Google, Amazon workers call to cancel billion-dollar Israel contract

Hundreds of Google and Amazon employees have signed a public letter demanding that the tech giants cancel Project Nimbus, a billion-dollar contract to provide public cloud computing services to Israel. Read more

Race for Jewish Agency’s leadership heats up

The Jewish Agency may soon see a woman at its helm for the first time; five of the eight candidates seeking the chairmanship are women. The Agency’s Board of Governors is expected to announce the identity of the new chairperson by the end of the month. Read more

Former Mossad chief: Iran ‘not even close to acquiring nuclear weapon’

Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen said on Tuesday that Iran’s position is weaker than it has been in the past. Read more

Author Sally Rooney won’t allow Hebrew translation of book, citing support for BDS

An Irish author announced that she will only sell the Hebrew translation rights of her new novel if she can find a publishing house that adheres to the guidelines of the anti-Israel BDS movement. Read more

HBO acquires rights to biopic about boxer forced to fight fellow prisoners in Auschwitz

HBO Films has bought the North American rights to a biographical movie about a boxer who survived Auschwitz after being forced to fight fellow prisoners. Read more

Concentration-camp guard to stand trial for 3,518 murders between 1942 and 1945

A former guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp who will stand trial in Germany this month is accused of being complicit in 3,518 murders, reported The Times. Read more

Herzog at Babi Yar: Leaders must ‘condemn slightest hint of antisemitism’

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog addressed the international gathering on Wednesday marking 80 years since the Babi Yar massacre in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 29-30, 1941. Read more

Hotel in Leipzig, Germany, rebuffs Jewish singer for wearing Star of David

Hundreds of people, some draped in Israeli flags, stood outside the Westin in Leipzig, Germany, on Tuesday night to protest an alleged incident of antisemitism at the hotel. Now, at least one major Jewish organization has launched a petition calling for the hotel, part of the Marriott chain, to apologize. Read more

Israeli prime minister reveals Mossad operation to find info on missing soldier

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett disclosed on Monday that Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency started an operation in September to find information about the fate of missing Israeli Air Force navigator Ron Arad. Read more

Comedian Sarah Silverman calls out ‘Squad’ for trying to block Iron Dome funding

Jewish comedian and actor Sarah Silverman criticized “The Squad” of left-wing Democratic lawmakers over recent attempts to block U.S. funding for Israel’s Iron Dome air-defence system. Read more

UNRWA chief makes urgent appeal for funding, says agency risks ‘collapse’

United Nation Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) chief Philippe Lazzarini warned on Friday that due to a severe funding crisis, the organization faces collapse, AP reported. Read more

Iran calls on US to unfreeze $10 billion before returning to nuclear talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahain said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic had requested that the United States unfreeze “at least” $10 billion in frozen Iranian funds to prove it was serious about rejoining the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Read more

British Jewish newspaper launches campaign for spy to be called Righteous Gentile

A new campaign by The Jewish Chronicle calls for a British spy who saved 10,000 Austrian Jews during World War II to be recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Gentile. Read more

Harris aides attempt to address backlash after exchange with college student on Israel

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has been in touch with pro-Israel and Jewish organizations after an exchange this week with a student in Virginia who accused Israel of ethnic genocide. Read more

Lapid inaugurates embassy in Bahrain, Iran calls visit ‘stain that cannot be erased’

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid inaugurated the Jewish state’s embassy in Bahrain on Thursday, a year after the two countries signed the Abraham Accords to normalize ties. Read more

Isaac Herzog to travel to Ukraine for first state visit as Israel’s president

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will head to Ukraine next week for the first state visit of his presidency, according to an official statement. Read more

German elections see rise of centre-left as Merkel-era comes to end

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) headed by Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has emerged as the victor of Germany’s federal elections that took place on Sunday. Read more

Madrid Assembly officially adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The Madrid Assembly, the local parliament of Spain’s main region, adopted on Friday the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Read more

Netflix cancels Israeli series ‘Hit & Run’ after one season

Netflix will not renew for a second season the drama “Hit & Run,” which was co-created, executive produced and headlined by Lior Raz of “Fauda” fame. Read more

Netflix gains entire catalogue of works by ‘certainly anti-Israeli’ Roald Dahl

Netflix has acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company (RDSC), giving it rights to all the works by the late British children’s author, who was openly anti-Israel and had a history of making antisemitic remarks. Read more

World War II letter connects families of Jewish survivors, Polish farmer who hid them

The descendants of two Holocaust survivors and the farmer who hid them from the Nazis in Poland have connected with the help of a recently discovered post-World War II letter. Read more

At UN, Abbas demands Israel withdraw to pre-1967 lines or face consequences

In his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Friday, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas demanded that Israel return to its pre-1967 borders or face consequences. Read more

Mark Zuckerberg and wife donate $1.3 million to 11 Jewish groups

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $1.3 million to 11 Jewish organizations, eJewish Philanthropy reported, citing a spokesperson for the couple. Read more

Ukraine passes legislation effectively outlawing antisemitism

Ukraine’s parliament passed a law Wednesday defining and banning antisemitism. Read more

Holocaust survivor awarded Balzan Prize honouring scientific achievements

A historian who is an Israeli-French-American Holocaust survivor was one of the recipients of this year’s international Balzan Prizes, which recognizes distinguished scholars, artists and scientists. Read more

Memorial honouring 102,000 Dutch victims of Holocaust opens in Amsterdam

A new memorial in Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter pays tribute to the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust, the Associated Press reported. Read more

Members of lost tribe of Bnei Menashe celebrate Sukkot in northeastern India

Like many Jews around the world, members of the Bnei Menashe community in India are gathering to celebrate Sukkot this week. In their festival prayers, they offered a special plea to fulfil their age-old dream to make aliyah during the coming year. Read more

Bennett says he won’t sit down with Mahmoud Abbas, rules out Palestinian state

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that for now, he has ruled out a meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and the creation of a Palestinian state. Read more

Warsaw’s Jewish community buries remains found of unidentified Holocaust victim

Warsaw’s Jewish community buried the remains of an unidentified Holocaust victim on Tuesday, found in a building that was once part of the Warsaw Ghetto. Read more

Israeli ministries issue legal opinion on smuggling of child in Italian cable-car crash

Israeli government attorneys said that the recent smuggling of 6-year-old Eitan Biran from Italy to Israel amounts to kidnapping under international law. Read more

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