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An armed man attempted to set fire to a synagogue in Rouen

The man was armed with a knife and an iron bar and was attempting to set fire the city’s synagogue.

Antisemitic incident in central London as knife-wielding woman arrested

The woman was filmed shouting at a Jewish man, "You are to blame for all the problems in the world. You always start fights! Who started World War II? The Jews!."

Germany bans pro-Hamas group supporting ‘Palestinian resistance’

German authorities banned Palestine Solidarity Duisburg, which had expressed solidarity with “Palestinian resistance in all forms."

Norwegian woman found guilty of antisemitism following dissemination of hateful comments against Jews online

In total, the police registered 77 messages with illegal content sent to the Jewish Community of Oslo from the beginning of November 2023 to the end of February 2024.

Residents of Peres’ Belarus birthplace gather outside his childhood home

Residents of the Belarus birthplace of Shimon Peres gathered outside his childhood...

Portuguese city unveils 16th century Torah used by crypto-Jews

A small city in north-east Portugal unveiled for the first time a...

Israelis fume over Belgrade call of “flight to Palestine”

Israeli passengers on an Air Serbia flight from Belgrade to Tel Aviv...

Macedonian Jews distribute aid packages to Balkan flood victims

Members of the tiny Jewish community of Macedonia and the American Jewish...

Moroccan police arrest man in connection with murder of Jewish couple

Two Moroccan Jews were killed in Casablanca in what police said was...

Moroccan radio station punished for antisemitic remarks

Morocco’s state audio-visual authority (Haca) has sanctioned the Radio Aswat station for...

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