100-plus Democrats sign letter criticizing new US stance on Israeli settlements

More than 100 Democrats signed a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week criticizing the Trump administration’s decision to stop considering Israeli settlements a violation of international law. Read more

Merkel to make first visit to Auschwitz as German leader

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp next month for the first time in her 14 years in office, the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Thursday. Read more

Church of England report says centuries of Christian antisemitism led to Holocaust

Christian theology played a part in the stereotyping and persecution of Jewish people that ultimately led to the Holocaust, according to a new report released by the Church of England. Read more

Helena Bonham Carter learns of grandfather who helped Jews escape the Holocaust

Actress Helena Bonham Carter discovered that her grandfather helped thousands of French Jews escape the Holocaust in a new TV series starting next week in the United Kingdom. Read more

Sacha Baron Cohen slams social-media giants for hate speech on platforms

British Jewish actor Sacha Baron Cohen, upon accepting the Anti-Defamation League’s International Fellowship Award in New York City on Thursday, criticized social-media giants for allowing hate speech to flourish on their platforms. Read more

UN Security Council members censure US over settlement policy shift

At the U.N. Security Council’s monthly Mideast meeting on Wednesday, the council’s 14 other members strongly condemned the U.S. administration’s announcement on Monday that it no longer considers Israeli settlements to be in violation of international law. Read more

Dutch parliament approves action against EU ruling on Israeli product labels

The Dutch parliament has passed a motion objecting to last week’s ruling by the European Court of Justice requiring products coming from the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights not to be labelled “made in Israel.” Read more

Annual Shabbat Project sees unprecedented participation in US, Israel and worldwide

The seventh annual international Shabbat Project reached 1,685 cities and 106 countries across the world this year, attracting record numbers of participants in many of those cities. Read more

Netanyahu: Gantz’s plan to form minority government with Arab parties is ‘madness’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Likud lawmakers during an emergency conference call on Saturday that the Blue and White Party intends to form a minority government supported by the Arab parties, something he said would be an “unprecedented disaster” for the State of Israel. Read more

Jack Black, Flaming Lips and Haim among those to join Hanukkah album

A holiday-inspired music album titled “Hanukkah+” will be released on Nov. 22 and feature a collection of Jewish classics and originals from artists, including Haim, the Flaming Lips, Jack Black and Yo La Tengo, The Rolling Stone reported. Read more

British public figures sign letter refusing to vote Labour over antisemitism scandal

Twenty-four British public figures signed an open letter refusing to vote for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom’s Dec. 12 general elections due to party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s multiple ties to antisemitism. Read more

Netflix to edit Demjanjuk docuseries after pressure by Polish government

Netflix says it will edit its documentary miniseries “The Devil Next Door,” about alleged notorious Nazi guard John Demjanjuk after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki complained of inaccuracies in the series, Variety reported on Thursday. Read more

Pope Francis condemns antisemitism in address from St. Peter’s Square

Pope Francis denounced antisemitism against Jews worldwide during his weekly general audience. Read more

Orthodox Jew from Golders Green announces Brexit Party run against Corbyn

An Orthodox Jewish man has announced that he will be running for Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s Parliament seat in the United Kingdom’s general elections on Dec. 12. Read more

Ceasefire off to shaky start as sirens wail in southern Israel

A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza-based terrorist groups that went into effect early Thursday morning was immediately put to the test as five rockets from Gaza sent Israelis scrambling for shelter in the south. Read more

Israel faces second day of rocket fire from Gaza

Israelis faced a second day of rocket barrages from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after a brief overnight lull gave way to renewed launches in the morning hours. Read more

Jewish Agency provides emergency funds to families hit by rockets from Gaza

In the wake of the rocket fire on Israel, the Jewish Agency for Israel put its emergency operations into gear, providing assistance to 6,500 new immigrants in absorption centres and 5,000 seniors in assisted-living facilities located in southern Israel, as well as 7,700 young Jews visiting on Israel Experience programs. Read more

Poland presses Netflix to amend documentary about Nazi death-camp guard

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has pressed Netflix to make changes to a documentary about a Nazi death-camp guard that includes a map highlighting Nazi concentration and death camps inside modern Poland. Read more

Netanyahu, Knesset mark 25 years of peace between Israel and neighbouring Jordan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday marked 25 years of a peace agreement between Israel and Jordan. Read more

Overwhelming majority of UN Human Rights Council reps praise Iran on record

Ninety-five out of 111 delegates, or 85 per cent, of the delegates to U.N. Human Rights Council’s Nov. 8 review session on Iran’s human-rights record praised the Islamic Republic, according to Geneva-based NGO U.N. Watch. Read more

Bernie Sanders: ‘It’s not antisemitic to criticize Israel’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said that “it is not antisemitic to criticize the policies of the Israeli government,” adding on to his prior stance that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is “racist.” Read more

Netanyahu offers Bennett defence ministry job

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday offered New Right Party leader Naftali Bennett the spot of the country’s defence minister in a move perceived as a way to stop Bennet from joining a coalition led by the rival Blue and White Party. Read more

UAE to allow Israelis to visit for 2020 World Expo, and perhaps afterwards as well

The United Arab Emirates will open its doors to Israelis for the 2020 World Expo in Dubai and may allow them to continue to visit even after it’s over. Read more

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg expected to run for president

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to run for president after announcing earlier this year that he would not run for the Democratic nomination. Read more

UNRWA head resigns over misconduct allegations

The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced his resignation on Wednesday, following allegations of sexual misconduct, nepotism, retaliation, discrimination and other abuses of authority. Read more

New UK House of Commons Speaker said Jewish MPs ‘face worst of it’ online

U.K. Labour Party member Lindsay Hoyle was elected on Monday as Speaker of the U.K. House of Commons amid his party facing backlash and the United Kingdom reaching a deal to leave the European Union. Read more

Fatah official says PA chief Abbas, soon to turn 85, won’t run for re-election

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas will not run for re-election, senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub told Palestine TV on Monday. Read more

Supreme Court rules Israel can deport Human Rights Watch official

Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir may be deported, upholding a district court ruling that found him guilty of promoting anti-Israel boycotts. Read more

Jewish astronaut Jessica Meir shares photos of Israel captured from space

Jewish astronaut Jessica Meir has shared photos of Israel she took from space.

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Israeli court stops auction of letter written by 11-year-old Jewish Holocaust victim

The Tel Aviv District Court blocked the sale of a letter written by an 11-year-old Jewish-Polish girl who was killed in the Holocaust following protest by her family members. Read more

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