Source link The country is one of the safest places for Jews in the entire world, German Zakharyaev has said Jews in Russia enjoy a high level of security and are guaranteed all the rights and freedoms they could possibly ask for, the vice president of the country’s Jewish Congress has said. In an interview […]
Source link Moscow is in contact with Hamas as part of efforts to free more hostages from Gaza, the president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with two leaders of the country’s Jewish community on Wednesday, where they discussed the conflict in Gaza and Moscow’s efforts to secure the release of hostages […]
Source link Comparing Gaza to the Jewish ghettos created by Nazi Germany has cost Masha Gessen a moment at the Hannah Arendt Award ceremony The well-known Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen – author of bestselling books and a staff writer at the New Yorker magazine – has become embroiled in a scandal about the Holocaust and […]
Source link The British state broadcaster has barred employees from attending “political” events Some Jewish workers at the BBC have slammed the outlet after it prohibited its journalists from joining an upcoming march against antisemitism, the Times reported, citing producers and other staffers. Organized by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, the rally is set for Sunday […]
Source link The Israeli government’s initiative allows people to report anti-Semitic threats and abuse People from Russia and other former Soviet republics can now report cases of anti-Semitism via a special hotline set up by the Israeli government, the Ynet media outlet has reported. The initiative comes less than a month after anti-Jewish riots in […]
Source link Survey respondents say the US president is doing a good job on Israel and can tackle anti-Semitism Jewish voters in the US overwhelmingly approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Gaza conflict and would support him over Donald Trump in a potential face-off at the ballot box next year, an opinion poll […]
Source link A member of the local Hasidic Jews Council claimed the shootings were intended to intimidate the community Unidentified gunmen have opened fire on a Jewish school in Montreal, Canada. The incident took place on Sunday and follows an earlier attack on the same institution last Thursday. According to the Canadian national broadcaster CBC, […]