Michael Starr

Michael Starr is the Diaspora affairs correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, covering global Jewish affairs, antisemitism, and radical anti-Israel activities.

Previously, Starr was the legal affairs and police affairs correspondent.

Starr is a veteran of the October 7 war and earned a BA in government and diplomacy and an MA in security studies at Reichman University.


A boy holds a protest banner during an anti-ISIS, Ashura protest march, in central London, Britain October 1, 2017.

Manchester synagogue terrorist called police mid-attack to pledge fealty to ISIS

The yellow and black flag of Palestinian Islamic Jihad seen during a pro-Palestinian protest in New York City, October 7, 2025.

Hamas, PIJ flags waved at NYC October 7 massacre anniversary march

Antisemitic graffiti at New York's Safta restaurant, October 1, 2025.

'Zionist food,' New York City Israeli eatery vandalized on Yom Kippur eve


'Dirty Jew...go back to Israel,' two non-Jewish Boston men allege antisemitic assault

Two cousins were beaten in Boston after being called “Dirty Jew” and told to “go back to Israel.” Police say the attack was antisemitic.

 Boston police car (illustrative)

Serbia arrests 11 for vandalizing Paris Jewish sites at behest of foreign intelligence

Serbian authorities say a foreign intelligence service ordered attacks on Jewish and Muslim sites, including synagogues and the Shoah Memorial in May.

 A synagogue in france that was vandalized with green paint, May 31, 2025.

Hostage Evyatar David's sister slams Greta Thunberg for using his picture in a pro-Palestinian post

Yeela David, the sister of hostage Evyatar David, called Thunberg and the rest of the activists “a joke,” and demanded that the post be deleted.

A collage of Greta Thunberg's social media post using a picture of Evyatar David, and David's sister's response, October 7, 2025.

Cleveland and Kissufim mark October 7 as almost all kibbutz members prepare to return by summer

The ceremony with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland saw 1,200 people gather to remember those who lost their lives in the Hamas-led 2023 attack.

1,200 flags planted in Kibbutz Nir Oz to commemorate the victims of October 7.

New Jersey rabbi assaulted, residents step in to stop attacker

Rabbi Avraham Wein was assaulted in Bergenfield New Jersey on Sunday. Locals helped detain the suspect, who police say was not a local. Authorities called the attack a “disgraceful act of violence."

Rabbi Avraham Wein.

Jewish communities commemorate October 7 Massacre’s second anniversary worldwide

From Paris to Sydney to New York, Jewish communities marked two years since the October 7 massacre, honoring victims and calling for unity amid rising antisemitism and ongoing hostage anguish.

A woman reacts during a commemorative event ahead of the two year anniversary of those who lost their lives in the October 7, 2023 massacre, in Trafalgar Square, London, Britain, October 5, 2025.

Two years later, October 7 remains an ongoing trauma for Israel and world Jewry - comment

In Israel, everyone knows someone who was killed, or maimed, or has one degree of separation from those taken hostage, and for Jews abroad, the suffering of Jews is a Jewish concern.

Cleaning the Dizengoff fountain from old photographs of the victims of the Octoner 7 massacre, and placing new ones ahead of the 2 year memorial of the massacre, in Tel Aviv, October 5, 2025.

Anti-Israel activists return to Sydney Opera house, ‘flood’ NYC streets for October 7 anniversary

Multiple anti-Israel organizations across the globe are planning to hold protests and marches on October 7.

A pro-Palestinian rally in Australia.

Manchester Jews rally to remember October 7 in wake of synagogue attack

"We are not Jews with trembling knees. Stand with us!" reads the promotional poster for the event, which is expected to have an even larger turnout following the synagogue terror attack.

OCTOBER 11: Members of the Jewish community attend a vigil for the victims of the recent attacks in Israel at Central Library, St Peter's Square, on October 11, 2023 in Manchester, United Kingdom.

UK museum to hold Jewish life exhibit next year after 'sensitive time' delay controversy

The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum confirmed last Friday that the museum would be holding its exhibition ‘Waves of Change: Jewish Life in Bournemouth, 1880- 2025’ from October 2026.

Russell-Cotes Museum exterior in Bournemouth, England