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Canaan Lidor

Canaan Lidor

Katharina von Schnurbein speaks at a European Jewish Congress event in Vienna, in this undated photo. (Courtesy)
June 26, 2023, 9:23 am
How the EU antisemitism warrior became a defender of kosher slaughter, circumcision
The bloc’s point person for fighting Jew-hatred, Katharina von Schnurbein, is an influential advocate for Jewish customs many consider controversial in Europe
By Canaan Lidor
Ofri Meoded Danon and his mother celebrate his bar mitzvah at the egalitarian plaza of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel in May 2023. (Courtesy of Meoded Danon)
June 23, 2023, 9:56 am
Red tape keeps non-Orthodox worshipers a stone’s throw from the Western Wall
5 years after stone collapse at holy site, authorities have yet to reopen access to Wall at egalitarian section; religious activists argue delay is deliberate
By Canaan Lidor
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London, UK, August 14, 2014. (Wikimedia Commons)
June 22, 2023, 1:32 pm
UK watchdog asked to look at Foreign Office over opaqueness on Palestinian aid
Activists say the ministry, which handles humanitarian assistance abroad, is not providing timely information on whether its money funds terrorism
By Canaan Lidor
Religious supervision at a fruit and vegetable company, March 20, 2016 (Yaakov Naumi/FLASH90)
June 21, 2023, 5:48 pm
High Court says Rabbinate must review exclusion of competitor’s kosher certification
Court rules in favor of a petition by the Tzohar rabbinical group against its exclusion from labeling imported goods
By Canaan Lidor
Belgium's Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib speaks to the press during a NATO foreign affairs ministers' meeting, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on April 4, 2023. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
June 21, 2023, 4:55 am
Belgian official resigns, foreign minister on hot seat over junket for Tehran mayor
Pascel Smet steps down as top diplomat for Brussels Region state, saying taxpayers should not have funded trips; Hadja Lahbib urged to follow suit for granting visas to visitors
By Canaan Lidor
(L) US Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a conference in Brussels on October 20, 2022. (R) Likud MK Amichai Chikli speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022. (US State Department/Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 16, 2023, 11:26 am
Chikli appears to dismiss US antisemitism envoy as ‘a nice lady’ and a leftist
Comments come amid criticism of Israeli minister from unnamed Biden administration official; he later clarifies that he believes the censure came from an aide to Deborah Lipstadt
By Canaan Lidor
Stuart Eizenstat, a negotiator for the Claims Conference, negotiates with German government officials in Berlin, Germany on May 9, 2023. (Courtesy of the Claims Conference)
June 15, 2023, 5:18 am
Germany to hike homecare funding for Holocaust survivors by $105 million next year
Announcement comes following latest round of negotiations between Claims Conference and Berlin, which also agrees to keep hardship fund going until 2027
By Canaan Lidor
Amichai Chikli, minister of Diaspora affairs and social equality, arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 14, 2023, 8:12 pm
European, Australian Jewish student leaders pan Israel’s ‘extremist’ diaspora affairs minister
Citing Amichai Chikli’s past criticism of Reform Jews and pride parades, students say they are ‘turning their backs’ on him
By Canaan Lidor
The CEO of the American Jewish Committee, Ted Deutch, left, interviews Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on June 11, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Courtesy of AJC)
June 14, 2023, 4:33 pm
American Jewish Committee hosts impromptu meeting with anti-overhaul protesters
CEO Ted Deutch and several other leaders of influential advocacy group sit down with former Mossad head Tamir Pardo and activists
By Canaan Lidor
Tatiana Kovler, a Jewish social worker, is one of tens of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians who had to flee their homes following the rupture of a dam on the Dnipro river in Ukraine on June 6, 2023. (Courtesy of Tatiana Kovler)
June 13, 2023, 12:52 am
As Kherson floods, one evacuee plans return to aid city’s hardy Jewish holdouts
Tatiana Kovler, a social worker with the JDC who fled rising waters, is in constant contact with clients who have remained in the city despite intense bombings and now flooding
By Canaan Lidor
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė's speaks at the American Jewish Committee's Global Forum event in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 11, 2023. (Courtesy of AJC)
June 12, 2023, 6:37 am
In Tel Aviv, Lithuanian PM extols Israel alliance but sidesteps Nazi collaboration
Holocaust expert calls Ingrida Šimonytė’s speech at AJC confab ‘pathetic’ for ignoring country’s role murdering Jews; Vilnius urges Israel to help Ukraine fend off Iranian drones
By Canaan Lidor
Reuven Shvartsman looks out a window of his apartment building in Odesa, Ukraine, in February 2023. (Courtesy of IFCJ)
June 10, 2023, 9:46 am
Scarred and hardened by the Holocaust, survivors relive it in war-torn Ukraine
Some draw on their childhood experiences to keep their fears in check, wile others are transported back to a sense of helplessness
By Canaan Lidor
Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar speaks during Jerusalem Day celebrations in Jerusalem, June 2, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
June 9, 2023, 12:35 pm
Jerusalem’s chief Sephardic rabbi condemns harassment of Christians
Shlomo Amar’s unusual statement in English follows multiple small incidents and an unauthorized protest led by the city’s deputy mayor against Evangelicals
By Canaan Lidor
Amparo Rubiales speaks at a conference in Cordoba, Spain on November 18, 2017. (Montserrat Boix/Wikimedia Commons)
June 9, 2023, 5:36 am
Spanish politician resigns after calling her adversary a ‘Jewish Nazi’
Socialist ex-congresswoman Amparo Rubiales quits party over remark about center-right lawmaker Elias Bendodo, says sorry for ‘Jewish’ part but reiterates ‘Nazi’ accusation
By Canaan Lidor
Roger Waters on stage in Berlin, May 2023 (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
June 8, 2023, 4:33 pm
Roger Waters resumes Nazi act in London that he’d dropped following Germany uproar
Senior UK politicians slam Pink Floyd bassist, who is under a criminal investigation for wearing a costume resembling a Waffen-SS uniform in Berlin
By Canaan Lidor
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