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Shira Li Bartov (JTA)

Screenshot: Jerry Seinfeld June 2026
June 12, 2026, 11:52 am
Seinfeld declines to say ‘free Palestine’ after Knicks game: ‘It doesn’t exist’
The exchange added to a number of dismissive comments by Seinfeld toward pro-Palestinian advocates in recent years
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Spanish Minister of the Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska. Photo: Wikipedia
June 11, 2026, 9:56 am
Spain reports 86% rise in antisemitic incidents, as interior minister takes aim at ‘xenophobia’
The Spanish government said it documented the highest total hate incidents in 2025 since it began keeping records
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Rabbi Menachem Margolin
May 27, 2026, 11:02 am
Jewish leaders say Belgium’s prosecution of circumcision is antisemitic
Two Jewish men may be charged with assault and performing illegal circumcisions because they lacked licensed medical credentials
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
EU Commission Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas Pic: Twitter/X
May 13, 2026, 10:41 am
EU sanctions Israeli settlers after Hungary, under new leadership, clears path
'Extremisms and violence carry consequences,' said the EU’s top diplomat, who said Hamas figures are also being sanctioned
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
A container installed near the site of the Jedwabne pogrom proclaims in Polish, "The earth doesn't lie." The container, installed in April 2026, promotes the narrative that Nazis, not Poles, killed the Jews of Jedwabne in 1941. (Screenshot)
April 20, 2026, 12:56 pm
Denying that Poles killed their Jewish neighbours, Polish activist declares victory over ‘the Jedwabne lie’
Relatives of a survivor of the 1941 pogrom say Wojciech Sumlinski has erected a “denial museum” on the graves of their family
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
The gatehouse at Buchenwald concentration camp. The clock is stopped at 3:15, the time of its liberation by American troops on April 11 1945 (Creative Commons/Chiode)
April 3, 2026, 11:22 am
German authorities ban anti-Israel demo at Buchenwald
Kufiyas in Buchenwald, the group behind the campaign, announced it was challenging the ban in court
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
A view from the public hearing at the International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, the Hague, Netherlands, April 29, 2025. (Mouneb Taim / Middle East Images via AFP)
March 16, 2026, 5:38 pm
US formally defends Israel in International Court of Justice genocide case
The United States said the genocide charge was part of a broader campaign “to delegitimise the State of Israel and the Jewish people.”
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Ana María Salomón Pérez and Isaac Herzog, President of Israel. Photo: Wikipedia
March 12, 2026, 4:34 pm
Spain withdraws ambassador to Israel, widening diplomatic rift as Trump threatens to sever trade
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has emerged as a lonely and unequivocal voice in Europe against the Iran war, making an enemy of President Donald Trump
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
A pair of finials, which adorned the wooden rollers of a Torah scroll, are among the artifacts being returned to Greece. (Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw)
March 4, 2026, 6:22 pm
Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after Nazi theft
This marks the first time Poland has repatriated cultural property held under its care that was illegally taken from another country
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
The inauguration ceremony of Rabbi Yoni Wieder as chief rabbi of Ireland was held at the Dublin Hebrew Synagogue, May 21, 2024. (Ros Kavanagh/ Courtesy Office of the Chief Rabbi of Ireland)
March 2, 2026, 3:59 pm
Irish Jews report 143 antisemitic incidents in 6 months through a new reporting system
The tally by the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland marked the first effort to track antisemitism in the country.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Director Yoav Potash greets Yaacov Goldstein, one of the last Jewish survivors of Gniewoszów, Poland. (Courtesy of 8 Above)
February 25, 2026, 11:39 am
Doc about Jews killed by Poles after Holocaust could be banned in Poland
Minister in the president’s office called the film 'historical anti-Polish manipulation'
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of Sagui Dekel-Chen. Photo: Youtube
January 29, 2026, 10:10 am
Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor
Jonathan Dekel-Chen’s appointment follows an antisemitism task force’s call for Columbia to hire more faculty who are not anti-Zionist
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Felix Klein. Photo: Wikipedia
November 24, 2025, 10:39 am
Germany’s antisemitism czar says slogans like ‘From the river to the sea’ should be illegal
Felix Klein, who has held his position since 2018, says 7 October changed everything
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Auschwitz. (Credit: Dave Thompson/PA Wire)
November 18, 2025, 10:03 am
German auction house calls off ‘shameless’ sale of concentration camp artefacts
Survivors objected to the sale of victims’ belongings and a yellow Star of David with “signs of wear"
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
SWISS GUARD VATICAN. WIKIPEDIA
November 11, 2025, 2:52 pm
Vatican investigates Swiss Guard for alleged spitting gesture at Jewish women
The incident took place on the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
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