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Latin American Jewish leaders confront antisemitism’s old roots and new forms at Buenos Aires forum • Nov. 9, 2026, 12:10 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)
‘The point was to dehumanise’: London Holocaust archive examines world’s first ‘viral’ antisemitism scandal • Nov. 5, 2026, 3:00 AM ET (The Guardian)
Antisemitism in Czech Republic surges after October 7, report finds • Oct. 30, 2026, 5:27 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
QPS employee fined over antisemitic social media comments • Oct. 28, 2026, 9:38 PM ET (ABC News (Australia))
Maccabi Ashdod hosts historic exhibition match with South Carolina's Allen University • Oct. 25, 2026, 11:25 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)

Did You Know?

  • More than 1,300 pogroms are estimated to have been perpetrated in the Ukraine alone following the Russian Revolution.
  • Contrary to popular anti-Semitic theories, the American newspaper, television, and movie industries are all dominated by non-Jewish owners, producers, and editors. Jewish members of the media are also not a monolith, and they often disagree with each other politically and personally.
  • Despite overwhelming physical evidence and testimony that Jews were targeted and that six million Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust, about a fifth of Americans believe that the Holocaust may not have happened.

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