International
Israel stays tight with Myanmar
Charles Dunst, JTAFeb 07, 2019
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority has earned the country widespread condemnation in recent years. A UN investigator and the US...
Israelis join dam collapse effort
Marcus Moraes, JTAJan 31, 2019
RIO DE JANEIRO — Less than one month after Benjamin Netanyahu gained pop star status across Brazil for blending in with the locals during the very first visit of a...
Rising risks in Syria
JNSJan 24, 2019
By Yaakov Lappin The Jan. 20 airstrike on targets in Syria, purportedly carried out by Israel, was unusual for a number of reasons. First, it occurred in broad daylight,...
ADL senior VP, Iran native, reflects on anti-Semitism today
Chris LeppekJan 24, 2019
The bad news first: Anti-Semitism throughout much of the world is not only alive and well, but growing. Then a touch of good news: It’s probably not as bad as it...
Post HyperCacher: French unity overtaken by hate
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAJan 17, 2019
PARIS — Four years ago, a heartbroken Bernard-Henri Levy found some solace in how more than a million Frenchmen marched through this city to protest extremism. The...
Mattis resignation highlights foreign policy arguments
Ron Kampeas, JTADec 27, 2018
WASHINGTON — James Mattis is quitting as defense secretary and his extraordinary resignation letter has brought into the open an argument among conservatives on...
Mexico City mayor’s Jewish identity tenuous
JTADec 13, 2018
By Alan Grabinsky MEXICO CITY— It was during her ultimately successful campaign for Mexico City mayor that Claudia Sheinbaum made a rare reference to her Jewish...
Poll: European anti-Semitism growing
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTADec 13, 2018
AMSTERDAM — The last time that a stranger directed an anti-Semitic insult at me, I was carrying supplies for my son’s birthday party. It was on a Sunday afternoon on...
US media struggle to understand complex reality of Iranian Jewry
JTADec 06, 2018
By Larry Cohler-Esses NEW YORK — Several days after the Jewish Daily Forward published the first-ever report from the Islamic Republic of Iran by a reporter openly...
In Europe, Austria leads fight against anti-Semitism
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTANov 29, 2018
VIENNA — Less than one year after the election of Sebastian Kurz as Austria’s leader, he has taken his government to the forefront of the fight against Europe’s...
