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White House press secretary Sean Spicer talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House: Trump’s anti-Semitism condemnations ‘never good enough’

Responding to Anne Frank Center, Press Secretary Sean Spicer says: ‘I wish they had praised the president for his leadership in this area’

By Eric Cortellessa

US President Donald Trump alongside Dr. Ben Carson, his nominee for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, as they tour an exhibit about Carson at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, February 21, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)

In long-awaited statement, Trump says anti-Semitism is ‘horrible’

By Times of Israel staff

US President Donald Trump leaves after speaking following a tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, February 21, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)

Anne Frank Center: Trump administration ‘infected’ with anti-Semitism

By Times of Israel staff

Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US Jewish leader wants world conference to fight anti-Semitism

By Times of Israel staff and JTA

In this Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, Linda Sarsour, director of the Arab American Association of New York, poses for photos in front of a canvas painted by the association's youth group at its headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)

BDS activist raises $56,000 for vandalized Jewish cemetery

Palestinian-American Linda Sarsour says she hopes crowdfunding effort will help bring ‘a sense of security’ to US Jews

By Times of Israel staff

Journalists take pictures of the original iron gate with the slogan 'Arbeit macht frei' ('Work will set you free') at the former Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, southern Germany, on February 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Uwe Lein)

Stolen ‘Work will set you free’ gate returned to Dachau

Emblematic sign from Nazi camp recovered in Norway after anonymous tip-off; German police investigating if neo-Nazis behind theft

By AFP

Shimmie Pesis gazes longingly into the deli case as he waits for a table at 2nd Avenue Deli in Midtown, New York. (Yaakov Schwartz/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook When I found myself with a few days in the city, I made sure not to waste a meal

A Jewish-American expat eats his way through the Big Apple

Running loose in New York, a nostalgic writer homes in on the best pastrami and kasha varnishkes in the city

By Yaakov Schwartz

The Spielberg siblings, Steven (left), Sue, Nancy and Anne with their mother, Leah Adler, at a fundraiser for Children of Chernobyl, which Nancy Spielberg founded (Courtesy Nancy Spielberg)

Leah Adler, mother of Steven Spielberg, dies at 97

Known for her red lipstick, Peter Pan collars and sharp wit, Adler was also the owner of the Milky Way, a kosher Restaurant

By Jessica Steinberg

Jonathan Safran Foer attends the 2011 WSJ Magazine Innovator of the Year Awards at the Museum of Modern Art on October 27, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernando Leon/Getty Images via JTA)

Jonathan Safran Foer: My Israeli friends want to raise kids elsewhere

Jewish author criticizes Israel, says it encourages boycotts through its actions under Netanyahu

By JTA

Irish university ‘regrets’ Israeli envoy’s talk scrapped

Trinity College Dublin says actions by pro-Palestinian protesters were ‘attack on free speech,’ hopes ambassador will return

By Times of Israel staff

Eddie Redmayne and J. K. Rowling attend the European premiere of 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' at Odeon Leicester Square on November 15, 2016 in London, England. (Karwai Tang/WireImage)

JK Rowling’s tweet for Muslim campaign to repair Jewish graves triples donations

From our partners Crowdfunding drive for desecrated burial site boosted overnight after Harry Potter author promotes Jewish News article

US Jewish organizations decry new immigration rules as ‘cruel,’ ‘dangerous’

Trump administration enforcement guidelines could mean deportation for millions who entered US illegally, including children

By Times of Israel staff and AP

Jared Kushner listens as US President Donald Trump participates in a congressional listening session with GOP members in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, February 16, 2017. (Ron Sachs/Pool/Getty Images via JTA)

Alumni, former staff at Jared Kushner’s yeshiva ask him to oppose travel ban

In open letter signed by 180 graduates, students, parents and educators at New Jersey school recall the plight of Jewish refugees

By JTA

February 23, 2017
4:56 am

Jewish Nobel-winning economist Kenneth J. Arrow dies at 95

His wide-ranging work ‘fundamentally altered’ fields as diverse as elections, health insurance and the stock market

By AP

February 23, 2017
4:40 am

Marlee Matlin at the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre in New York City, June 12, 2016. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Nordstrom/via JTA)

Marlee Matlin to receive Ruderman disability activism award

Oscar-winning deaf actress, who is Jewish, ‘has broken down barriers and changed perceptions worldwide’

