(JTA) — The student union at Ryerson University in Toronto has voted to adopt a broad definition of anti-Semitism. The definition adopted last week includes the denial of the Jewish right to self-determination, the application of double standards to the State of Israel, the comparison of contemporary Israeli policies to that of the Nazis, and the…
(JTA) — A Dutch couple who sued the municipality of Amsterdam over the placing of a postcard-sized Holocaust memorial plaque near their home have dropped their motion as a result of harsh criticism. The couple, who live in the upscale Old South neighborhood of the Dutch capital, told the Volkskrant daily on Sunday that the…
Hungary approved a new law in a fast-track procedure on Tuesday that could force a university founded by financier George Soros out of the country despite a protest against the plan in Budapest and condemnation abroad. Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a staunch critic of liberal civil organizations funded by Soros, said on Friday the Central…
(JTA) — An Indian imam in Singapore who was ordered deported after speaking against Jews and Christians during a sermon visited a synagogue to apologize for his remarks. Nalla Mohamed Abdul Jameel pleaded guilty last week in a state court to a charge of promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion or race…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — With talk of elections in the air, a new survey found that 70 percent of Israelis want a right-wing or center-right government. According to the latest monthly Peace Index, published Tuesday by the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University, only 24 percent of the country prefers a left-wing or center-left government. The survey included…
NEW YORK (JTA) — A student council at a Columbia University college voted not to add a question asking about support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to a student referendum. The Columbia College council decided Monday that it would not include the resolution, which was proposed by the student group Apartheid Divest, to the ballot, according to The…
A project to find artifacts in soil taken from the Temple Mount has been placed on hold due to a lack of funding, the directors said on Sunday. Since the early 2000s, the Temple Mount Sifting Project has engaged over a quarter million volunteers from around the world to dig through soil to find fragments…
(JTA) — The University of California, Berkeley, received its biggest art grant ever to acquire the world’s largest collection by the Jewish-Polish artist Arthur Szyk and display it in a public institution for the first time. The $10.1 million gift from the Taube Philanthropies will be used to acquire 450 artworks — including paintings, drawings and sketches — according to a statement. The…
Comedian Sarah Silverman spoke out against Israel’s military occupation in a new Passover Haggadah timed with the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Six Day War, when Israel conquered the West Bank. “Of all the people, Jews know the bitterness of being oppressed — and not being in our own country,” she wrote. “That’s what makes…
Rent in DC was never cheap, but Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump really splurged with their 7,000-square foot rental in Washington’s Kalorama neighborhood. According to documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Kushner and Trump are paying $15,000 in rent, a pretty significant amount for two federal government employees. However, with an estimated net worth…
David Friedman, sworn in last week as the new U.S. ambassador to Israel, has made his first staff pick, an assistant who also has an unorthodox background for a diplomatic job. Michael Wilner reports in the Jerusalem Post that Friedman’s pick for his chief of staff is Aryeh Lightstone, an Orthodox educator, who is also…
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