(JTA) — In a survey among 2,000 adult Britons, 52% did not seem to know how many Jews died in the Holocaust and 22% couldn’t name a single concentration camp. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, or Claims Conference, on Wednesday published the results of the survey, which it had conducted in the…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A federal investigation said that Mike Pompeo violated the Hatch Act when, as Secretary of State, he addressed the Republican National Convention in 2020 from Jerusalem. In its lengthy report issued Tuesday, the Office of Special Counsel also faulted several of former President Trump’s top Jewish officials for violations of the Hatch…
(JTA) — The Austrian government inaugurated a $7 million Holocaust memorial monument on the anniversary of the 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms. The “Shoah Wall of Names” that city and central government officials unveiled Tuesday in Vienna lists 64,440 Holocaust victims on 160 granite slabs, and is the result of years of lobbying by commemoration activists for…
This article originally appeared in Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Journalist, historian, screenwriter and translator Stuart Schoffman died Sunday at his home in Jerusalem, at age 74. In recent years, Schoffman worked principally as a literary translator, rendering into English books by the Israeli writers A.B. Yehoshua, David Grossman and Aharon Appelfeld (among…
It’s a pretty reliable rule of thumb that if you’re thinking about comparing something to the Holocaust, you should, instead, do literally anything else. Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ chairman emeritus, became the latest to put his foot in his mouth in this specific way while trying to deter employees from unionizing, according to an article published…
Becoming the 57th governor of New York earlier this summer came with a personal price for Kathy Hochul: she had to cancel a planned first-time trip with her family to Israel for the Thanksgiving weekend, the governor revealed on Monday. “I have a few responsibilities now,” Hochul said in brief remarks at the American Friends…
An Israeli company’s attempt to secure a new trial in a patent case against Amazon by leveling charges of antisemitism at Amazon’s attorneys appears to have backfired, with one of the accused attorneys offering a deeply personal rebuttal and the trial judge severely admonishing the company’s lawyer. “The allegations that were made hit right in…
(JTA) — Kanye West’s trips to Israel clearly left a mark on the rap superstar. In a wide ranging podcast interview released Friday, West — who recently changed his legal name to Ye — said he thinks Christians should form kibbutz communities, modeled off the Jewish versions, to help foster a sense of togetherness. “We…
Spoiler alert: This piece contains plot details about HBO’s “Succession,” including extensive details about the Season 3 episode “Lion in the Meadow” that first aired Nov. 7, 2021. (JTA) — In the very first shot of Kendall Roy walking into the island home of Waystar investor Josh Aaronson on the latest episode of HBO’s hit…
(JTA) — The massive infrastructure bill passed by Congress Friday will pour on trillion dollars into fixing and upgrading the country’s failing transportation systems. Thanks to one part of it, the bill will also put a few million into fixing up the country’s synagogues, religious schools and nonprofits. The Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act, a bill…
(JTA) – Police in Britain arrested two men for allegedly chanting offensive soccer-themed limericks at an Orthodox Jewish passenger on a flight Nov. 4. The incident was filmed aboard a Ryanair flight from the United Kingdom to Belgium last week. Many of the passengers were headed to a soccer match between the West Ham team and…
