The truck that killed six people and injured 15 in Haifa was determined to have been overweight, and unfit to be driven. [Times of Israel] The Cyprus Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides, stated he would not cite Hezbollah as a terrorist group. [Times of Israel] An Israeli Arab was arrested and accused of aiding a radical Islamist group. [Forward] The ADL and Simon Wiesenthal Center question the Cardozo Law School’s honoring of Jimmy Carter with its “International Advocate for Peace” award. …More

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has published its list of the top 10 most anti-Semitic moments of 2012, with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood ranking as the worst offender for the year. Other challengers include the rising far-right political parties in Europe, anti-Semitic soccer fans, and long-time contender Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. 1. Muslim Brotherhood: It was a big year for Mohamed Morsi’s new ruling party in Egypt. With presidential elections behind the party, the world watched to see what shape the new …More

A Jewish community building in Sweden was bombed last night. Two 18-year-old suspects have already been arrested in connection with the attack. The center, located in the small Swedish town of Malmo, came as the area faces rising anti-Semitic tensions against the 700-strong Jewish community. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has worked for months to draw attention to hate crimes in Malmo, including anti-Semitic rhetoric from the town’ mayor, Ilmar Reepalu. The bombing occurred in the early hours of Friday …More

The Simon Wiesenthal Center applauded the French interior minister’s commitment to the defense of Jews, following a violent attack on a Jewish business. In a letter to Manuel Valls, SWC’s international relations director, Dr. Shimon Samuels, praised the minister’s pledge "to the defense of the French Jewish community in particular, and all other victims of hate-crime in general." The letter pointed to Valls quick visit to a kosher shop that was attacked in France last week. While Samuels had …More

Seven years ago today, the man known as the “conscience of the Holocaust” passed away in Vienna. Simon Wiesenthal was 96 at the time of his death, and spent even those last days working to bring Nazi criminals to justice. He was a self-appointed defender of millions of victims, building a legacy that placed him among the most revered Jewish leaders in the world. Born Szymon Wiesenthal on December 31, 1908, in what is now western Ukraine, the man who would become a legend grew up in near-impoverished …More

What is happening to the American Jewish left? What is the cultural legacy of the trauma of the Holocaust? Should Jews support Israel unconditionally? Filmmakers Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman set out to find the answers in their documentary “Between Two Worlds,” airing September 9 on Free Speech TV. The film tackles a host of issues, from generational change to the rise of intra-community silencing of Jewish dissenters. Jspace caught up with Snitow and Kaufman to find out more about their …More

A Lithuanian literature professor—who is also a Holocaust survivor—is a recipient of this year’s Goethe Medal. Irena Veisaite, 84, has spent her time since the end of World War II working to benefit the community at large, through societies she founded like the Lithuanian Soros Foundation, as well as her literary work. The Goethe Medal is a German honor designating “outstanding service” from foreigners in the area of German language and international cultural relations. Veisaite …More

An 87-year-old Nazi suspect could be brought to trial in Germany. A German prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday it had recommended charges be brought against the suspect, under suspicion that he served as a concentration camp guard in Poland. The unnamed man currently lives outside Germany, and a trial would require his extradition. The individual in question is accused of involvement in 344,000 deaths at Auschwitz. Few other details were given, but prosecutor Kurt Schrimm told the AP there is …More

Jewish leaders are calling for German authorities to intervene, after a Bavarian rabbi was cited for performing a circumcision. The news came weeks after a Cologne court passed a motion to make brit mila a criminal offense. At that time, the Jewish and Muslim communities reacted, though officials promised to pass legislature protecting the rite. This week, reports surfaced that Dr. Sebastian Gueveara Kamm filed a complaint against Rabbi David Goldberg, who is an Israeli citizen currently acting as chief rabbi …More

Australia will not hand over its last known Holocaust-era war crimes suspect, declared a federal court Wednesday. Australian officials decided not to extradite Charles Zentai to Hungary, the nation of his birth, over alleged war crimes. He is accused of killing a young Jewish man in 1944 for not wearing the infamous yellow star over his right breast. Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, called the decision “a permanent stain on Australia’s record.” Hungary first asked for the …More

A Hungarian lawyer is calling for charges to be brought against Efraim Zuroff, the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s top Nazi hunter. Solicitor Futo Barnabas claims Zuroff has made false allegations against Laszlo Csatary, according to a news report by conservative Hungarian publication Magyar Nemzet. Csatary is currently under investigation by Hungarian authorities for Nazi war crimes. He is also the SWC’s number one most wanted Nazi criminal. His whereabouts were recently uncovered thanks to efforts by a …More

The world’s most wanted Nazi criminal—allegedly involved in the death of 15,700 Jews—might soon be facing prison. Authorities in Slovakia want Laszlo Csatary, 97, extradited from Hungary, where he currently lives. The ex-Nazi official was discovered last month in Budapest after efforts by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and England’s Sun newspaper. At that time, Hungary said it had no intention of dragging up old charges, releasing a statement that said the crimes “took place 68 years …More