NYC Jewish employees investigated after mourning Bondi Beach victims, lawsuit alleges. Seven New York City Health Department employees allege antisemitic discrimination after Jewish staff were investigated over a Hanukkah mourning event and denied recognition as an employee group; lawsuit also describes anti-Israel activity at work

South Carolina man pleads guilty to hate crime after vandalizing Jewish community complex. The 24-year-old admitted to posting threatening antisemitic flyers, including Nazi symbols, at a Jewish community complex in North Carolina.

Before we had a country, we had a flag. Seventy-eight years after Israel officially adopted its national flag, the story of the blue and white reaches back to a pioneers’ celebration, preparations for the First Zionist Congress and a debate about to whom the flag belonged.

‘I’m not a Jew because of antisemitism. I’m a Jew despite antisemitism.’ Honored with the Jonathan Sacks Institute Prize at Bar-Ilan University, the Holocaust historian speaks to JNS about Jewish pride, rising antisemitism and why defending the truth sometimes means defending the rights of those who deny it.

I was shot defending my synagogue. On Kristallnacht’s anniversary, here’s how I remain hopeful in the face of antisemitism.

‘Not merely a mythological concept’: Huckabee says Israel archaeology, Bible back Zionism. The convention took place at the National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel in Jerusalem, and was titled “returning the Zionist spirit to the influencer spaces in Israel.”

Philadelphia Anti-Israel bike protesters met with boos, support for Jewish businesses – opinion. Since the protesters’ intentions became public knowledge, the outpouring of support from not only the Jewish community but beyond was overwhelming.

Why is the Islamic Republic banning the Lion and Sun emblem amid anti-regime protests? – analysis. Nearly 47 years after Iran’s Islamic Revolution, authorities are cracking down on jewelry bearing the Lion and Sun, a symbol of growing opposition.

When a church gives antisemitic rhetoric a platform, its leaders must speak out. Churches must make clear that criticism of Israel can never justify demonizing Jews, denying their right to self-determination or blaming Israel for America’s problems.