montreal activist who has been outspoken against Islamophobia in the province, has been nominated as the Liberal [candidate] for Pierrefonds-Dollard. Until July, Zuberi was the diversity and engagement officer for McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine, according to LinkedIn. […]
(Washington Post) The Women’s March is replacing three inaugural board members who have been dogged by accusations of anti-Semitism, infighting and financial mismanagement — controversies some say have slowed the organization’s progress and diminished its impact. Co-Chairs Bob Bland, Tamika Mallory and […]
(Deutsche Welle) Although the site is remote, it has plenty of symbolism: Beginning this Sunday, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from some 15 countries will meet in the southern Italian city of Matera, one of Europe’s 2019 cultural capitals, to take part […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) said on Sunday that a United States-led institution of the Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment movement against Israel is the “kind of pressure” that will lead to a “peaceful process” in the region. CBS’s Face the […]
(JTA) A Dutch man charged with the attempted manslaughter of a Jewish father and son said he forgot why he stabbed them. During the first hearing in the case, the victims asked the judge to consider a religious or racist motive, which […]
(Detroit Free Press) A Bloomfield church is canceling an anti-Muslim event scheduled for Wednesday’s 9/11 anniversary after facing condemnation from Michigan representatives and organizations. Bloomfield Hills Baptist Church announced in a one-sentence email that it will cancel the two-day “9/11 forgotten? Is Michigan surrendering […]
(Daily Caller) In a new ad for Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, activist Linda Sarsour appears. Sarsour has previously been criticized for allegedly anti-Semitic comments. Specifically, she has been accused of being anti-Semitic by Jewish organizations and has refused to condemn […]
(Daily Caller) Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders enlisted the services of far-left activist Linda Sarsour to campaign for him this week as he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders tweeted Sarsour’s remarks in a video that went viral Friday night and Saturday […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) recently met with a controversial pro-Palestinian organization that has encouraged violence against Israel, justified the use of terrorism against the Jewish state, and has called for the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, according to online postings […]
(Canadian Press) A 74-year-old Toronto man faces charges after allegedly yelling “Heil Hitler” and accosting participants at a pro-Israel march. Police say Ali Amirsalam was arrested last week on charges of causing a disturbance and uttering death threats at the event in […]
(Religion News) A new study of how the media covers minorities in the United States finds that depictions of Muslims in the news remain by far the most frequent and the most negative. “Muslims are just way down there in comparison to […]
(JTA) A Swedish imam was fined about $305 for hate speech for calling Jews the “offspring of apes and pigs” during an anti-Israel demonstration two years ago. Samir el Rifai of Helsingborg made the statement in Arabic in response to Israel limiting […]
(CBC) Just weeks before the federal election campaign gets into full swing, Quebec candidate Hassan Guillet was canned by the Liberal Party on Friday after a national Jewish organization accused him of making anti-Semitic comments. But Guillet, who denies all allegations, is not […]
(CBC) The Liberals have dumped a candidate in Quebec after B’nai Brith Canada accused Hassan Guillet of making a number of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements. “The insensitive comments made by Hassan Guillet are not aligned with the values of the Liberal Party of Canada,” […]
(Daily Caller) Zionist Organization of America President Morton Klein slammed Linda Sarsour over her smearing of pro-Israel Americans, in a statement provided Tuesday exclusively to the Daily Caller. “Sarsour will make up any story, any lie, to blame, demonize and smear (BDS […]
(Daily Caller) Palestinian-American activist and Women’s March organizer Linda Sarsour made the utterly baseless claim that pro-Israel “Zionists” marched with the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in North Carolina this year in a recent social media post. Over the weekend, a tiny group […]
(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib once again criticized the state of Israel Friday night, following the death of an Israeli teen. 17-year-old Rina Shnerb was killed in a terrorist attack earlier this week in the West Bank, while her brother […]
(Daily Caller) Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said that she cannot stand against Islamophobia without also standing against anti-Semitism in a social media thread Friday. “In order to confront the evils of religious bigotry and hatred, we must realize that all of […]
(Washington Times) One of the most senior Democrats in the House, the man who would spearhead any impeachment effort against President Trump, called out two members of “the Squad” for sharing an anti-Semitic cartoon by a cartoonist with a history on that […]
(JTA) Concentration camp memorials in Germany should offer tours in Arabic, Germany’s main Jewish leader urged. Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the Welt am Sonntag weekly newspaper that the former concentration camp in Flossenbürg is […]
(Hill) Voters are split on whether it’s acceptable for Israel to deny visas to Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), according to a Hill-HarrisX poll released on Wednesday. The survey showed 53 percent of respondents believe it would be unacceptable […]
(Hill) Comedian Bill Maher on Tuesday denounced Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) after she suggested people boycott his HBO show over his vehement criticism of the international movement to boycott Israel. “Some people have one move only: boycott. Cancel. Make-go-away,” Maher said on […]
(Hill) President Trump on Tuesday ramped up his attacks on Rep. Rashida Tlaib after the Michigan Democrat got emotional at a press conference criticizing Israel over its decision to bar her from entering the country last week. “Sorry, I don’t buy Rep. Tlaib’s tears,” Trump […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) is fundraising off her aborted trip to Israel, just days after she refused an Israeli invitation permitting her to visit her ailing grandmother and, instead, shared an anti-Semitic cartoon about the Jewish state. A fundraising […]
(Politico) It is the last year that Mohamed Bouezmarni can help sacrifice around 200 sheep in a southern Belgian slaughterhouse for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. From September 1, the French-speaking region of Wallonia will be the second Belgian authority after […]
(Washington Examiner) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Monday addressed criticisms about the group that was going to sponsor her trip to Israel. During a press conference with Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a reporter asked Tlaib about Miftah, which works to […]
(Politico) Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib continued to criticize Israel Monday, slamming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for barring the two lawmakers from visiting last week over their vocal criticism of his government. Tlaib and Omar, the first two Muslim women elected […]
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