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UK Jewish groups launch £1.5 million initiative to tackle antisemitism in healthcare

The Jewish Health Equality Partnership will work on tackling health inequalities caused by structural antisemitism, collaborating with partners to improve understanding of Jewish health needs.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
People pass the now derelict Royal Mineral Water Hospital that is awaiting redevelopment on February 19, 2026 in Bath, England.
United States Capitol Police lines up along the perimeter while LGBTQ activists and supporters hold a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court as it hears major LGBT rights case on whether federal employment law that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sex covers sexual orientation and gender ide

SCOTUS upholds state bans on transgender sports participation, paving way for further restrictions

The court decided 9-0 that the state laws do not violate the Title IX civil rights statute that bars discrimination in education "on the basis of sex."

|ByREUTERS
The NHS logo is displayed on a ambulance parked close to a nearby hospital, on October 20, 2025.

UK medical org. to investigate NHS use of IHRA antisemitism definition over free speech claims

The British Medical Association has passed a motion calling for an investigation into the use of the IHRA antisemitism definition in the NHS, citing concerns over free expression among staff.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A GREEK Orthodox priest holds up a bible during the Holy Friday service at the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St George in Coptic Cairo on May 3, 2024.

Christian converts still face discrimination, arrests in Egypt, US State Dept. confirms

American estimates suggest that around 10% of Egypt’s population was Christian as of 2022, though the exact figures are difficult to gather, as noted by the report.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Cincinnati rabbi disinvited from rally against Nazis over his support for Israel

When Rabbi Ari Jun learned that faith leaders were invited to speak at a rally in Cincinnati against neo-Nazis and white supremacy, he quickly responded that he would be there.

MARCH 8, 2025BySAM FISHER/JTA, LONNY GOLDSMITH/ JTA
Cincinnati skyline from Devou Park.

Straight woman's 'reverse' discrimination being heard by US Supreme Court

Marlean Ames is asking the justices to revive her civil rights lawsuit against her employer, Ohio's Department of Youth Services, after lower courts threw it out.

FEBRUARY 26, 2025ByREUTERS
Marlean Ames sits for a portrait at the law office of Edward Gilbert, her lawyer, in Akron, Ohio, U.S. February 13, 2025.

'Neither day nor night': A powerful look at Mizrahi struggles in haredi society

Phinehas Veuillet’s 'Neither Day Nor Night' delves into the struggles of a newly religious Mizrahi family in Bnei Brak, exposing deep-seated biases in Haredi society.

FEBRUARY 24, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
A SCENE from Phinehas Veuillet’s ‘Neither Day nor Night.’

Douglas Murray, 'Spectator' magazine being sued by anti-Israel influencer for defamation

Murray is an associate editor of the magazine, according to their website, and his column accused Hijab of "whipping up a mob on the streets of London."

DECEMBER 13, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel honors British journalist Douglas Murray for support post Oct. 7

Knesset advances controversial gender segregation bill for higher education

Opposition MKs criticized the proposed bill as being discriminatory and as legitimizing segregation in Israeli society. 

DECEMBER 4, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Limor Son Har-Melech and MK Gilad Kariv attend Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting in the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on August 7, 2024.

Temple agrees to provide training, review response to antisemitism, anti-Muslim complaints

Temple received at least 50 reports of antisemitic, anti-Muslim, and anti-Palestinian discrimination and harassment during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years.

DECEMBER 3, 2024BySUSAN SNYDER/THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/TNS
A protest encampment is set up in support of Palestinians, at the University of California, Berkeley, in April. The problem with the eruption of the anti-Israel protests has been the involvement of many faculty members in reframing the notion of Palestine, the writer argues.

Jewish community most targeted religious group, new FBI hate crime report says

Because many major cities continue to not report hate crimes, the true state of antisemitism in the US is likely much worse than the record number of antisemitic hate crimes in the FBI’s data.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
FBI headquarters building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2018.

'Maybe your land should belong to Jews': Druze lawyer ponders sector's future in Israel

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers are seen at the funeral of Druze soldier Wassem Mahmoud, killed in the Israel-Hamas War.

Israel’s embassy in Ireland accuses Dublin Pride of promoting ‘agenda of exclusion'

The embassy charged that Dublin Pride had altered its policy to stop national flags being flown as a circumvented way to prevent the Israeli flag from being displayed at the event.

JUNE 25, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People attend the annual Pride parade in Dublin, Ireland, June 24, 2023.

Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza content

The ex-employee alleged that after finding a short video posted by a Palestinian photojournalist of a destroyed Gaza building, it was classified as pornographic.

JUNE 5, 2024ByREUTERS
Meta Facebook