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.
Manchester synagogue terrorist called police mid-attack to pledge fealty to ISIS
Hamas, PIJ flags waved at NYC October 7 massacre anniversary march
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.