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Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Elon Musk delivers a salute at a Trump immigration rally. Inset: Musk's Holocaust joke post. (Screenshot)
January 24, 2025, 12:58 pm
Musk makes Holocaust jokes after Netanyahu defends him as ‘great friend of Israel’
The ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt blasted Musk’s Nazi jokes after remaining silent on his hand gesture
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Timothee Chamalet plays Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown
January 23, 2025, 4:06 pm
Jewish talent features heavily in Oscar nominations
The Brutalist picks up 10 Oscar nominations, with A Complete Unknown close behind
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Elon Musk. Screenshot.
January 23, 2025, 10:52 am
How did the ADL conclude Elon Musk didn’t give a Nazi salute? It isn’t saying
Criticism has mounted over the Jewish civil rights group’s speedy determination on Monday
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
View of the Kiryat Arba settlement near the West Bank city of Hebron, as seen on Nov. 20, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun FLASH90)
December 10, 2024, 11:31 pm
Bucking Israel’s far right, several large American Jewish groups say they oppose resettling Gaza
The statements by some of the largest Jewish organisations in the country come as a number Israeli government ministers call for resettling the Palestinian enclave
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 1, 2014. (Kiddo27 via Wikimedia Commons)
November 25, 2024, 9:20 am
Jewish museum holds funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa is not the first museum to bury remains of Holocaust victims in its collection
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck
November 23, 2024, 2:26 pm
German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma’ dies, aged 96
Ursula Haverbeck, a hero of the country’s far-right and neo-Nazi movement, was awaiting latest prison term
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Stephen_Miller_by_Gage_Skidmore, Wikipedia
November 12, 2024, 3:45 pm
Stephen Miller, hardline Jewish Trump aide, to become deputy chief of staff as immigration becomes top issue
The architect of some of Trumps’ most controversial immigration policies was reprimanded by a broad spectrum of Jewish groups during his first term
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
A mural of Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh in Bergen, Norway, painted by the anonymous artist Töddel, July 2024. (Courtesy of Töddel)
July 26, 2024, 4:00 pm
Street artist defends mural of Anne Frank in a keffiyeh
Norwegian artist Töddel stands by depiction of Jewish diarist murdered by the Nazis that has been roundly condemned for being "deeply antisemitic"
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
(L-r) A poster for Pomidor's exhibit, "Even Elephants Hold Elections," canceled by the London gallery Metamorphika on July 4, 2024, over an artist's social media posts mourning the victims of the Oct. 7 attacks; an image shared by Pomidor of the canceled exhibit. (Screenshots via Instagram)
July 9, 2024, 9:11 am
London gallery cancels Russian-Israeli artist’s anti-Putin show, objecting to her posts mourning Oct. 7
The artist, who goes by Maria, told the London Jewish Chronicle the gallery had received complaints about her social media posts: 'They said it was wrong that I support Israel'
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
The interior of the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle, Washington, March 31, 2016. (Screenshot via YouTube)
July 2, 2024, 10:13 am
7 Holocaust museums condemn vandalism against one of their own after police say it wasn’t a hate crime
The vandalism involved the phrase “Genocide in Gaza” being written over a photograph of a child Holocaust survivor.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
German and American soldiers at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany honor Nathan Baskind's remains after their excavation. (U.S. Army)
June 7, 2024, 1:57 pm
In Normandy, a Jewish D-Day veteran buried in a Nazi mass grave will receive a proper burial
Shot behind enemy lines, US Army first lieutenant Nate Baskind went unidentified as an American Jew for decades. He will be reburied in Normandy on June 23, the 80th anniversary of his death
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Blair Hall at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, 2006. (Alfred Hutter via Wikimedia Commons)
April 12, 2024, 11:19 am
Princeton joins list of Ivy League unis under antisemitism investigation
US Department of Education opens Title VI inquiry into allegations at elite New Jersey private university
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
The iconic diarist pictured during the war.
January 11, 2024, 9:23 am
Anne Frank’s diary, ‘Schindler’s List’ among titles at centre of major Florida book-ban lawsuit
The two books have been pulled from shelves and are now being held for “further review” in Escambia County, in Florida’s Panhandle.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Dr. Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023, in Washington, DC. The Committee held a hearing to investigate antisemitism on college campuses. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
January 9, 2024, 8:22 am
Will university president Sally Kornbluth survive the campus antisemitism reckoning?
Kornbluth sent a new email this week outlining additional steps she planned to take to address antisemitism at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Larry David in a scene from last season.
December 16, 2023, 11:47 pm
Curb curbed: TV’s Jewiest comedy to end after upcoming 12th season
The imminent conclusion of Curb Your Enthusiasm has been rumoured for several years. The 12th series will officially be the last.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
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