By JTA

February 23, 2017
4:34 am

Marlee Matlin made history with her Academy Award 30 years ago for her role in “Children of a Lesser God.” (Jack Jason via JTA)

Marlee Matlin on why Trump’s comments may help people with disabilities

Celebrated Academy Award-winning deaf actress talks about changing perceptions in Hollywood and beyond

By Gabe Friedman

February 23, 2017
4:18 am

View of Paris suburb Créteil. (CC BY Christophe Pinard/Flickr)

Hate crime charge dropped in rape-robbery of French Jewish couple

Anti-Semitism watchdog ‘indignant’ over decision by ‘novice judge’; French leaders had called 2014 attack in Creteil glaringly anti-Semitic

By JTA

February 23, 2017
3:27 am

Sobel's mother, Manya, reading his first book for adults with memory loss, 'Blue Sky, White Clouds.' (Courtesy of Eliezer Sobel/via JTA)

Finally, a book for Jews with Alzheimer’s

While caring for his 93-year-old mother, author Eliezer Sobel came up with the idea for a Jewish-themed text created explicitly for memory-challenged adults

By Lisa Keys

February 23, 2017
2:40 am

Warsaw lists properties that pre-WWII owners can reclaim

Any listings not claimed in six months pass to city ownership; Jewish Holocaust restitution group urges extended deadline

By Vanessa Gera

February 23, 2017
12:35 am

Anti-Semitic notes left on Toronto doorways, February 19, 2017. (Screen capture: CTV News)

Toronto police step up patrols of Jewish areas after anti-Semitic incident

Swastika notes stuck to doors of condo, mezuzahs vandalized; mayor says residents ‘should not have to face hatred on their doorsteps’

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

February 22, 2017
11:36 pm

Volunteers from a local monument company help to reset vandalized headstones at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery on February 22, 2017 in University City, Missouri. (Michael Thomas/ Getty Images)

Pence visits damaged Jewish cemetery, condemns ‘vile’ vandalism

Vice president chips in with cleanup at St. Louis-area gravesite; most of 150 damaged headstones put back in place after large interfaith effort

By AP and Times of Israel staff

February 22, 2017
8:57 pm

External view of headquarters of Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in New York (Screen capture: Google maps)

ADL headquarters receives bomb threat in latest scare

Law enforcement determines new threat not credible; group says it won’t be deterred from work to fight anti-Semitism

By Times of Israel staff

February 22, 2017
6:48 pm

A view of the Lawrence Family JCC in San Diego. (Screenshot from YouTube)

JCC near San Diego evacuated after emailed bomb threat

Police find no trace of explosives in latest threat to Jewish institution

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

February 22, 2017
2:43 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit at the Great Synagogue in Sydney, Australia, on February 22, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO via Flash90)

Netanyahu praises Trump for ‘strong stand’ on anti-Semitism

After US president condemns Jew-hatred, PM in Australia says there’s ‘a battle against those who seek to demonize our people’

By Times of Israel staff

February 22, 2017
10:35 am

Jewish Cemetery Vilnius, 1922 (Wikimedia Commons)

Lithuania reconsiders plans to build atop former Jewish cemetery — report

Government had originally sought to erect a $25 million conference center where the Snipiskes Cemetery once stood

By JTA

February 22, 2017
10:21 am

Andy Cohen interviews a guest on a February 20, 2017, episode of 'Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen' (screen capture: YouTube)

Citing Jewish roots, TV host blasts cemetery desecration

‘This is not who we are as Americans,’ Andy Cohen says

By Gabe Friedman

February 22, 2017
6:18 am

People walk through toppled graves at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Authorities in Missouri are investigating after dozens of headstones were tipped over at the Jewish cemetery near St. Louis. (Robert Cohen /St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Jewish governor, Muslim activists pitch in to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens decries ‘despicable act of what appears to be anti-Semitic vandalism’

By JTA

February 22, 2017
4:55 am

US President Donald Trump delivering remarks after touring the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Feb. 21, 2017. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images via JTA)

Jewish groups seek action from Trump to match his words on anti-Semitism

After weeks of combative, dismissive posture from White House, community leaders skeptical at president’s long-awaited condemnation

By Ron Kampeas

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