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🇮🇹 Il Giornale
National & Local

Hopes and anxiety of Jews: "We stand by the Iranians". Maximum alert for synagogues

The Jewish community is experiencing a mix of anxiety and hope regarding military intervention in Iran, fearing reprisals and increased security threats.

Mar 1 • 11:00 UTC
🇨🇦 National Post
National & Local

Opinion: There’s Independent Jewish Voices, and then there’s the other 99 per cent of Canadian Jews

The article critiques the phenomenon of tokenism in representing Jewish opinions, particularly regarding the platforming of fringe groups like Independent Jewish Voices.

Mar 1 • 11:00 UTC
🇨🇦 National Post
National & Local

Corey Miller: The writing is on the wall for Jews at McGill University

The article discusses recent antisemitic graffiti at McGill University, highlighting the escalation of anti-Zionist rhetoric toward explicit hatred against Jews.

Mar 1 • 11:00 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Purim and the teaching that everything can change in an instant

The article discusses the significance of the Purim festival, a Jewish holiday commemorating the salvation of the Jewish people from a decree of extermination in the Persian Empire.

Feb 28 • 21:22 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
World

What are the religious implications of Israel's war on Iran?

The article discusses how Israel is framing its military actions against Iran through a religious lens, aligning them with Jewish heritage and identity.

Feb 28 • 16:24 UTC
🇳🇴 Aftenposten
National & Local

PST: The threat level is unchanged

The threat level against Jewish and American targets in Norway remains unchanged following recent events in Iran, according to the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST).

Feb 28 • 13:03 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
World

Why did Netanyahu change the name of the operation from 'Jewish Shield' to 'Lion's Roar'?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's renaming of the military operation from 'Jewish Shield' to 'Lion's Roar' has sparked debate on social media regarding its implications and motivations.

Feb 28 • 11:21 UTC
🇱🇹 15min
World

The US and Israel attacked Iran: the fully armed Jewish state awaits a response

Israel has coordinated airstrikes against Iran with the United States targeting military sites, amid rising tensions in the region.

Feb 28 • 08:07 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Pride in Protest float excluded from Mardi Gras over 'offensive' posts

The Pride in Protest float has been excluded from the Sydney Mardi Gras due to offensive comments aimed at a Jewish LGBTQ group.

Feb 28 • 02:50 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
National & Local

Antisemitism in Schools: "He is Jewish - it's clear that everything hurts him"

A study reveals that antisemitism has been a pervasive issue in Bavarian schools, exacerbated by recent events following the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack.

Feb 27 • 14:21 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Pasta made in Greece by Michailidis from Minor Asia and Konstantinidis of Jewish descent – The first steps of a Greek company that made history

The article discusses the founding of the first Greek pasta factory, MISKO, which began operations in 1927 in Piraeus, highlighting the collaboration between two entrepreneurs from different backgrounds.

Feb 27 • 12:55 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Bondi attackers embraced as 'soldiers' by Islamic State

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Bondi massacre and branded the attackers as 'soldiers', urging continued violence against Jews and Christians.

Feb 27 • 12:21 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

Look at Nazi Rule: The Manning of the Machines of Violence

The article explores the historical context of collaboration in Nazi rule and colonial systems, focusing on the involvement of local officials in the persecution of Jews.

Feb 27 • 10:14 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
National & Local

Burgertory founder’s chant about Zionists at pro-Palestine rally incited hatred against Jews, tribunal rules

A Victorian tribunal ruled that a pro-Palestine protester's chant incited hatred against Jews, finding a breach of the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act.

Feb 27 • 01:11 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
National & Local

Israeli security official warns the "Haredim" against espionage for Iran

An Israeli security official has issued an unprecedented warning to the Haredi Jewish community about attempts to recruit them for espionage on behalf of Iran.

Feb 26 • 22:51 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Israel: 'From the river to the sea, there will only be one Jewish state,' says Bezalel Smotrich

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared in a video response that Israel aims to extend its territory from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, denying the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Feb 26 • 19:08 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

Mobility by AfD Politician Angers Descendants of Jewish Industrialist Family: ‘I Really Exploded’

A controversial campaign event by AfD politician Björn Höcke, featuring a Simson moped, has sparked outrage among descendants of the company's Jewish founders due to its historical ties to Nazi appropriation.

