January 29, 2026 — Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor. Jonathan Dekel-Chen’s son Sagui spent 498 days in captivity in Gaza after he was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz, a kibbutz in southern Israel, on October 7, 2023.

January 29, 2026 — German FM: ‘I’m ashamed that Jews fear to speak Hebrew in my country’. Johann Wadephul defends Israel ties despite a partial arms embargo, vows Berlin will keep buying Israeli defense systems.

January 29, 2026 — WATCH: Car rams Chabad headquarters door, driver arrested, no injuries. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani commented that the attack was “intentional” and stated that “Antisemitism has no place in our city.”

January 29, 2026 — Dozens of Jewish graves vandalized at Barcelona cemetery. Spanish politician Daniel Sirera responded to the incident, stating in a post to X/Twitter, “It is not mere vandalism: it is antisemitism.”

January 29, 2026 — Trump weighing new, major action against Iran, including regime change – report. US strikes on Iran would reportedly be conducted to give the protesters confidence that they could seize government and security buildings.

January 28, 2026 — Brazil a ‘Christian, Jewish country,’ Bolsonaro tells ‘Post’; pitches pro-Israel reset – interview. Flavio Bolsonaro wants Brazil back in Israel’s corner and wants the evangelical and conservative forces reshaping Latin America to see Israel as a symbol of shared values and shared enemies.

January 28, 2026 — Amid Iran tensions, US announces multi-day aerial military drill in Middle East. US military’s CENTCOM launches air exercise as Washington shifts significant forces to region to enable possible strike on Iran after regime’s devastating crackdown on protesters

January 28, 2026 — Rabbi physically attacked in NYC on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The victim did not suffer serious injuries, and the suspected assailant was taken into custody by police shortly following the incident, according to a statement released by New York officials.

January 28, 2026 — Pope Leo asks God for ‘a world with no more antisemitism’ on Holocaust Remembrance Day. “On this annual occasion of painful remembrance, I ask the Almighty for the gift of a world with no more antisemitism,” Pope Leo said.

January 28, 2026 — ‘Give Trump something’: Turkey, Oman, Qatar, among countries mediating between US and Iran. The message a number of countries have delivered to Iran, according to one of the sources, is: “Act rationally. Give President Trump something so that war can be avoided.”

January 28, 2026 — Grandson of Auschwitz commandant: ‘My grandfather was greatest mass murderer in history’. It was only when Höss was in the 7th grade that he discovered who his grandfather was, which changed the way he saw himself.

January 27, 2026 — Worrisome ignorance: only half of Brazilians know about the Holocaust. Only about half of respondents correctly identified the Holocaust as the Nazi extermination of six million Jews