Anti-Semitism

'Too Jewish?' – why Jewish stories still make some audiences uncomfortable

Why Jewish stories still provoke discomfort – and why that discomfort matters

The Rosenbergs, a middle-class Jewish family from Edgware, played by Nicholas Woodeson as the father, David Rosenberg, and Tracy-Ann Oberman as mother, Lesley Rosenberg, in Ryan Craig’s play, staged recently in a London theater.
Jewish writers are finding it increasingly difficult to navigate a publishing world shadowed by antisemitism.

The literary world's Jewish question: How publishing is failing Jewish authors

 David Zaikin, founder and CEO of the Key Elements Group

The changing landscape in today’s media: David Zaikin to attend the New York Conference

 US-Präsident Donald Trump unterzeichnet den Laken Riley Act im Weißen Haus in Washington, USA, 29. Januar 2025. (Bildnachweis: REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz)

Breaking with recent consensus, Trump makes ‘anti-Semitism’ hyphenated again


Second man arrested in attempted Sydney synagogue arson

The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies welcomed the second arrest, saying on Facebook that it was "imperative that every perpetrator of these attacks has the book thrown at them."

 Police look on during a pro-Palestinian rally outside the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, October 9, 2023.

Jimmy Carter: A Jewish tragedy - opinion

Not a Cyrus nor a Truman, in the end, Jimmy Carter, but a Nebuchadnezzar who befriended Haman.

 A grim-faced President Jimmy Carter, seated at desk in Oval Office of White House tells of the aborted rescue effort intended to get the 53 American hostages out of Iran. April 25, 1980.

Delegation for peace and solidarity visits Amsterdam: Condemnation of Anti-Semitism


Pro-Palestine activists target UK offices of Germany's Allianz

"Without insurance, Elbit couldn't operate in Britain," Palestine Action claimed in a post on X.

 Police officers keep watch as campaigners queue to lobby MPs in Parliament ahead of a debate to hold a vote for a ceasefire in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, February 21, 2024.

Bassem Youssef's X account banned or deactivated after antisemitism rants

“Are you still scared to be called an antisemite by those Zionists,” Youssef wrote on Monday.

Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef.

Four more Maryland schools vandalized with antisemitic, anti-Israel graffiti

For the second week in a row, several schools in Montgomery County have been found vandalized with antisemitic, anti-Israel, and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.

Anti-Semitic graffiti in Los Angeles

BLM founder: Right-wing pro-Israel activists will cast Harris as antisemitic

Elad Nehorai and Patrisse Cullors warned that right-wing activists will try to undermine Kamala Harris’s presidential bid by accusing her of antisemitism.

 US Vice President Kamala Harris meets with President Isaac Herzog in her ceremonial offices at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, US, July 19, 2023

Joe Biden: Adas Torah pro-Palestinian riot 'antisemitic' and 'un-American'

California Governor and Mayor of Los Angeles make their officials statements on the riot.

 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he announces a new plan for federal student loan relief during a visit to Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus, in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S, April 8, 2024.

Macron, French Jews call for action after antisemitic rape of 12-year-old girl

French Education Minister Nicole Belloubet said on social media that the crime against the victim was abominable, and the response to such "barbarism" was "Justice, School, Republic."  

 French police stand guard as a forensics member collects evidence after officers shot dead an armed man earlier who set fire to the city's synagogue in Rouen, France, May 17, 2024.

UJA-Federation's $200 million surge in emergency funds, defiant response to antisemitism

Eric Goldstein notes record-breaking donations and highlights resilience and solidarity.

  Eric Goldstein noted UJA's involvement in upholding Jewish life