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'Antisemitism is anti-American': Senate holds hearing for antisemitism envoy

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun’s nomination as US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism sparks debate over his bipartisan approach.

 Yehuda Kaploun and Donald Trump.
An undated handout photo released by the Metropolitan Police shows Howard Phillips, who was jailed on Friday for assisting a foreign intelligence service.

UK Jewish man jailed for offering then-defense minister's information to Russian 'spies'

 Val Kilmer in "Top Secret!"

‘That’s Simchas Torah’: The Jewish Val Kilmer moment you might have missed

 A student walks on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut November 12, 2015.

AI website 'Jewish Onliner' linked to team behind Yale Scholar's suspension


EU Parliament votes in favor of adopting antisemitism definition

“This is a monumental day for the fight against hate and the protection of the rights of European Jews."

An European Union flag is lowered at half-mast in honor of the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, outside the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, July 15, 2016.

Jewish groups urge EU Parliament to adopt antisemitism definition

As Europe and the US experience an uptick in antisemitic incidents targeting Jewish communities, Jewish groups call on the European Parliament to clearly define antisemitism.

An European Union flag is lowered at half-mast in honor of the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, outside the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, July 15, 2016.

Getting a seat at the table

The Council of Young Jewish Presidents wants the next generation of philanthropists prepared for the job.

Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon speaks to Council of Young Jewish Presidents (Courtesy)

WATCH: Israeli, US and Jewish leaders address 2017 JPost Conference

Join our live stream of The Jerusalem Post's annual conference in New York to catch all the big moments from the most important summit in the Jewish world #Jpost17.

Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon & Lt. Gen. (ret.) Dani Haloutz at the 2017 JPost Annual Conference

Past and future come alive in AJC’s new Warsaw office

Facility honors haunting memories as it forges a brighter future for Eastern Europe

HARRIET SCHLEIFER, AJC Board of Governors Chair, proudly poses at the organization's new AJC office beside pictures of her parents who were Holocaust survivors from Poland

Trump admin. faces new antisemitism accusations

As reports emerge about Trump's plan to nix the Antisemitism Envoy post the same week Press Secretary Spicer made a controversial Hitler remark, the White House faces accusations of antisemitism.

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One

ADL warns: Arrest of bomb threat suspect won't stop wave of antisemitism

Referring to the arrest of the disgraced former journalist suspected of making bomb threats, ADL NY leader Bernstein heeded against the 'unprecedented' wave of antisemitism in the US.

Evan Bernstein, the Anti-Defamation League's New York regional director.

US FCC approves waivers to track Jewish center threats

In a rare move, the US Federal Communications Commission granted a temporary waiver to JCCs and telecommunications carriers to help track down calls threatening the centers.

Police at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas (File)

Resurgent Jewish community in Sicily to open first synagogue in 500 years

Archbishop of Palermo to hand over ownership of the facility, where Great Synagogue once stood.

Palermo Archbishop Corrado Lorefice (left) with Shavei Israel’s emissary to Sicily, Rabbi Pinhas Punturello (right).

A classmate's antisemitism drew Warsaw students to flock to Hanukkah event

A Warsaw university student went on an antisemitic tirade. His classmates, in turn, flocked to the local menorah lighting event to spread light and oppose the negative commentary.

Hanukka