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The decision was precipitated by an antisemitic meme spread in 2020. Meta’s Oversight Board reversed a company decision to allow Holocaust denial content on its platforms which include Facebook and Instagram just days ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, drawing praise from leading Jewish civil rights groups. In a statement, Meta’s Oversight Board, an independent body created in 2020, said the “prohibition is consistent with Meta’s human right’s responsibilities” and that “it is important to understand Holocaust denial as an element of antisemitism, which is discriminatory in its consequences.” The decision was precipitated by an antisemitic meme spread in 2020 featuring…

David Teeger, a rising star on South Africa’s cricket scene, has been removed as the country’s Under-19 team captain on the eve of the world championship competition. Cricket South Africa cited threats to Teeger, who is Jewish, and the team over Israel’s war in Gaza ahead of the U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup, which South Africa is hosting. “We have been advised that protests related to the war in Gaza can be anticipated at the venues for the tournament. We have also been advised that they are likely to focus on … David Teeger,” the organization said in a statement.…

The Lincoln Memorial closed temporarily on Wednesday after its steps were vandalized with graffiti reading “Free Gaza” in multiple places. U.S. Park Police are investigating the graffiti, which was discovered Wednesday morning at the Washington, D.C. monument, according to ABC News. Crews were dispatched  to clean up the vandalism. The steps of the memorial were splattered with red paint and pro-Palestinian messages, which the National Park Service said could take some time to complete. “National Park Service conservators have begun the process of removing the paint this morning, though it may take multiple treatments over several days to remove all…

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — Did a New York City coffee shop’s workers quit over the owner’s pro-Israel stance? Was the library at Cooper Union barricaded to protect Jewish students inside from an angry pro-Palestinian mob? Ten weeks into the Israel-Hamas war, these are the kinds of stories fueling angry debate on social media, with Jews charging bigotry and critics of Israel saying antisemitism is being weaponized to silence them. These weren’t the kinds of events being debated—at least formally—at the 55th annual convention of the Association for Jewish Studies, held this week in San Francisco. Some 1,000 scholars gathered to…

In filmed rant, the rapper went off on ‘Jewish niggas’ several times, and compared himself to Jesus and Hitler in a tirade against sponsors. Rapper and fashion mogul Kanye West launched into a 10-minute tirade Friday among a group of friends, offering conspiracy theories linking American schools to “Zionists,” “Rothschilds,” and “Jewish niggas.” Standing in a small Las Vegas hotel room in a small crowd, some of whom live-streamed his monologue, the famed rapper and clothing designer known as Ye spoke quickly, in an often incoherent stream of thought. “It is our money, nigga. It is our country, nigga. They…

Tal Chaimi, H’yd, (left) and Joshua Mollel were murdered by Hamas and their bodies are being held in Gaza. Kibbutz Nir Yitchak announced on Wednesday evening that Tal Chaimi, H’yd, was murdered by Hamas on October 7th and his body is being held by Hamas. Chaimi, H’yd, 41, left behind his wife Ella and three children, nine-year-old twins and a six-year-old. He was part of Nir Yitzchak’s civilian defense team and left the house the morning of October 7th to protect the residents against the terrorists. He had been listed as missing ever since. The statement from the kibbutz said…

Suspects in a terror plot, revealing that seven terrorist operatives acting on behalf of Hamas were involved in a planned attack aimed at killing innocent citizens on European soil. “In recent years, and even more so after the murderous attack on October 7, Hamas strives to expand its operational capabilities around the world and in Europe, in particular, in order to realize its ambitions to hit Israeli, Jewish and Western targets at any cost,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. Danish police arrested several people in the early morning on Thursday suspected of planning terrorist attacks, two…

This is a developing story. A man was arrested on multiple charges including a hate crime after allegedly striking a Jewish man on his way to synagogue in the Los Angeles enclave of Beverly Hills on Saturday. The man, Jarris Silagi, 44, allegedly hit Raphael Nissel, 75, on the head and said, “Jew, give me your jewelry,” according to a report on the incident published by the L.A. Times. Nissel was treated for a laceration at the scene and continued on to his Orthodox synagogue, where he read Torah as planned, according to the report and a tweet by his…

‘Let me help them out here: Calling for the genocide [death]  of anyone obviously constitutes harassment.’ Billionaire Elon Musk took to his X platform to criticize universities for not doing more to combat antisemitism on their campuses. He mockingly requested to “help out” university officials who wouldn’t give direct answers to the question of whether calling for genocide of Jews violates the university’s harassment code. Musk wrote, “Let me help them out here: Calling for the genocide [death]  of anyone obviously constitutes harassment.” Elon Musk followed this with another tweet criticizing the culture of universities. “The top institutions in the…

Sharon Cunio, 34, and her twin daughters, Yuli and Emma, 3 were released from captivity in Gaza last week. Sharon’s sister, Danielle Aloni, and her daughter, Emilia, 5, were released three days earlier. Sharon’s husband and the twins’ father, David, remains in captivity. Both families were abducted on October 7th from Kibbutz Nir Oz. On Sunday evening, Ramos Aloni, Sharon and Danielle’s father, told Channel 12 News that in Gaza, the terrorists separated one of the twins, Yuli, from the rest of her family and they had no idea where she was. “On the second day, they took Yuli to…