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2 men found guilty in UK of plotting Islamic State-inspired antisemitic terror attack

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Two men inspired by Islamic state ideology were convicted on Tuesday in Manchester, England, of plotting what prosecutors said could have been one of the deadliest antisemitic attacks in British history.

Walid Saadaoui, 38, and...

Rob Reiner urges resilience in video address for Holocaust survivor event — recorded just weeks before his murder

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — At a virtual Holocaust survivor event on Thursday, beloved Jewish film director Rob Reiner gave a pre-recorded address where he urged those watching to be “resilient.”

For the survivors, families and advocates who tuned into...

UPDATE: These are the victims of the Bondi Beach Chanukah celebration shooting in Sydney

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — A local rabbi, a Holocaust survivor and a 12-year-old girl are among those killed during the shooting attack Sunday at the “Chanukah at the Sea” celebration in Sydney, Australia.

Late in the day, authorities raised...

Ben Shapiro denounces Tucker Carlson at Heritage, urges policing of conservative movement

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

(JTA) — Ben Shapiro walked onto a Heritage Foundation stage Wednesday week and used it to draw a line against Tucker Carlson and a strain of conservatism Shapiro warned is drifting toward conspiracy theories and antisemitism.

For...

Citing Sydney attack, police in London say they will now arrest those who chant ‘globalize the intifada’

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Police in London and Manchester, England, say they will now arrest pro-Palestinian protesters who chant the phrase “globalize the intifada,” in a policy change responding to the deadly terror attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah in...

New footage emerges of Jewish man trying to disarm Bondi Beach shooters before massacre

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — An elderly Jewish man sought to stop the Bondi Beach Chanukah attackers and was their first victim, according to dramatic dashcam footage that emerged on Tuesday.

Boris Gurman, 69, came upon the attackers as they...

Australian authorities confirm that Bondi Beach attackers were affiliated with Islamic State terror group

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — The father-and-son duo who killed 15 people during an attack on a Chanukah celebration in Sydney on Sunday were motivated by “Islamic State ideology,” Australian authorities have confirmed.

Australian media had reported on Monday that...

Jewish donors help raise $1.3M for Ahmed al Ahmed, the Muslim man who disarmed a Bondi Beach attacker

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — A crowdfunding campaign to support Ahmed al Ahmed, the Muslim fruit seller shot after disarming one of the men who was attacking a Chanukah event in Sydney, generated $1.3 in its first day — with...

4 members of pro-Palestinian group arrested for planning bombings across Los Angeles

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Federal authorities have arrested four people in connection to an alleged plot to bomb locations across Southern California on New Year’s Eve.

The four suspects — Audrey Ilene Carroll, 30, Dante Garfield, 24, Zachary Aaron...

22 arrested in Amsterdam protest over contentious Chanukah concert featuring IDF cantor

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Dozens of people were arrested on Sunday after protesting outside Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall, where multiple Chanukah concerts were taking place.

The day’s concert lineup came under scrutiny last month after the concert hall, known...