Diaspora Jewry
Mamdani shares video of keffiyeh-clad door knocker, raising questions, hackles of Jewish New Yorkers
“If we had produced anything like this, I would have been fired the next day,” Benny Polatseck, who worked in the creative communications department at City Hall under the former mayor, told JNS.
The Melbourne ad promoted an event with the president and founder of United Hatzalah of Israel at a local synagogue.
The five-year exemption plan targets new immigrants and returning residents amid a global outreach effort.
The man appeared to wear a Hitler-style mustache and a red armband, while standing on an Israeli flag and giving a Nazi salute to passing runners.
A Jewish man was beaten on the metro as assailants hurled antisemitic abuse and took jewelry with “tremendous emotional value.”
“He was arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts and has been taken to a London police station for questioning,” the Met Police stated.
A total of 23 people have been arrested in recent weeks in connection with a string of incidents involving Jewish-affiliated sites.
“This is how local government should work: proactive, responsive and effective,” said Ron Halber, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington (JCRC).
The regional coalition issued a declaration condemning the BDS movement and supporting Israel’s right to defend itself.
The military stands in “solidarity and unity” with global Jewish communities, said the IDF chief of staff.
Nearly half of European Jews and a third of North American Jews experienced antisemitism in the past year.
Some 1,000 people showed up to the event, organized by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum and UJA-Federation of New York.