Feb 26 • 17:11 UTC
🇫🇷 France24
National & Local

Swastikas tagged at former Nazi transit camp in Paris Suburb

Swastikas were vandalized on buildings at the former Nazi transit camp in Drancy, prompting outrage and a judicial complaint amid rising antisemitism concerns in France.

Feb 26 • 15:13 UTC
🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
National & Local

Haredi, Masorati, Dati, and Hiloni... How much do you know about Israeli society?

The article explores the complexity and diversity of Israeli society, particularly within the Jewish community, highlighting religious, ethnic, and national identities.

Feb 26 • 09:20 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
World

The USA will offer passport services to Jewish settlers in the West Bank

The US is set to provide on-site consular services in two Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank for the first time, an action criticized by Palestinian officials as a clear violation of international law.

Feb 26 • 09:02 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

How bookbinders used old records to help the Nazis find their victims

Bookbinders and restorers in the 1930s and 1940s assisted the Nazi regime in creating a database that helped identify and persecute Jewish individuals and others deemed racially impure.

Feb 25 • 15:19 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
National & Local

Bayreuth: Cultural Center Makes Jewish Life Visible

Bavaria's premier affirmed his commitment to Jewish life in the state during the opening of a cultural center in Bayreuth, highlighting the need for visibility amid ongoing antisemitism.

Feb 25 • 13:01 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Netanyahu Makes Trump and American Jews Fools - Again

The article critiques Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's government for undermining U.S. interests while distracting Trump with Iran.

Feb 25 • 09:00 UTC
🇮🇸 Visir
World

Begin Consular Services in Settler Community on the West Bank

The U.S. Embassy in Israel plans to offer consular services for American citizens in the Jewish settlement of Efrat on the West Bank for the first time, amidst international condemnation of such settlements.

Feb 25 • 07:48 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
National & Local

California: The Trump Administration Sues UCLA for Discriminatory Behavior

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against UCLA, alleging discriminatory behavior against Jewish and Israeli students during pro-Palestinian protests on campus.

Feb 25 • 07:32 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

Michel Friedman turns 70: A fighter and source of courage

Michel Friedman, the prominent Jewish publicist, celebrates his 70th birthday while expressing deep concerns over current societal issues in Germany.

Feb 25 • 07:28 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

Michel Friedman turns 70: A fighter and source of encouragement

Michel Friedman, the Jewish publicist, celebrates his 70th birthday, expressing concerns about rising anti-Semitism and the political landscape in Germany.

Feb 25 • 07:28 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
World

Is the US Encouraging Israel's Annexation of the West Bank? Starting Consular Services in Jewish Settlements

The US embassy in Jerusalem is set to start consular services in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, raising concerns that the US may implicitly support Israel's expansion of these settlements.

Feb 25 • 06:44 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
National & Local

Trump administration sues University of California for allegedly fostering hostile workplace for Jewish employees

The Trump administration is suing the University of California, claiming that its UCLA campus has fostered an antisemitic environment for Jewish and Israeli employees.

Feb 25 • 04:15 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
National & Local

US Justice Department Sues UCLA Over Alleged Antisemitism Amid Pro-Palestinian Protests

The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against UCLA, claiming it created a hostile work environment for Jewish and Israeli faculty amidst campus protests related to the Gaza conflict.

Feb 25 • 00:23 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

USA: Lawsuit against UCLA by the Justice Department for alleged antisemitism

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against UCLA, claiming it created a "hostile workplace environment" for Jewish and Israeli employees.

Feb 24 • 21:18 UTC
🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
National & Local

Hindus Tower over Muslims and Christians in America!

A recent Pew Research Center study reveals that the Hindu community in America has emerged as the most educated religious group, surpassing traditionally highly educated groups like the Jewish community.

Feb 24 • 13:04 UTC
🇨🇦 National Post
National & Local

Chris Selley: The campaign against Jewish summer camps pulls the mask off the antisemites

The article discusses a concerted campaign against Jewish summer camps in Canada, aimed at undermining their legitimacy based on perceived ideological support for Israel.

Feb 24 • 12:00 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
National & Local

New edition of Ferrara bible shows how persecuted Jews kept faith alive in Spanish

The new edition of the Ferrara Bible highlights the efforts of persecuted Jews in 16th-century Italy to preserve their faith amidst challenges.

