Category Archives: World

Netanyahu addresses Iran, California shooting, ‘NYT’ at Yad Vashem

Jew hatred is the one thing the extreme Right, extreme Left and radical Islam have in common, but Israel has learned from the past and will not “extend its neck for slaughter,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday evening at Yad Vashem at a ceremony marking the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more » »

B’nai Brith audit finds anti-Semitism on the rise in Canada

B’nai Brith Canada chose an auspicious week in which to release its Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents for 2018. Only two days before the launch, a gunman attacked a San Diego-area synagogue, killing a 60-year-old woman and wounding three others. Read more » »

Jewish and pro-Israel groups criticize back-to-back anti-Semitic cartoons in ‘NY Times’

The Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) quoted B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin and President Charles O. Kaufman on the appearance of an anti-Semitic cartoon in The New York Times​. Read on JNS. Read more » »

B’nai Brith report says there’s a ‘disturbing’ trend of increased anti-Semitism in Canada

B’nai Brith Canada Chief Executive Officer Michael Mostyn speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, April 29, 2019. Read more » »

New York Times under fire after publishing a second anti-Semitic cartoon

New York Times under fire after publishing a second anti-Semitic cartoon  Israel HayomJewish and pro-Israel groups have condemned The New York Times for publishing anti-Semitic cartoons in its international edition on April 25 and over the … Read more » »

Canadian Jewish advocacy group reports ‘uptick’ in anti-Semitism

Outside the family home in Vaughan, Andrew Sefton consults with a security company about installing surveillance cameras. “We’re interested in enhancing the household security so that at least on a preventative, on a precautionary measure, we are going to be able to take care of future incidents if they have to occur,” said Sefton. Read more » »

Jewish and pro-Israel groups criticize back-to-back anti-Semitic cartoons in ‘NY Times’

Jewish and pro-Israel groups criticize back-to-back anti-Semitic cartoons in ‘NY Times’  Cleveland Jewish NewsOne must ask why they are so obsessed with Israel and with [Israeli] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu?” said Sarah Stern, founder and president of the … Read more » »

Record number of anti-Semitic incidents fuelled by online hate: B’nai Brith

OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada says online hatred is fuelling a rise in anti-Semitism that saw record numbers of Jewish Canadians harassed and assaulted last year. The Jewish advocacy group says there were more than 2,000 incidents of hatred towards Jews in 2018, up 16 per cent compared to the year before. Read more » »

Record number of anti-Semitic incidents fuelled by online hate, according to B’nai Brith

VANCOUVER—Online hatred is fuelling a rise in anti-Semitism that saw a record-breaking number of Jewish Canadians harassed and assaulted in 2018, according to a new report from B’nai Brith Canada. Western Canada, in particular, saw anti-Semitic incidents skyrocket last year. Read more » »

Reported anti-Semitic incidents down in Alberta, B’nai Brith audit finds

EDMONTON—B’nai Brith Canada says anti-Semitism is a growing concern, despite a decrease in reported anti-Semitic incidents across Alberta in 2018. The organization’s annual audit of incidents, released Monday, recorded a 22. Read more » »