Posts Tagged: Crown heights riots
Why the Crown Heights Pogrom Still Matters
JNS.org - Three decades have passed since the Crown Heights pogrom, and any assessment of the memory of that tragic event must start with an...
The New Iconoclasm: Down With Jefferson, Up With Sharpton
Rarely a week passes without dramatic pictures on TV and in the press of sledgehammers taken to heroes of the Old Confederacy, along with new...
‘Get Your Knee Off Our Necks’: Jews and the New Civil-Rights Movement
JNS.org - Fighting racism doesn’t necessarily mean fighting antisemitism. Fighting racism can sometimes involve elements of antisemitism. And fighting antisemitism can sometimes lead to accusations...
American Pogrom
The recent mini-pogroms — in New York, New Jersey, and elsewhere — have, it would appear, been carried out in substantial part by African-Americans, including...
Al Sharpton and the Decline of the Democrats
In recent months, most of the contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination, ever zealous for (bad) new causes, have displayed an oily sycophancy towards the...
Outrage Follows Announcement That Al Sharpton, Who Helped Incite 1991 Antisemitic Riots, Is Slated to Receive Honorary Degree
An initiative by a City University of New York school to give Rev. Al Sharpton a doctorate of humane letters was met with outrage on...
The Crown Heights Riots, 25 Years Later
There is no shortage of reminders these days about how easily peace can turn into violence. Protests turn into disturbances very easily -- all too often resulting in...
The New York Times Is Too Busy Ogling ‘Bikini Moms’ to Bother With the Crown Heights Pogrom
It’s starting to look like a pattern: the Times post-Holocaust Holocaust obsession is crowding other Jewish-related news out of the newspaper. Since we last remarked upon...
On 25th Anniversary of Crown Heights Riots, Community Leaders Seek to Set the Record Straight
It is vital that the truth about the 1991 Crown Heights riots be told, a community leader told The Algemeiner on Friday, so that the...
Rabbi Turns Personal Tragedy Into Inspirational Message for America Suffering From ‘Racial Divide’ (VIDEO)
A Brooklyn-raised rabbi whose mother was murdered in the wake of the 1991 Crown Heights race riots has turned his personal tragedy into a source for inspiration, amid...
New York Post Blasts Mayor De Blasio’s Dinkins Honor Over Crown Heights Riots Failures
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision to name the city's Municipal Building after early 90's mayor David Dinkins raised some eyebrows over at the New York Post on Friday. The...
Black Leader Al Sharpton…What Exactly Does he Lead?
One of the top-ten hits of 70's folk-rock star, Jim Croce, who went to his tragic death in a small plane crash in 1973, was...
Caribbean Teenagers Get Taste of New York Jews (VIDEO)
Following two separate incidents in late April where Orthodox Jews came to the aid of African-American and Latino community members after they were assaulted, it...
Curtis Sliwa Reveals Secret Family, Will Raise Kids Jewish (VIDEO)
Catholic Guardian Angel founder Curtis Sliwa has long been known as a mensch. Now the title takes on new meaning as he has revealed to...