Feb 24 • 10:56 UTC
🇳🇴 NRK
National & Local

Australia to investigate antisemitism after Bondi terror incident

Australia has initiated a government-supported inquiry into antisemitism following a mass shooting at a Jewish event in Bondi Beach in December 2025 that resulted in 15 fatalities.

Feb 24 • 01:21 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

German museum returns sculpture stolen by Nazis from man killed in concentration camp

A German museum is returning the 'Dancing Girls Fountain', a sculpture stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish businessman, to his heirs after a lengthy legal battle.

Feb 23 • 11:29 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
World

Smotrich: We will occupy the Gaza Strip and establish Jewish settlements there

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated that Israel will ultimately occupy the Gaza Strip and establish Jewish settlements, despite an ongoing ceasefire agreement.

Feb 23 • 06:32 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Five Sons, Five Capitals, One Empire: How the World's Most Powerful Banking Dynasty Was Built

The article details the rise of Mayer Amschel Rothschild from humble beginnings in a Jewish ghetto to the architect of a banking dynasty that transformed the European economy.

Feb 23 • 06:17 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

Purim Party in Frankfurt: Rock 'n' Roll and Softporn

The Jewish community in Frankfurt is celebrating Purim with a themed party centered around the Israeli film series 'Eis am Stiel'.

Feb 22 • 11:46 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
National & Local

Ilse Aichinger's 'The Greater Hope' at the Nuremberg State Theatre: How Children Defy Persecution

The article reviews a German stage adaptation of Ilse Aichinger's novel 'The Greater Hope,' focusing on children who endure and resist the impacts of persecution.

Feb 22 • 11:21 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
National & Local

Like a lightning strike to the head. Ella Medalja's escape from the Rumbula pit in the book 'The Right to Live'

The book 'The Right to Live' presents the memoirs of Latvian-Jewish survivor Ella Medalja, detailing her harrowing escape from the Rumbula massacre during the Nazi occupation.

Feb 21 • 22:00 UTC
🇵🇱 Oko.press
National & Local

Abraham Stern: how a brilliant Jewish engineer became the protégé of the anti-Semite Staszic

The article explores the historical figure of Abraham Stern, a talented Jewish inventor overshadowed by the anti-Semitic background of his patron, Stanisław Staszic.

Feb 21 • 13:50 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

Banker Jérôme Stern: A Jewish Family Returns

Jérôme Stern has opened a new business in Frankfurt, honoring his family's legacy that was disrupted by the Nazis in the 19th century.

Feb 21 • 12:31 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

The Epstein Case on Social Media: What Fits the Narrative of Antisemites

Antisemites are using the Jeffrey Epstein case on social media as alleged proof of a 'Jewish conspiracy', with criticism aimed at Meta for not taking sufficient action against such narratives.

Feb 20 • 13:28 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
National & Local

TOOMAS JÜRGENSTEIN ⟩ Threatening someone with a pump action shotgun is not a healthy ethnocentrism

An Estonian teacher reflects on his confusion regarding a protest from the Jewish community and social media reactions to a recent article.

Feb 20 • 12:00 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
World

French Prime Minister: Talk of Genocide in Gaza Distorts the Facts

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu claims that discussions about genocide in Gaza aim to distort truths and undermine Jewish memory of the Holocaust.

Feb 20 • 06:26 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
World

‘Al-Aqsa is a detonator’: six-decade agreement on prayer at Jerusalem holy site collapses

The longstanding agreement on prayer rights at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque has been disrupted, escalating tensions between Muslim and Jewish communities.

Feb 20 • 05:00 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
National & Local

At the Crif dinner, LFI presented as an "existential danger for Jewish French people"

At the annual Crif dinner, the French political party LFI was labeled a major threat to the Jewish community by its president, Yonathan Arfi, amid calls for new legal measures against anti-Semitism.

Feb 19 • 22:25 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
National & Local

Jewish group demands firing of broadcaster who called 'Zionist' Israeli Olympian supporter of 'genocide'

A Jewish advocacy group is calling for the dismissal of a broadcaster who labeled an Israeli Olympian as a supporter of genocide due to his Zionist beliefs.

Feb 19 • 19:54 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Grace Tame event to proceed despite pressure for cancellation

An International Women's Day event in Bendigo featuring Grace Tame will go ahead despite calls for her cancellation.

Feb 19 • 18:49 UTC

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