US & Canada
Team Called ‘The Ballocaust,’ Hitler-Related Tweets Mar Spirit Week at Utah High School
Spirit week at a Utah high school was marred this year by Holocaust jokes on social media and a dodgeball team named "Ballocaust," Good 4...
Vandalism Strikes Twice at Historic Jewish Cemetery in Connecticut
Two acts of vandalism were discovered at a historic Jewish cemetery in Connecticut recently, the Hartford Courant reported on Thursday. Police were called to the Zion Hill Cemetery in Hartford on Wednesday morning, after an employee of the Association of...
US Claims Its Policy on Israeli Settlement Product Labeling Hasn’t Changed
JNS.org - U.S. policy on labeling Israeli settlement products has not changed, the State Department said Thursday. Last week, the U.S. reissued guidelines on the labeling requirements for products manufactured in Judea and Samaria. The guidelines,...
Social Media Lights Up With Outrage Over Canadian PM’s Holocaust Remembrance Statement With no Mention of Jews, Antisemitism
The official statement released by the Canadian prime minister on International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust on Wednesday is causing a storm on social media for its omission of Jews...
Gay Filmmaker Compares Anti-Israel Protesters at LGBTQ Conference to Nazi Mob (VIDEO)
Last week’s Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer (LGBTQ) conference in Chicago “could have been a scene from the early...
Obama Says ‘We Are All Jews’ During Antisemitism Speech at Israeli Embassy
President Obama warned of rising antisemitism on Wednesday and, citing the words of an American...
Rapper B.o.B’s New Song Invoking Antisemitism, Holocaust Denial Has Jewish Group ‘Deeply Troubled’
A Jewish human rights organization expressed concern on Wednesday over a new song by a popular...
Israeli-American Actress Natalie Portman Seals Jewish Film Festival With Debut as Director of Amos Oz’s ‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’
Israeli-American movie star Natalie Portman talked about her debut as a director with A Tale of Love...
Florida Police Investigate Bomb Threat Directed at Jewish Community Center
Police in the city of Maitland, Florida are investigating a bomb threat directed at a local...
Team Called ‘The Ballocaust,’ Hitler-Related Tweets Mar Spirit Week at Utah High School
Spirit week at a Utah high school was marred this year by Holocaust jokes on social media and a dodgeball team named "Ballocaust," Good 4 Utah...
Vandalism Strikes Twice at Historic Jewish Cemetery in Connecticut
Two acts of vandalism were discovered at a historic Jewish cemetery in Connecticut recently, the Hartford Courant reported on Thursday. Police were called to the Zion Hill Cemetery in...
US Claims Its Policy on Israeli Settlement Product Labeling Hasn’t Changed
JNS.org - U.S. policy on labeling Israeli settlement products has not changed, the State Department said Thursday. Last week, the U.S. reissued guidelines on the labeling...
Social Media Lights Up With Outrage Over Canadian PM’s Holocaust Remembrance Statement With no Mention of Jews, Antisemitism
The official statement released by the Canadian prime minister on International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust on Wednesday is causing...
Gay Filmmaker Compares Anti-Israel Protesters at LGBTQ Conference to Nazi Mob (VIDEO)
Last week’s Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer (LGBTQ) conference in Chicago “could have been a scene from the early days of Nazi Germany [with] a raucous mob surrounding a...
Obama Says ‘We Are All Jews’ During Antisemitism Speech at Israeli Embassy
President Obama warned of rising antisemitism on Wednesday and, citing the words of an American World War II hero, proclaimed that Christians and people of...
Rapper B.o.B’s New Song Invoking Antisemitism, Holocaust Denial Has Jewish Group ‘Deeply Troubled’
A Jewish human rights organization expressed concern on Wednesday over a new song by a popular US rapper that includes lyrics promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories and...
Israeli-American Actress Natalie Portman Seals Jewish Film Festival With Debut as Director of Amos Oz’s ‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’
Israeli-American movie star Natalie Portman talked about her debut as a director with A Tale of Love and Darkness, which closed the Jewish Film Festival in New York City...
Florida Police Investigate Bomb Threat Directed at Jewish Community Center
Police in the city of Maitland, Florida are investigating a bomb threat directed at a local Jewish community center, Florida's Fox 35 reported on Tuesday. Police said a call...
Mort Zuckerman Launches Scholarship Program for Graduate Studies in Israel
JNS.org - Real estate magnate and media mogul Mort Zuckerman, who publishes the New York Daily News and U.S. News & World Report, has founded a...
Canadian Media Mogul, Philanthropist Threatens to Pull Donations to York U Over ‘Antisemitic’ Mural
Canadian businessman Paul Bronfman has threatened to pull "thousands of dollars" in funding from York University in Toronto if campus authorities do not remove a Palestinian...
Pollard Cancels Address to Jewish Organizations to Avoid Risk of Return to Prison
JNS.org - Jonathan Pollard, who was released in November after serving 30 years in a US prison for spying on America for Israel, canceled a speech...
New Liberal Party Canadian FM Draws Criticism Over Israel Remarks
JNS.org - Canada’s new Liberal party government said it is delivering a “tough message” to Israel after drawing criticism over a statement expressing concern about...
Brooklyn Man Who Suffered Heart Attack While Shoveling Snow Saved by Jewish Volunteer Ambulance Service Medic
A volunteer for a Jewish emergency rescue service saved the life of a Brooklyn, NY man who had a heart attack while shoveling snow on...
