Ultraconservative Orthodox groups may protest, but for many Israelis, the buses offer a new freedom to travel on the weekend.
Tag: Jews and Judaism
In Era of Hardening Identities, Trump Order on Jews Kindles Questions Old and New
The president said he wanted to target anti-Semitic speech on campuses, but in the time of new nationalism, nothing is really that simple.
Belgian Carnival Removed From UNESCO List Over Anti-Semitic Imagery
The Aalst carnival has been criticized for depicting Jews with sidecurls and oversize noses atop piles of money.
Visiting Auschwitz, Merkel Warns Against Danger to Liberal Democracy
Stressing that it was “a German death camp, run by Germans,” Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke of the threat posed by revisionist history and rising hatred.
Jewish Graves Desecrated in Historic French Cemetery
It was the latest in a series of anti-Semitic incidents in the region.
U.K. Chief Rabbi Denounces Labour Party on Anti-Semitism
The rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, suggested the opposition party’s leader, Jeremy Corbyn, was “unfit for office,” adding that Britain’s soul was at stake in next month’s election.
Rabbi Henry Sobel, 75, Dies; Defied Brazil’s Military Rulers
The leader of the largest liberal Jewish congregation in Latin America, he took a stand when a journalist was killed by his torturers in 1975.
Suspect Arrested in Anti-Semitic Harassment of Jewish Family
A video shared on social media showed a man quoting Bible passages to a man and boy wearing skullcaps in the London Underground. A woman in a hijab intervened.
German Lawmakers Oust Committee Chair Over Remarks Seen as Anti-Semitic
A member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was removed as unfit for his post, a first for postwar Germany.
In the British Election, a Series of Missteps
In a bitter and divisive campaign, the Conservatives stumbled first. Labour soon followed, with resignations and charges of anti-Semitism.