Jewish World

Bipartisan inter-parliamentary taskforce vows to hold companies accountable

Large bright yellow swastika appears on the hood of a car in the city of Bristol, with the windshield covered in paint.

Social distancing and nationwide lockdowns have become a reality around the globe in 2020, but for religious Jews, they can further complicate rites and customs that form the fabric of daily life in Haredi communities

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says over 7,000 police and soldiers will be standing guard over Yom Kippur services after two people were wounded in a double stabbing on Friday.  

Halie Soifer of the Jewish Democratic Council of America says the Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act “was manipulated using anti-Semitism for political purposes.”

Agency steps in to help those who, under regular circumstances, would arrive at the holy site themselves on Yom Kippur but cannot do so over the global pandemic.

“We are not 7 million Jews in Israel and 8 million throughout the rest of the world, but a united nation of 15 million with one common destiny. With this in mind, we can take on any conflict or challenge facing us,” said Minister Omer Yankelevich.

Commemorative site, which encountered resistance from residents of Amsterdam, will feature stones individually engraved with the names of over 102,000 Jewish, Roma, and Sinti Holocaust victims from the Netherlands.

Vice-Chairman Yaakov Hagoel says "this serious incident is unfortunately not unique, and similar incidents occur every day around the world against Jewish communities."