10+ hour, 7+ min ago   (955+ words) WASHINGTON, United States | Jewish synagogues, schools, community centers, summer camps, and other nonprofit institutions in the United States are now spending more than $1 billion every year simply to keep their communities safe, according to new data from Jewish Federations of…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (856+ words) TORONTO, Canada | Five major Jewish organizations have released a Jewish Students’ Bill of Rights calling on elementary and secondary schools across North America to adopt six standards intended to protect Jewish students from antisemitism, harassment and pressure to distance themselves…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (717+ words) ST. GALLEN, Switzerland | Israeli para taekwondo athlete Omer Barel has won a silver medal at the 2026 Swiss Open in St. Gallen, securing his first international medal only months after beginning his competitive career in the sport and less than three…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (733+ words) THAMES VALLEY, UNITED KINGDOM | Thames Valley Police have launched a dedicated security operation to protect Jewish communities during the High Holy Days, deploying armed and unarmed officers, specialist units and increased patrols around synagogues across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (766+ words) CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA | Australia’s High Court is hearing a constitutional challenge from the banned neo-Nazi organization White Australia and its national president, Thomas Sewell, against federal legislation that allows organizations accused of promoting hate and violence to be designated prohibited hate…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (543+ words) TORONTO, ONT. — A Children’s Walk for Gaza initially promoted in Toronto has emerged as part of a substantially broader series of family-oriented fundraising events being advertised across Ontario through October. Events were listed in Mississauga and Hamilton for Saturday, Sept....

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1105+ words) OTTAWA, ONT. — Canadian Jewish organizations are renewing calls for the federal government to designate Palestine Action Canada, Masar Badil and Kata’ib Hezbollah as terrorist entities, citing concerns about alleged attacks in Canada, connections to already-listed organizations and activities they say…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (987+ words) TORONTO, ONT. — The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has awarded $7,000 to a former Toronto Metropolitan University teaching assistant whose controversial Arabic-language prayer included remarks widely condemned as offensive to Jews, while rejecting his central claim that the university dismissed him…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1003+ words) The three developments, announced Sept. 2 and 3, involve separate areas of federal authority and are at different legal stages. The university legislation must still pass the Senate, the healthcare directive is federal civil-rights guidance, and allegations involving the National Education Association…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (878+ words) CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA — Australia’s peak visual arts advocacy organization is facing growing political scrutiny over its public funding after a submission to the country’s Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion alleged that people associated with the organization circulated or endorsed…...