Dan Verbin

News writer based in North America

15 cars on Denver street tagged with anti-Semitic, racist graffiti

15 cars were defaced with hate symbols, including swastikas, with one resident reporting two of her car tires were slashed.

Man arrested for painting swastikas on light poles in Baltimore waterfront district

Local councillor is urging authorities to upgrade charges to a hate crime.

Jewish leader of Canadian Green Party faces non-confidence vote over former pro-Israel aid

Former staffer Noah Zatzman calls vote “evidence of an organization whose leadership fosters a culture of systemic anti-Semitism.”

First late night Jewish talk show to debut on Germany TV

Show will delve into various aspects of Germany Jewish identity over the course of eight episodes.

Australian Jewish couple among 150 missing in Surfside building collapse

Australian Jewish community calling for "urgent prayers" for local couple in their 60s still missing in the Miami condo building collapse.

Canadian TV station cuts ties with controversial Arabic show after B'nai Brith complaint

Show had promoted false information that suspect in anti-Muslim attack in London, Ont. was Jewish and made offensive comments about Israel.

New advocacy group compiles data on US campus anti-Semitism

Compilation of anti-Semitic campus incidents gives insights into the surge of campus anti-Semitism experienced by Jewish students.

Memorial plaque to be unveiled at Athens concentration camp

Thousands of Jews, Greeks and Italian POWs were imprisoned at Haidari transit camp, with most of the Jews ending up in Auschwitz.

Syria-trained Dutch Islamist on trial for arson attack against kosher eatery

Jewish community closely watching trial of 32-year old man who lit an Israeli flag on fire and broke the windows of HaCarmel restaurant.

NJ rep. Gottheimer asks Rutgers to clarify anti-Israel statement made by faculty union

Statement by Rutgers part-time lecturer unit accuses Israel of "illegal acts," and being “a regime of legalized racial discrimination.”

Dov Hikind: Why won't Dem leaders denounce Ilhan Omar?

Jewish activist responds to Ilhan Omar's latest controversial statements, wondering why leaders of the Democratic Party are again silent.

UK train drivers union magazine article calls Zionism ‘racism’

Article in union's monthly magazine by a union secretary also accuses Israel of "apartheid and ethnic cleansing."

Jewish musician climbs Mount Everest

Grammy-nominated Mike Posner became the latest Jew to reach the summit of Everest when he and his team made it to the top on June 1.

Ilhan Omar sparks outrage after telling CNN Jewish Dems not “partners in justice”

After refusing to take back previous offensive comment, Omar fires back with "classic anti-Semitic themes about Jewish clannishness."

Ohio man pleads guilty to anti-Semitic harassement of Jewish neighbors

66-year old Columbus man had verbally harassed and threatened couple with anti-Semitic slurs and taunts about the Holocaust.

Second Montreal kosher eatery target of arson attack

Following an arson attack on kosher Chez Benny Express on June 13, the nearby Montreal Kosher Bakery was targeted on Monday.

24 Miami apartment buildings put on structural violations list

48 hours after Surfside building's collapse, emergency audit reveals that multiple Miami buildings are behind on important repair work.

Transylvanian synagogue vandalized on anniversary eve of pogrom

Police are searching for the suspects who smashed the windows of the 100-year old Synagogue of Orăștie.

Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney tweets "Zionists" responsible for 9/11

Tweet features twin towers with jigsaw puzzle pieces that when put together say, "Zionists did it.”

Obama accuses Trump of making up a "whole bunch of hooey”

Obama accuses Trump of undermining Democracy by not conceding 2020 election in orderly manner in phone call fundraiser.

Swastika stickers found on Goldman Sachs and Verizon buildings in NYC

Two suspects caught on camera plastering hateful stickers comparing Israel to the Nazis on two large officer towers in Battery Park City.

Yale student body accuses Israel of ‘injustice, genocide, and ethnic cleansing’

Anti-Israel resolution condemned by campus Hillel as exacerbating fears of Jewish students that the campus is no longer safe for them.

Anti-Israel message written on sand in Myrtle Beach turned into message of love

Myrtle Beach Police Department investigating anti-Israel message written on beach next to tourist hotel on Monday.

Chabad House at San Diego State University vandalized for 2nd time in three months

Two young women captured on surveillance footage defacing a banner and trying to destroy a menorah outside of the Chabad House.

South Korea to build their own 'Iron Dome' to defend against North Korea

$2.6 billion project will be modelled on idea behind Israel's Iron Dome air defense system.

Explosive device detonates outside Queens synagogue

No one hurt after driver of van tosses explosive device that lands outside Shaare Tova Synagogue.

Statue unveiled of Polish woman who saved Jewish children during WWII

Irene Sendler saved hundreds of Jewish children and others during the Holocaust.

Pennsylvania college faculty letter accuses Israel of 'Jewish supremacy'

ADL: Letter accusing Israel of "Jewish supremacy" and "apartheid" filled with "anti-Israel rhetoric, some rooted in anti-Semitism."

Connecticut cops investigating anti-Semitic graffiti on truck, boat abandoned on highway

After being alerted by passing drivers, Newtown police begin investigation into hateful graffiti found on abandoned truck and boat.

Toronto branch of Israeli gelato eatery Solato hit with one-star review campaign

Days after opening in Canadian city, gelato chain hit with negative Google reviews slandering its gelato and origin as an Israeli company.

'Beloved Ottawa community pillar' Rabbi Reuven Bulka passes away

Longtime Ottawa rabbi was also the founder of Kind Canada, the charity behind Kindness Week.

Shaked halting recognition of Utah online civil marriages

Move comes after hundreds of couples marry using the service and ministry petitioned not to recognize the marriages, court battle expected.

Cohen brothers among those missing in rubble of collapsed Miami building

Brad Cohen and Gary Cohen, visiting from out of town, are missing in the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building.

State Department: US policy on Golan Heights has not changed

A media report had quoted a State Dep. official saying that the US was walking back recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan.

Popular ex-PE teacher, wife missing after Miami condo collapse

Former students of Arnold Notkin, 87 and his wife Myriam, 81, "hoping for a miracle."

4 dead, 159 unaccounted for in collapse of Miami condo building

Rescue efforts still underway to search for survivors in the rubble of the 12-story condo tower in Surfside, near Miami.

Suspect arrested in Tucson, Arizona Chabad vandalism

30-year old man charged with aggravated criminal damage for spray painting swastika and anti-Semitic slur on door of Chabad on River.

25 of 99 missing people in Miami condo collapse may be Jewish

Hatzalah, Chesed Shel Emes and Miami Police Chaplain Rabbi Mark Rosenberg at the scene trying to locate missing victims.

Largest US teachers union to vote on extreme anti-Israel motions

National teachers union's anti-Israel motions will "only add more fuel to the fire" of rising anti-Semitism, says StandWithUs.

DeSantis on collapsed Miami tower deaths: 'We are bracing for some bad news'

Former Surfside mayor and building resident Barry Cohen witnesses the building turning into "a gaping hole of rubble."