(JTA) — For more than a decade, Venezuelan Jews have been holding their breath, subject to the whims of a mercurial president who used his bully pulpit to intimidate, rail against Israel and embrace Iran.
NEW YORK (JTA) — Oracle’s Larry Ellison is the world’s richest Jew, according to Forbes magazine’s annual world billionaires list for 2013. Ellison was among five Jews in the top 25 on the list released Monday. Seventeen Israelis were among...
(JTA) — The Holocaust museum in Macedonia was damaged in a surge of violence that erupted in the country’s capital. Protesters over the weekend damaged the Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia in Skopje and the glass area...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Hugo Chavez, the longtime president of Venezuela who spouted anti-Israel rhetoric and befriended Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, died yesterday, March 5.
Chavez, who ruled the South American country for 14 years, died Tuesday following a long...
(JTA) — The Jewish community of Denmark documented 40 anti-Semitic incidents in 2012, almost double the number from 2009. A report released last week by AKVAH, the security unit of Denmark’s Jewish community of 8,000, counted six physical attacks on Jews...
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Twelve experts of varying religions and homelands urged the U.S. Congress to speak out against hate speech and anti-Semitism throughout the world, notably Europe.
The human rights subcommittee of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee held a...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sequestration could lead to cuts in military assistance to Israel, Jordan and Egypt, Secretary of State John Kerry told Congress. “Under sequestration, our security assistance accounts would face an approximately $500 million reduction, undermining our efforts around...
ATHENS, Greece (JTA) — Greek Jews want posters featuring a symbol of an intertwined swastika and Star of David to promote a nightclub entertainer’s shows to be taken down.
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece has complained to...
