Expert: Anti-Semitism is a global problem

Bar Ilan University will held a conference titled, “The Challenge of Fighting Anti-Semitism.” The conference is in memory of Chaim Herzog, who tore up the UN document claiming “Zionism is racism.” Coalition Chairman David Bitan (Likud), Opposition Head Yitzhak Herzog (Zionist Union) and other MKs will participate in the conference, which

Sixteen violins, recovered from Holocaust, will talk again

When asked what it will feel like to play a different violin in an upcoming concert, Jonathan Kuo prefaces his thoughts with an interesting choice of verbs. “I haven’t met the violin yet,” he says. For professional violinists, their instruments aren’t just objects made of wood and string. They are

STILL NO ARREST AS AMAZON FIRES EMPLOYEE WHO PUT “GREETINGS FROM UNCLE ADOLF” NOTE IN JEWISH CUSTOMER’S PARCEL

Amazon employee was fired after allegedly leaving a note in a package for a Jewish customer that read: “Greetings from Uncle Adolf.” The Amazon employee correctly guessed that the woman, who purchased a toy for her niece, was Jewish based on her last name, the Daily Mail reported on Monday.

Holocaust survivors fund to receive $63 million

Funds yielded from sale of Bank Leumi shares held by Holocaust Restitution Company of Israel as part of legal settlement which nearly doubled shares’ value • Additional benefits to be paid to survivors in need starting this month. The Holocaust Restitution Company of Israel on Tuesday announced plans to allocate

Poll: 85% of Jews Worldwide Have Experienced or Witnessed Antisemitism

Eighty-five percent of Jews around the world have witnessed or experienced antisemitism at some point in their lives, a survey by the World Zionist Organization’s International Center for Countering Anti-Semitism found. 50 percent of respondents from Europe and North America said they had either witnessed or experienced antisemitism in the

Nazis, racism, hatred: Why is Google still failing to police its own autocomplete function?

Google, one of the most powerful technology companies in the world, is facing renewed criticism for displaying shockingly offensive auto-complete results in its search engine, including “the KKK is not racist”, “Black Lives Matter is cancer” and “Nazis are cool”. Last December, Google was steeped in controversy after The Guardian

Famed French Philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy: Anti-Zionism Is the New Dressing for the Old Passion of Antisemitism

“Anti-Zionism is the new dressing for the old passion of antisemitism,” famed French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy told a New York City gathering on Wednesday. In a conversation at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan moderated by Charlie Rose, Lévy — author of the new book The Genius of Judaism —

A Holocaust Survivor Built the Superbowl’s Hottest Hotel

When Super Bowl fans descend on Houston this February, many of the town’s visitors will have David Mintzner to thank for the warm hospitality. He died a few months ago, at 101, but not before conceiving the city’s new Marriott Marquis hotel — with its record-sized ballroom, ornate chandeliers and

New online generation takes up Holocaust denial

A new generation of Holocaust deniers is emerging through a clutch of popular “gateway” conspiracy theories, according to one of the UK’s leading experts on the subject. As Denial, a film about the disgraced historian and notorious Holocaust denier David Irving, hits cinemas later this month, attention is focusing on

Poles Who Killed Jews Removed Themselves From the Polish People, President Says

Poles who took part in the murder of Jews in pogroms around World War II expelled themselves from the Polish people, Polish President Andrzej Duda said Tuesday at the start of a state visit to Israel. In a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin, Duda spoke of the pogrom