Posts Tagged: anti-semitism
Antisemitism Is Real — We Must Fight It Loud and Proud
Jews are under assault in the United States. White nationalists are marking the landscape with a trail of blood and swastikas, desecrating Jewish tombstones, and...
Fighting Antisemitism Without Fear
JNS.org - There’s a crazy disconnect happening right now in the Jewish world. On the one hand, we’re supposed to be in a state of...
For German Jews, More Security Is Not Enough
After the Halle, Germany synagogue shooting during Yom Kippur, there were the usual outpourings of condemnation, pavement flowers for the victims, and feel-good statements of...
Why Anti-Zionism Is Worse Than Antisemitism
There is currently a noisy and often bitter debate over the issue of anti-Zionism and antisemitism. The vast majority of the Jewish community, which remains...
Today’s Jew-Hatred: The Sorry Tale of Two Photographs
JNS.org - As visitors to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem wind their way through the main exhibition, they are confronted by a series...
‘Smokescreening’ — Anti-Israel Sentiment Expressed Through False Friendship
Smokescreening, the false pretense of friendship toward Israel, is a common practice. Practitioners include US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, former US president Barack Obama,...
UN Antisemitism Report Is a Good Start, but Doesn’t Accept IHRA Examples About Israel
The UN has released an important report about antisemitism worldwide. Written by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed, much of it...
Antisemite Billoo Lashes Out After Being Dumped by Women’s March
Zahra Billoo's tenure as a board member for the national Women's March lasted three days. She is the victim of "an Islamophobic smear campaign," she claimed,...
Amid Violent Attacks, the Time for Jewish Unity Is Now
Yet another serious physical attack on a Jewish man took place on August 31. This time, it was in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. According...
Women’s March Taps Troubling Figure in Wake of Antisemitism Issues
The Washington Post reported something that looked like good news. Three board members at the national Women's March who were involved in a series of...
Suspect Arrested in Recent Brutal Antisemitic Attack in Crown Heights
A suspect has been arrested for a brutal assault of a 63-year-old Jewish man in August, ABC 11 reported Thursday. Oniel Gilbourne,26, was charged with...
Jewish Predicaments: 1939 and 2019
The American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, not noted as a political thinker, nevertheless knew something about political paradoxes. Fitzgerald wrote: “The test of a first-rate...
The US Must Institute Laws Against Antisemitism
The recent reports surrounding US neo-Nazi website Vanguard News Network (VNN)’s publication of photos of students and faculty at Yeshiva University (YU) in New York...
Focus on White Supremacists Should Not Obscure Threat of Islamism
Right-wing extremism is on the rise around the world, and we have seen the deadly consequences far too often in the United States. Here, especially,...
Hallmark Channel Set to Premiere Hanukkah Movies for First Time
US, Israeli Firefighters Work Side by Side as Rockets Fall
Orthodox Jew From Golders Green Announces Brexit Party Run Against Corbyn
As Gaza Ceasefire Wobbles, a Full-Scale Israeli Military Incursion Remains on the Table
NYU Department Co-Sponsors Anti-Israel Speaker, Rejects Request to Host Pro-Israel One