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MONTREAL, May 26, 2024 (AFP) – A Jewish girls’ school in Toronto was hit by gunfire early Saturday, without causing any injuries but prompting Canadian authorities to step up security at other schools and synagogues, police said. The suspects, who arrived at Bais Chaya Mushka in a dark colored vehicle, opened fire just before 5:00 am and caused “some damage to the front of the school” before leaving the scene, police inspector Paul Krawczyk said […]
by Jonah MANDEL Agence France-Presse GOLAN HEIGHTS, Undefined (AFP) — From biblical plague to modern day protein, one Israeli firm wants to make locusts a sustainable food choice in the Holy Land and beyond. As for whether or not the insects are kosher, the answer is not so simple. At Hargol Foodtech’s farm in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a rectangular enclosure that once served as a chicken coop is filled with thousands of locusts, a […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — Vandals have desecrated more than 80 graves at a Jewish cemetery in the western Danish town of Randers, police said Sunday. “More than 80 gravestones were daubed with green graffiti and some were overturned” at the Ostre Kirkegard cemetery, according toa police statement. “There are no symbols or words written on the gravestones but paint has been daubed on them,” the local Ritzau news agency quoted police spokesman Bo Christensen as […]
JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) — New Zealand singer Lorde has canceled a planned show in Israel after facing pressure from supporters of a boycott of the Jewish state over its occupation of Palestinian territory. The 21-year-old, who enjoyed phenomenal success while still a teenager, announced last week a Tel Aviv performance in June as part of a tour. After criticism from international and New Zealand activists, Lorde announced on Sunday she was canceling the performance in […]
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) — One man was shot dead and two others were hurt in a tourist area of Marrakesh, authorities in Morocco said, adding that it appeared to be a local settling of scores. Two attackers wearing balaclavas shot the victim at a cafe in the town, a popular destination for foreign visitors. The man, who was hit in the head, died instantly. The two assailants also injured two other people in a hail […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump opened his maiden speech to Congress on Tuesday by asserting his commitment to civil rights and condemning the recent wave of threats targeting Jewish centers across the United States. “Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month, we are reminded of our nation’s path toward civil rights and the work that still remains,” Trump began by saying. “Recent threats targeting Jewish community […]
(Reuters) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologized “profoundly and deeply” to the Jewish community on Sunday (October 2), and said his references to the Holocaust while discussing his war on drugs were to hit back at critics who had likened him to Adolf Hitler. Duterte said he recognized the comments made in the early hours of Friday (September 30) had caused outrage among Jewish communities around the world, but he insisted his mention of […]
THE annual ‘March of the Living’ march took place on Thursday (April 16) with thousands of Jewish adults and teens from around the world walking the three-kilometer stretch from the Auschwitz concentration camp to Birkenau. Among them were also Holocaust survivors and former captives of Nazi concentration camps. The March is also dedicated to students from all over the world to study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance […]
