A handwritten letter written by Albert Einstein warning of the dangers of growing nationalism and anti-Semitism years before the Nazis rose to power has been sold for nearly $40,000.
Read moreFrance’s prime minister on Friday sounded the alarm over a sharp rise in anti-Semitic acts this year, pledging to increase efforts to punish perpetrators and police hate speech online.
Read moreBritish police have launched a criminal investigation into allegations of anti-Semitic hate crimes within the opposition Labour Party.
Read moreThe man accused of killing 11 people and wounding six others during a weekend siege at a Pittsburgh synagogue pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges that could result in his being put to death.
Read moreA federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted the man accused of carrying out the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre this past weekend on 44 counts, including hate crimes.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed with prejudice a complaint accusing San Francisco State University of tolerating or encouraging anti-Semitic conduct on its campus.
Read moreA city in mourning for the 11 victims of Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh braced itself Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s arrival.
Read moreThe man accused of killing a 11 people in the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Pittsburgh appeared briefly in court on Monday afternoon to accept representation by a public defender.
Read moreAs Barry Werber walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue, he passed a cart carrying glassware and whiskey meant for the baby-naming ceremony scheduled at Dor Hadash, one of three small congregations that worship there.
Read moreThe far-right Alternative for Germany party has announced it will create a Jewish section within the party, drawing widespread criticism by Jewish groups across the country.
Read moreA folk singer who posted videos on YouTube insulting Jews and mocking the Holocaust has been banned from using social media.
Read moreNearly 60 percent of U.S. hate crimes committed in 2016 targeted the victim’s race, ethnicity or ancestry, the FBI said Monday in its annual report, which found more than twice as many reports of anti-Semitic hate crimes than anti-Muslim ones.
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San Francisco State University has “systematically instilled” anti-Jewish hostility on campus and enabled anti-Israel protesters to disrupt a speech by the mayor of Jerusalem last year, Jewish students claim in federal court.
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A disgraced former Intercept reporter faces up to 10 years in prison after admitting Tuesday that his stalking of an ex led him to join a wave of anti-Semitic hoax bomb threats.
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Rejecting a devout Jewish woman’s lawsuit against Lucille Roberts, a federal judge saw no religious discrimination in the ban on modest knee-length skirts at “The Women’s Gym.”
Read moreA man suspected of killing a Montana sheriff’s deputy Tuesday had published dozens of racist, anti-Semitic, anti-government and pro-President Donald Trump posts on social media in the days before the shooting.
Read moreA Justice Department official defended the agency’s commitment to prosecuting hate crimes Tuesday as Senate pointed fingers about the surge of religious violence against Jews and Muslims.
Read moreA Jewish real estate agent in Montana on Tuesday sued the publisher of the anti-Semitic website Daily Stormer, claiming he and his army unleashed a troll storm of vicious attacks against her and her family.
Read moreThe former journalist accused of making phony bomb threats to several Jewish Community Centers last summer in a bid to frame a former lover pleaded not guilty on Monday to a federal cyberstalking charge.
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Israeli police on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old Israeli Jewish man as the primary suspect in a string of bomb threats targeting Jewish community centers and other institutions in the U.S., marking a potential breakthrough in the case after an international manhunt with the FBI.
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