Cnaan Liphshiz
Panoramic view of Paris (Photo by Luke Webb via Pexels)
August 31, 2022, 12:36 pm
Murder of a Jewish man near Paris reignites fears about antisemitism in France
Watchdog group says the alleged killer wrote about hating France, hating Jews and hating Israel,.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Joe Biden speaks to Holocaust survivors Giselle Cycowicz, right, and Rena Quint, left, during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, July 13, 2022. (Debbie Hill/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
July 13, 2022, 4:06 pm
Biden kneels to meet with Holocaust survivors during visit to Yad Vashem
“We must never, ever forget because hate is never defeated, it only hides.” — President Joe Biden
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his Cabinet with President Reuven Rivlin, June 2021 (Photo by Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office (Israel), creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
June 21, 2022, 2:19 pm
Israel headed to 5th elections since 2019 after leaders concede collapse of governing coalition
The situation reached crisis levels earlier this month when lawmakers failed to renew regulations extending Israeli law to Jewish settlers living in the West Bank.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The cast of 'Heirs of the Land' perform during filming in Spain in 2020. (Courtesy of Netflix)
May 6, 2022, 3:45 pm
Spanish Jews take the spotlight in a Netflix series about the Inquisition
The series reflects a growing appetite in Spain for exploring local history in general, especially its oft-overlooked Jewish chapters.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, right, listen to businessman Viktor Vekselberg speak at a ceremony outside the Jewish Museum of Moscow, Russia, June 4, 2019. (Courtesy of the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center of Moscow)
March 31, 2022, 2:30 pm
Ukraine invasion puts Chabad of Russia ‘between a rock and a hard place’
Chabad in Russia has drawn criticism from abroad for failing to condemn the war; it's also facing criticism from Russian nationalists, often in antisemitic terms, for not adequately backing Putin.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commemorates Holocaust victims at the at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv, Ukraine in April 2021. (Courtesy of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center.)
March 3, 2022, 4:38 pm
Babyn Yar wasn’t bombed. But Ukraine’s Zelensky finds a useful tool to rally Jews to his cause.
Despite reports, the rocket that damaged the Kyiv TV tower did not in fact harm the Babyn Yar memorial, located in an adjacent area.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commemorates Holocaust victims at the at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv, Ukraine in April 2021. (Courtesy of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center.)
March 1, 2022, 3:07 pm
Russian bombs appear to hit site of Babyn Yar Nazi massacre near Kyiv
Current and former Ukrainian politicians accused Russia of deliberately targeting the site.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jews from Ukraine arrive at a Jewish community center in Chisinau, Moldova, Feb. 25, 2022. (Courtesy of Rabbi Pinchas Salzman)
February 25, 2022, 1:49 pm
Ukrainian Jews, scarred by a bloody history, find themselves refugees once again
Tens of thousands of people have poured over the border from Ukraine into Moldova, often described as Europe’s poorest country. Among them are hundreds of Jews from around Odessa.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt welcomes a journalist into his home in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, April 6, 2008. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
February 12, 2022, 7:16 pm
Dutch universities order staff to reveal their ties to Jewish and Israeli groups
The order followed a request sent last month by The Rights Forum, a pro-Palestinian advocacy group, to the offices of multiple universities.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The entrance to the Yeshivat Beth Yossef in Bussières, France. (Google Maps)
February 1, 2022, 4:20 pm
French police arrest 16 teachers at Orthodox school for allegedly abusing students
The Prosecutor’s office of Meaux said the raid was over “sequestration, confiscation of IDs, unsuitable living conditions and maltreatment," among other things.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Demonstrators affiliated with the Jewish Community of Rome hold signs protesting the "Halimi affair" near the French Embassy in Rome, April 25, 2021. (Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
January 24, 2022, 10:57 am
French parliamentary report on Halimi murder case reopens wound it sought to heal
Last year, a judge ruled that Sarah Halimi’s professed killer was not responsible for his actions because his consumption of marijuana had induced a psychotic episode.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
People waiting to enter the Anne Frank Museum (Massimo Catarinella, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
January 18, 2022, 9:16 am
A Jew betrayed Anne Frank’s family, cold-case investigators conclude
Arnold van den Bergh was a notary and a member of the Jewish Council, which the Nazis established to better control Dutch Jews.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Mohamed Toujgani, right, and other Belgian Muslims take part in a tribute to the victims of a jihadist attack in Belgium in Brussels, April 9, 2016.(Thierry Charlier/AFP via Getty Images)
January 14, 2022, 11:45 am
Brussels-based imam who prayed for Allah to burn Zionists kicked out of Belgium
He apologized for the comments following the resurfacing of the video, saying he was infuriated by Israeli strikes against Hamas in Gaza.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Rabbi YY Rubinstein speaks at a charity in New York City, Aug, 5, 2019. (Chazaq/YouTube)
January 6, 2022, 11:28 am
British rabbi ends BBC contributions, saying no Jew with “any pride’ can work there
Rabbi YY Rubinstein cited the BBC’s disputed reporting that victims of an antisemitic incident in London uttered an anti-Muslim slur during the encounter with their attackers.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A video posted Dec. 1 shows young men harassing Jews on a Chabad bus on a Londaon street. (Screenshot via the Jewish Chronicle)
December 31, 2021, 10:34 am
British Jews criticize BBC after its coverage of an antisemitic incident in London
BBC accused of falsely alleging that victims of a recent antisemitic incident in London had provoked their attackers with an anti-Muslim slur.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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