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For the sixteenth consecutive year, Rabbi Andrew Baker, American Jewish Committee (AJC) Director of International Jewish Affairs, has been appointed as Personal Representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chair-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism. Ian Borg, Foreign Minister of Malta and the 2024 OSCE Chair-in-Office, met with Baker in Vienna to discuss his work and welcome him to the chairmanship’s team.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declined to order Israel to cease its defensive military operation against the Hamas terror group. This decision dealt a major blow to South Africa’s outrageous and meritless case against Israel.

Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, one of the world’s leading experts on Holocaust denial, today lamented the ‘“tidal wave of antisemitism” since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and expressed shock at the numerous attempts to deny the atrocities committed during the terror attack. 

Sara Rus once said, “When I tell my story, I don’t feel pain. On the contrary, I feel liberated. I want to recount it and I feel that I should because there are few survivors left.”

Last Friday, Jewish-American reggae singer Matisyahu announced that his sold-out House of Blues Chicago show was canceled “due to the threat of protests.“ It was the third Matisyahu show in two months that has been canceled after anti-Israel protests.