October 20, 2026

‘Getting Closer to the Truth’: Argentine Judge Franco Fiumara on the New Path to Justice for 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center Attack

The Iran-orchestrated bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires in July 1994 remains the deadliest act of antisemitic terror outside Israel since the Holocaust. More than three decades later, justice remains elusive, but a new path forward was opened in 2025 with Argentina’s enactment of Law 27784 —

‘Getting Closer to the Truth’: Argentine Judge Franco Fiumara on the New Path to Justice for 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center Attack Read More »

How Refusing to Sign an Anti-Israel Petition Led a Barnard Student to Convert to Judaism

In her first week at Barnard College a decade ago, a student asked Mazelit Airaksinen, then known as Toni, to sign a petition against Israel. She considered herself politically liberal and knew virtually nothing about Israel or Judaism. Rather than sign something she did not understand, she asked for time to research the issue and

How Refusing to Sign an Anti-Israel Petition Led a Barnard Student to Convert to Judaism Read More »

Manhattan Capital One Bank Branch Targeted With Anti-Israel Graffiti, Windows Smashed

Graffiti referencing an Israeli defense contractor and a designated terrorist organization appeared on a Manhattan Capital One branch on Monday, alongside smashed windows. Photographs showed the messages “Drop Elbit” and “Pal Action” painted in red on the bank’s doors. The NYPD said an unidentified individual hurled a brick into a window at 7:40 a.m.P Police

Manhattan Capital One Bank Branch Targeted With Anti-Israel Graffiti, Windows Smashed Read More »

Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring

Maryland’s Largest School District Accused of Failing to Protect Jewish Teen After Bomb Threat, Antisemitic Harassment

A federal complaint filed Oct. 15 accuses Maryland’s largest school district of failing to adequately address antisemitic harassment of an Orthodox student, who received an anonymous bomb threat at home on April 18. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law submitted the allegations to the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights office

Maryland’s Largest School District Accused of Failing to Protect Jewish Teen After Bomb Threat, Antisemitic Harassment Read More »

Police and Shomrim emergency vehicles lined up on a residential street in Golders Green, north London, during increased security patrols after antisemitic attacks on Jewish sites.

Shomrim Volunteers Detain Suspect After Alleged Antisemitic Attack on Three Jewish Women in London

Volunteers from Shomrim London detained a 33-year-old man in Hackney on Monday after three Jewish women were allegedly assaulted in what police were treating as a suspected antisemitic hate crime. He was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated common assault. The Metropolitan Police were called to Clapton Common at about 1:40 p.m., following his detention

Shomrim Volunteers Detain Suspect After Alleged Antisemitic Attack on Three Jewish Women in London Read More »