Diaspora

'As a queer Jew, I don't feel welcome': New report examines antisemitism in Berlin's LGBTQ+ scene

Jewish LGBTQ+ Berliners report feeling increasingly unwelcome in queer spaces after October 7, according to a new government-commissioned report.

A participant draped in a rainbow flag with a Star of David marches with others towards Berlin's victory column during the 2025 Christopher Street Day CSD Berlin Pride march, in Berlin, Germany. July 26, 2025
PEOPLE ATTEND a vigil organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism and Chabad UK to honour victims of the Bondi attack in Sydney and mark the second night of Hanukkah, in London, Britain, December 15, 2025.

Sydney's synagogue leaders give evidence on antisemitism to Royal Commission following Bondi attack

Anne Frank and Primo Levi mural by  aleXsandro Palombo vandalized in Milan.

Anne Frank Holocaust mural in Milan defaced with antisemitic graffiti

Gabriela Cantergi, president of B’nai B’rith Portugal, with Ambassador Rozenblat and his wife, Rivka, Dr. Andrade, and Hugo Vaz, the curator of the Porto Holocaust Museum

Ambassador of Israel: “Israel is home for every Jew. We are one."


Australia synagogues forced to cancel services, divert funds to cover security costs

Counsel assisting Richard Lancaster told the commission that synagogues have canceled Friday night services because they "couldn’t afford to pay a guard."

Great Synagogue of Sydney

'Point of no return': Belgium becomes fourth European country to ban imports from West Bank

This makes Belgium the fourth European country with an import ban on Israeli settlements. Spain was first in September 2025, followed by the Netherlands and then Ireland. 

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever walks as members of the parliament applaud, at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.

From forced conversion to genocide: How Yazidis carry centuries of persecution into exile

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: The Islamic interpretation of the Yazidi faith is what members of ISIS used to justify the enslavement of over 6,000 women and children and the murder of more than 5,000 people.

A Yazidi woman holds a flame during the Charshama Sor Red New Year ceremony at the Lalish temple in Iraq in April. For a community repeatedly driven from its ancestral homes and subjected to forced conversions, religious tradition has become an enduring expression of survival and continuity.

Inside America’s first prison synagogue: New exhibit tells the story of Jewish inmates who built it

While founded by Quakers and long Christian-oriented, Eastern State hosted Jewish prisoners as early as the 1800s. 

The restored ark of the synagogue at Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary, whose history is explored in the new exhibit "Freedom Through Faith."

Israelis attacked by group in Montenegro's Budva, one suffers broken jaw, victim says

One of the other victims suffered a broken jaw, and another fainted due to the severity of the beatings received.

A view of Budva's old town, Montenegro, April 30, 2026; illustrative.

'An attack against humanity': Argentina marks 32 years since deadly AMIA bombing

The AMIA bombing killed 85 people and injured more than 300 in 1994, in what remains the deadliest terror attack on Argentinian soil and one of the deadliest against the Jewish diaspora.

Memorial commemorating the Amia terror attack.

Australian antisemitism 'passed point of no return,' Jewish leader tells 'Post' after emigrating

"On October 8, there were some leaders of the Muslim community and some Muslim groups in Australia celebrating on the streets. On October 9, we had the riots in front of the Opera House," Adler said.

Local residents, both Jewish and non-jewish visit the inundated flower memorial next to Bondi Pavilion to pay their respects at Bondi Beach on December 16, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

ADL and JCPA diverge over teachers union, exposing a divide over how to fight antisemitism

The unusual public dispute between the Jewish Council of Public Affairs and the Anti-Defamation League brought to the fore a tension over how to fight antisemitism within schools and unions.

Members of the National Education Association and allies in Congress rally outside Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon’s confirmation hearing on February 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.

American Jewish exceptionalism is ending, here’s what must come next - opinion

American Jews have lost something invaluable in the last decade: the feeling that their country and their community are exceptional. 

Jewish American Heritage Month, first designated in 2006, takes place in May.

House rejects bill to strip Israel aid despite over 100 Democrats voting to cut funding

The House voted 314 to 104 to defeat the measure, offered as an amendment to a State Department spending bill by Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks to the press as he exits a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington.