World briefs: Deborah Lipstadt gives first talk since confirmation and more
Lipstadt: Antisemitism not taken seriously until deadly
Antisemitism is often not taken seriously until it becomes deadly, Deborah Lipstadt, the Holocaust scholar who is the...
World Briefs: Belgian Orthodox Jew overpowers attacker and more
In Antwerp, Haredi Orthodox Jew overpowers, tackles attacker
It began like countless other antisemitic incidents in Antwerp: A man shouted insults and made threatening gestures...
Lufthansa apologizes for expelling ‘large group’ of Chasidic Jews from flight to Hungary
By Jacob Henry
Lufthansa apologized for kicking identifiably Jewish people off a flight from New York City to Budapest last week after some Chasidic individuals...
War in Ukraine could put a crunch on ‘shmura’ matzah supplies
By David I. Klein | JTA
On Feb. 24, two shipping containers laden with 20,000 pounds of shmura matzah were slated to head out of...
Ukrainians welcomed in Israel with kittens and paperwork
By Fran Kritz
JERUSALEM – A ballroom at Jerusalem’s Caesar hotel on Jaffa Road was strikingly quiet, considering that it was Purim in the rest...
Germany loosens asylum requirements for Ukrainian Jews amid war
By Toby Axelrod
Germany is easing immigration requirements for Jewish refugees from Ukraine, the country’s main Jewish umbrella group announced.
In a deal worked out with...
Here’s how you can help Ukraine from Baltimore
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has inspired Americans to take action in support of the besieged country in all kinds of ways, from American...
In emotional appeal to US Jewish leaders, Zelensky calls Russian invasion ‘pure Nazism’
By Ron Kampeas and Asaf Shalev
In an emotional call with American Jewish leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky characterized the Russian invasion of his country...
Birthright Israel to lower its age limit back to 26
By Andrew Lapin
Five years after raising the age limit for Israel tour participants, Birthright Israel is reverting to a policy of funding free trips...
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees have landed in Israel, and thousands more could follow
By Shira Hanau
Around 300 Ukrainian Jewish refugees landed in Israel Sunday, among them some 90 orphans between the ages of two and 12, in...
