Europe remembers Holocaust – Lauder and Kantor warn of rise of extreme-right

WJC expresses outrage at anti-Semitic incidents in Rome 27 Jan 2014 Boxes containing severed pigs heads were sent to the Israel Embassy in Rome and the city’s main synagogue, and anti-Semitic graffiti appeared on at least one building. READ MORE »

Debate in Israel over Netanyahu son’s choice of girlfriend – Time 27 Jan 2014 Reports that the son of Israel’s prime minister is dating a non-Jewish Norwegian student triggered a lively debate in Israel. READ MORE »

VIDEO – British anti-fascists rally against far-right Hungarian party leader – Al Jazeera 27 Jan 2014 In London, opponents of Jobbik leader Gabor Vona said he should never have been allowed to enter the UK. READ MORE »

The American women who risked it all to save Jews during the Holocaust – Haaretz 27 Jan 2014 Scores of women, most of them Unitarians and Quakers, crossed the Atlantic to rescue Jews and chart their own course. READ MORE »

Russian Jewish Congress: Anti-Semitism on the rise in Russia

24 Jan 2014 The number of attacks and acts of vandalism against synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and community centers grew in Russia in 2013, Russian Jewish Congress press secretary Mikhail Savin told the news agency ‘Interfax’ on Thursday. READ MORE »