By SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN (JNS) – In a recent scathing speech about corruption in the United Nations, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused Canada of making a “deal with the devil” and called again for the removal of Venezuela from the United Nations Human Rights Council. Fighting For Human Rights “If we are serious about being advocates for human […]

By KATARZYNA MARKUSZ WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — A Polish prosecutor has dropped a case against Polish-American professor Jan Tomasz Gross for publishing an article that said Poles “killed more Jews than Germans during the war.” The prosecutor’s office in Katowice, which began its investigation in 2016, determined that Gross did not insult the Polish nation in his article published in […]

By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — The U.N.’s leading cultural body was scheduled to vote this month on whether to remove a Belgian carnival that had hosted a float seen as mocking Jews from its list of important human cultural expressions. But the carnival’s organizers decided they wouldn’t wait for a possible censure and instead gave up the designation on their […]

By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – As the United Kingdom nears the final stretch of what is shaping up to be one of its most fateful general elections since World War II, all eyes are on the leaders of its two main parties: Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the Conservatives and Jeremy Corbyn of Labour. Except, perhaps, the […]

By ELIANA RUDEE (JNS) – Ahead of the Israeli-American Council (IAC) National Summit in South Florida on Dec. 5-8, co-founder and CEO Shoham Nicolet spoke with JNS about his vision for IAC, the fastest-growing Jewish organization in the United States. Israeli-born and Los Angeles resident Nicolet is co-founder of several Ed-Tech ventures and philanthropic initiatives. He served as a lieutenant […]

By LYN JULIUS (JNS) – On or around Nov. 30, Jewish communities around the world will hold events to remember the mass exodus of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and Iran. Almost a million people were displaced in the past 50 years, leaving billions of dollars’ worth of property behind. Whose Cultural Heritage? Not only have Arab governments never compensated […]

(JNS) – The Genesis Prize Foundation (GPF) and the 2019 Genesis Prize winner Robert Kraft announced the launch of “Speak Out for Israel”—an international campaign designed to help combat the global rise of anti-Semitism and attempts to delegitimize the Jewish state. Through this campaign, GPF and Kraft plan to award $1 million in grants to Israeli nonprofit organizations capable of […]

(JNS) – A Lebanese-born Swiss businessman who recently purchased Nazi-era memorabilia at an auction in Munich has donated the items to a Jewish group to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. Abdallah Chatila spent about $660,000 on 10 items during the auction held by the Munich-based auction house Hermann Historica, according to BBC. The items he purchased, including a […]

By MARCUS M. GILBAN RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The death of Henry Sobel, Brazil’s iconic rabbi and human rights activist, was mourned by Jewish and non-Jewish groups across Latin America’s largest nation. “Sobel was a noted spokesman for our Jewish community. His performance undoubtedly made him one of the greatest references for Brazilian Judaism and for our society in […]

By JACKSON RICHMAN (JNS) – Several Jewish and Israel-related groups quickly reacted to the major announcement by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that it would no longer view Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria as illegal under international law. “We applaud the administration’s decision to rescind the assertion that Israeli settlements are illegal under international law,” B’nai B’rith International CEO […]