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Dozens of bereaved families across the country attended a Purim costume party in Jerusalem held by the OneFamily organization.

Vandals scrawled graffiti claiming the Holocaust was “fake history” on an exterior wall of a Seattle synagogue, leading the rabbi to urge President Donald Trump to more forcefully denounce a wave of anti-Semitic incidents in recent months.

During his regular segment on the national John Batchelor Show, Breitbart’s Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein blamed the news media for “fueling” an “atmosphere” of anti-Semitism in the U.S. by repeatedly propagating a false narrative that President Trump and top administration officials are anti-Semitic.

Israel will close off the West Bank from Friday until Sunday as a preventative measure against attacks during the Jewish festival of Purim, the IDF announced on Thursday.

The Jewish community Center in Rochester, New York was evacuated early Tuesday morning due to a bomb threat.

Britain’s Jewish population has been warned there is a “significant” threat to their communities from Islamic State terrorists as Home Secretary Amber Rudd revealed Jews had been identified as a “legitimate and desirable target”by jihadists.

Israel’s ambassador to France is asking the country’s mayors to reject events in their cities as the French branch of the anti-Israel BDS movement launches “Israeli Apartheid week” on Tuesday under the slogan “100 years of occupation/ 100 years of popular resistance for justice,” referring to the 1917 Balfour Declaration.

Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky said that there is “no reason to suspect US President Donald Trump of arousing support for antisemitism,” the Hebrew news site nrg reported.

Universities across the UK have been told by Prime Minister Theresa May to “investigate and swiftly address” anti-Semitism on their campuses as so-called Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) begins in higher education institutions around the world.

The US authorities have offered support to Jewish communities in the wake of a series of threats and attacks.

University of Missouri police on Monday arrested two students suspected of harassing another person with anti-Semitic remarks, both verbally and in writing, dating back to August.

TEL AVIV – Head of the opposition Isaac Herzog on Monday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to set up an “emergency national program” in preparation for “waves” of Jewish immigration as a result of an ongoing upsurge of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States and France.

TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump is “deeply disappointed and concerned” by the uptick in anti-Semitism across the U.S., White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said on Monday.

Former UK Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has released a whiteboard animation to explain what lies beneath the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign and why it is so dangerous.

Jewish community centers in the eastern and midwestern US were targeted with bomb threats Monday, the latest in a series of incidents that has raised fears of anti-Semitism in the country.

Vandals have broken and overturned more than 500 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, the latest in a spate of recent bomb threats and attacks against sites for Jews across the United States.

The Arlington pre-school teacher who was fired after anti-Semitic tweets came to light, sent CBS11 a statement saying she regrets the racist and anti-Semitic statements she made as a teen and does not feel that way now.

Arizona Congressman Trent Franks came out swinging in a Facebook post defending Sebastian Gorka against baseless smears of anti-Semitism. Gorka is the Deputy Assistant to President Trump, former Breitbart News editor, and author of the bestselling book Defeating Jihad.

Vice President Mike Pence assured the Republican Jewish Coalition that he and President Donald Trump will work tirelessly on foreign and domestic issues important to the group, such as enacting business-friendly policies at home and supporting Israel abroad.

Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled on Thursday a new plan of action in order to combat antisemitism and hate crimes across the state of New York, including a $25 Million grant for schools to improve security, $5,000 rewards for any Information leading to arrest and conviction for a hate crime, and a new hate crimes text line to report incidents.

An Arlington preschool teacher has been fired over a series of anti-Semitic posts on social media, including a tweet that said “kill some Jews.”

They were told to be on their best behaviour. They were told to sing in their most beautiful voices. And most importantly, to smile.

President Donald Trump condemned anti-Semitism in response to a series of vandalism events targeting Jewish sites.

Nearly a dozen Jewish community centers across the United States received bomb threats that led to evacuations, in the latest wave of such attacks.

In the first visit to Singapore by an Israeli head of state in 30 years, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday issued a call for greater diversity and tolerance.

Fliers denying the Holocaust and Nazi graffiti on Cambridge University campus signs have drawn condemnation from the university’s Jewish Society.

German federal prosecutors say they’ve obtained an arrest warrant for a man suspected of involvement in a far-right extremist group that wanted to attack police, asylum seekers and Jews.

TEL AVIV – Supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel are not even aware that the campaign is anti-Semitic and has its roots in Nazism, famed French intellectual and author Bernard-Henri Lévy told CNN Sunday.

The last battle for the Amona outpost happened on a small partially paved road outside the community’s synagogue.

A study shows anti-Semitic hate incidents are surging to record highs in Britain, the Community Security Trust charity said Thursday.

A recent executive order by the White House temporarily banning entry to the U.S. to people from seven Muslim-majority countries has drawn attention to the discriminatory practices of these nations against holders of Israeli Passports, with the matter being discussed at the UK parliament, in regards to dual British-Israeli citizens.

Poland’s historians have put online what they say is the most complete list of Nazi SS commanders and guards at the former German death camp of Auschwitz.

A Holocaust survivor had a particularly happy 92nd birthday this week.

The Algemeiner reports: Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday, thousands of photos of people holding “We remember” or “I remember” signs have been broadcast on a screen set up at the site of the former Nazi death camp

Poland has seen a rise in anti-Semitism over the last two years, partly fueled by Europe’s migrant crisis, according to a study released on Tuesday.

A medieval building that may have been used as a synagogue has been uncovered at the site of Huqoq, a village near the Sea of Galilee in Israel.