Palestinian rocket may have killed family of BBC journalist, says UN report

A United Nations report yesterday announced that a misfired Palestinian rocket may have killed family members of a BBC journalist during the Israel-Gaza conflict last November.

More..

Veteran American Zionist dies aged 98

A veteran Jewish leader who championed Zionism, challenged antisemitism and strengthened US-Israel relations, has died.

Jacques Torczyner, once president of the right-wing Zionist Organisation of America (ZOA), died aged 98.

The current ZOA president, Morton Klein, described him as a “tireless and galvanising figure of American Zionism.

More..

Suspect charged in Brooklyn death crash

A man has been charged with criminally negligent homicide following the deaths of a young married couple and their newborn baby in a car accident on Sunday.

More..

TV founder escapes bomb attack in Kiev

Vadim Rabinovich, a businessman, philanthropist and president of the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress, narrowly avoided an attempt on his life in Kiev on Monday.

More..

US postpones award for 'Hitler tweet' journalist

An Egyptian journalist who was due to receive a US medal of honour had her award postponed and was put under investigation by White House officials after she was accused of supporting terrorist activity.

More..

Appeal over Argentina-Iran deal

Argentina’s main Jewish organisations have announced that they are launching a legal appeal in the Supreme Court against the government’s controversial “memorandum of understanding” with Iran aimed at investigating the 1994 bombing of the Amia Jewish centre in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people.

More..

Holocaust survivor and Occupy inspiration dies

Stéphane Hessel, co-author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and an inspiration for the global Occupy movement, died last week aged 95.

Mr Hessel was born in Berlin but moved to Paris with his Jewish father and Protestant mother when he was eight. He became a naturalised French citizen in 1939.

More..