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Jewish groups grateful, pensive after living hostages freed from Gaza
U.S. Jewish organizations issued statements expressing gratitude for the liberated living hostages on Monday morning, while also noting that Hamas has yet to return remains of people whom it murdered and that more work remains to ensure that the terror group can never again repeat an attack like Oct. 7. Read more » »
Woman running for Wikimedia board reportedly said Oct. 7 rapes ‘fake news,’ accused Israel of ‘hundreds of genocides’
Ravan Al-Taie, who is based in Iraq and works for an oilfield services company, states on her page as a candidate for the board of the Wikimedia Foundation that she thinks “it’s time for more voices from underrepresented communities” to shape the Read more » »
‘Shameful’ lack of response to Jew-hatred at European colleges, new report claims
Jewish students in Europe feel alone and afraid following a “surge” in antisemitism across the continent, according to an Aug. 26 report from B’nai B’rith International, the European Union of Jewish Students and the nonprofit Democ.“This report makes clear that Europe’s universities are failing their Jewish students. Read more » »
Fill key State Department roles, Jewish groups tell Senate leaders
The Jewish Federations of North America and Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish organizations led 13 other Jewish groups in a letter to Senate leaders on Tuesday, asking the upper chamber to confirm Trump administration nominees for two key U.S. State Department positions.The groups asked Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D. Read more » »
EU Jews defend antisemitism czar from pro-Israel bias claims
Major Jewish groups in Europe and beyond on Monday publicly defended Katharina von Schnurbein, the E.U. point person for the fight against antisemitism, after lawmakers from the bloc’s legislative arm criticized her, allegedly for arguing against punishing Israel with sanctions.It s “deeply troubling” to see Katharina von Schnurbein, the E.U. Read more » »
UCLA reportedly raked in millions of federal dollars for diversity, anti-Israel programs
The University of California, Los Angeles has used millions of tax dollars to fund its diversity, equity and inclusion programs and to support faculty members who have made “radical” anti-Israel comments, according to an Aug. 13 report from the nonprofit Open the Books. Read more » »
Israel slams Macron’s reference to Palestinian prisoners as ‘hostages’
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Sunday denounced French President Emmanuel Macron for suggesting Palestinian prisoners in Israel were “hostages” and juxtaposing them with Israelis being held captive in Gaza.Sa’ar labeled as a “lie and moral distortion” the remarks by Macron, who made them at a June 14 press conference in Paris. Read more » »
For first time, Arab countries decry Hamas attack on Oct. 7 in ‘New York Declaration’
Some two months before the second anniversary of the Hamas-led terrorist invasion of southern Israel on Oct. Read more » »
Antisemitic attacks surge in Europe 80 years after the Holocaust
Eighty years after the Holocaust, Jews are once again being attacked on European soil, with each day seemingly bringing a more disturbing headline from countries across the continent. Read more » »
American Jewish coalition passes on meeting with French rep after Macron’s nod to ‘Palestinian state’
A coalition of American Jewish organizations publicly declined to meet with Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, on Friday in the wake of French President Emanuel Macron’s intent to recognize a “Palestinian state. Read more » »
