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Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker appeared on US breakfast television on Monday (Photo: CBS Mornings)
January 17, 2022, 4:32 pm
Texas shul rabbi recounts miraculous escape: ‘I threw a chair at my captor’
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker said he let his captor into the building and offered him tea because he looked like he needed shelter
By Michael Daventry
Lily Ebert holding Dov in 1993, with Dov's tweet announcing her 35th great-grandchild
January 17, 2022, 3:55 pm
Auschwitz survivor Lily Ebert, 98, becomes a great-grandmother for the 35th time
Hungary-born Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert said having lots of children was the 'best revenge against the Nazis', after her great-grandson's tweet marking the birth went viral
Emma Watson (Wikipedia/Author David Shankbone/Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) via Jewish News)
January 17, 2022, 2:48 pm
OPINION: Good Gryffindor! How not to respond to Emma Watson
After Israeli officials attempted to call out Emma Watson's support for Palestine with jokes about Harry Potter, Jenni Frazer says it would have been better not to respond at all
By Jenni Frazer
Left: Professor Priyamvada Gopal (Wikipedia / Author: The Laura Flanders Show/ Source /(CC BY 3.0)). Right: David Abulafia (Wikipedia/ Source: Flickr: abulafia2 Author: Holbergprisen/ (CC BY 2.0))
January 17, 2022, 1:16 pm
Cambridge prof accused of ‘Jewish conspiracy trope’ by leading historian
David Abulafia hits out at Priyamvada Gopal over her claim he colluded with two Jewish student journalists in an interview attacking her.
By Lee Harpin
Ken Livingstone . (Photo credit: Lauren Hurley/PA Wire)
January 17, 2022, 1:02 pm
Green Ken? Livingstone ‘will apply to join’
Former Mayor of London, who thinks the murderer of six million Jews was a Zionist, said he 'never met anyone in the Green Party I didn’t like'
By Lee Harpin
University (Photo by Vasily Koloda on Unsplash) via Jewish News
January 17, 2022, 12:02 pm
OPINION: UK university scholarships? Not for Jews!
Professor Geoffrey Alderman urges communal groups to address claims of discrimination at numerous prestigious universities
By Geoffrey Alderman
Police were stationed outside the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas (Photo: Twitter)
January 17, 2022, 11:33 am
UK arrests linked to Texas shul hostage-taking ‘underlines potential threats’ to Jewish community
Community Security Trust say Saturday's 10-hour stand-off at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville was 'an attack on a Jewish target by a British Islamist terrorist'
By Jewish News Reporter
Anne Frank
January 17, 2022, 11:15 am
Anne Frank was betrayed to the Nazis by a Jewish local, research team finds
A six-year investigation by a team including historians and criminologists identifies Arnold van den Bergh as the surprise suspect
By Michael Daventry
January 16, 2022, 2:49 pm
‘I’m grateful to be alive’ – rabbi held hostage with three others in shul speaks out
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker was leading services in a Texas shul on Saturday morning when a man took him and three others hostage.
By JTA
Hannah David, and the mugshot of her ex husband, Freddy David
January 16, 2022, 2:20 pm
Ex-wife of conman Freddy David ‘had no reason’ to think he was engaged in criminal activity
Former Conservative local councillor Hannah David says she was unaware of what was going on until armed police turned up at their front door in 2017.
By Jenni Frazer
Police were stationed outside the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas (Photo: Twitter)
January 16, 2022, 2:12 pm
UK Foreign Office confirms Texas shul hostage-taker was British citizen
Spokesperson said it wa 'aware of the death of a British man in Texas and are in contact with the local authorities'
By Jenni Frazer
A view of the casket draped in a Nazi flag in Rome, Jan. 11, 2022. (Screenshot from Open)
January 16, 2022, 9:00 am
Casket draped in Nazi swastika flag at church funeral sparks outrage in Rome
The Roman Catholic Church strongly condemned the incident, with the Vicariate of Rome describing the incident as “serious, offensive, and unacceptable.”
By JTA
NSDAP membership book (Wikipedia/Author User Henryart on de.wikipedia/ Bild-GFDL {{Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger Organisationen}}/Attribution: Henryart)
January 16, 2022, 8:58 am
Jewish businessman offers to buy and blow up 800-pound eagle and swastika crest
Argentine Jewish businessman Daniel Sielecki, 64, said he'd purchase the Nazi items and dispose of it to keep it out of the hands of neo-Nazis.
By JTA
Lady Justice (Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash)
January 16, 2022, 8:47 am
Neo-Nazi leader sentenced to seven years for distributing antisemitic flyers
Kaleb Cole, a leader of the Neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen, was convicted on several counts, including mailing threatening communications
By JTA
Diego Schwartzman and Camila Giorgi
January 16, 2022, 8:44 am
A Jewish guide to the 2022 Australian Open
While the row over Novak Djokovic has dominated pre-tournament headlines, there are several Jewish and Israeli stars competing to look out for
By JTA
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