February 14, 2022 15:44

Maus author says Tennessee book banning wasn't antisemitic

The acclaimed Holocaust graphic novel was banned by a US school board last month

February 09, 2022 15:23

David Baddiel apologises after being accused of hypocrisy after footage of Gypsy joke surfaces

The author used a slur to refer to Gypsies in a 2004 clip

February 09, 2022 13:08

What do Jimmy Carr's jokes have to do with the government?

The logical endpoint of this is that we’ll soon have a Minister for Internet Beef and Posting Hot Takes

February 09, 2022 11:51

Israeli 'Tinder Swindler' banned from dating sites after allegedly scamming victims out of $10m

Simon Leviev tricked women into believing he was the son of a billionaire

February 08, 2022 10:37

Reform rabbi defends the "right to offend" after Jimmy Carr genocide joke

Rabbi Romain is the son of a Holocaust survivor and rabbi at Maidenhead Synagogue

February 07, 2022 14:18

Kuwait bans 'Death on the Nile' because of Israeli actress Gal Gadot

The Agatha Christie remake is set to debut in the UK later this week

February 07, 2022 11:39

102-year-old Jewish Care resident becomes oldest New Years Honours recipient

Henry Lewis is Honorary vice president of the prestigious Magic Circle

February 07, 2022 10:39

Helen Mirren says questions about her playing Golda Meir are 'utterly legitimate'

The dame responded to criticism from Maureen Lipman over her casting

February 02, 2022 13:35

Suspending Whoopi Goldberg is precisely the wrong response to her assertions

Instead of suspending her, ABC should have got her to engage with survivors and explore the facts

February 01, 2022 12:11

Police inquiry reveals Met officers made Holocaust joke in texts described as 'banter'

The officers also made rape threats and joked about domestic assault

February 01, 2022 10:35

Battersea Power Station attracts backlash for lighting up chimneys in honour of Holocaust memorial day

The building was taking part in the #LightTheDarkness campaign

February 01, 2022 10:04

Whoopi Goldberg suspended from The View for saying the Holocaust wasn't 'about race'

She claimed it was 'two groups of white people'

January 31, 2022 16:08

Avram Grant exposed himself in meetings and badgered women for sex, according to Israeli TV report

The ex-Chelsea boss has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women

January 31, 2022 14:04

ADL definition of racism that specifies discrimination by "white people" comes under fire

The anti-semitism advocacy group changed the definition in July 2020

January 27, 2022 11:47

American school bans teaching of Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust book

Maus author Art Spiegelman called the decision 'demented'

January 27, 2022 09:36

Man arrested after assaulting two Orthodox Jews in Stamford Hill

The two men were taken to hospital