BERLIN (JTA) — Two violent anti-Semitic incidents are under police investigation this week in Berlin. An unknown assailant punched a 30-year-old man in the face while making anti-Semitic insults at around 9:30 on Monday evening, according to police. The incident, which Berlin police called anti-Semitic in nature, took place on an underground train near Kurfürstendamm, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — When a man spewed anti-Semitic slurs and spat on her face, Shoshana Blum remembered her ancestors who survived the Holocaust, and instead of looking down – she defiantly stared at him eye to eye. The 20-year-old junior at City College of New York left the subway in tears. But months after […]

MONSEY, NY (JTA) — As Jewish people around the globe were lighting candles in celebration of the 7th night of Hanukkah, the joyous family gatherings in our town were disrupted by the breaking news of a tragedy close to home: At approximately 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 28, a deranged man entered the home of […]

UKRAINE (JNS) — Anti-Jewish vandalism has struck France, Greece and Ukraine within the past week. About a dozen graves were vandalized in the Jewish cemetery of Bayonne, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques area, in southwest France. The damage was sighted by Déborah Loupien-Suares, president of the Jewish community in Biarritz and Bayonne, while visiting her grandparents’ graves. […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — As Orthodox Jews worldwide conclude a grueling marathon of daily Talmud study, a growing number of Israeli women have joined the effort, spotlighting collapsing gender barriers in the male-dominated community. Over the past week, Jews around the world have celebrated the end of a 7 1/2-year cycle of daily study of the […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — In the days after a local official responded to the Jersey City shooting by calling local Jews “brutes” and expressing sympathy for the shooters, it appeared that pressure was quickly mounting for her to resign. Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop called for her to step down. So did New Jersey Gov. […]

NEW YORK (JNS) — Basketball player Amar’e Stoudemire called on Jews worldwide to “stay strong” in the face of anti-Semitism in a video posted on Instagram on Saturday. The former NBA star began by addressing the recent anti-Semitic attack in Monsey, N.Y., in which five people were injured when an African-American man wielding a machete […]

BORO PARK (VINnews) — A Jewish woman was tragically killed in Boro Park on Tuesday, after being crushed by a cement truck. The incident took place on New Utrecht and 49th Street at approximately 12 PM. Hatzalah was on scene, but the woman passed away despite their best efforts. The victim was 68-years-old. Additonal details […]

WASHINGTON (JNS) — Following weeks of voting, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was named by thousands of voters as 2019’s “Antisemite of the Year.” The competition, hosted by StopAntisemitism.org, invited the public to expose anti-Semites who threaten American values, morals and principles by spreading hate and bigotry against the Jewish people. After receiving dozens of nominations, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As hundreds of thousands of Jews worldwide celebrate the completion of the seven-and-a-half-year long cycle of daily Talmud study, and as women for the first time in history held their own celebration in Jerusalem, one 17-year-old girl is believed to be the youngest woman to ever mark this achievement. Hila Schlakman of […]