Posts Tagged: American Jewry
Is the ‘Rising Tide’ of US Antisemitism Only a Surge in Reporting?
JNS.org - Nearly 100 bomb threats have been called into Jewish institutions since early January, and scores of headstones at three Jewish cemeteries — in Missouri, Pennsylvania, New...
NYPD: Antisemitic Incidents Nearly Doubled Over Last Year
Antisemitic incidents are up 94 percent in New York City over this time last year, the New York Police Department reported. The figure is part of...
Jewish Activists at East Carolina U Laud Student Government for Unanimously Passing Resolution Against Antisemitism Amid Surge of Phenomenon Across US Campuses
Jewish activists at East Carolina University (ECU) lauded their peers in the Student Government Association (SGA) for passing a motion Wednesday condemning antisemitism amid a surge...
University of Missouri Students Arrested for Harassing Jewish Peer
Two University of Missouri students have been arrested on suspicion of harassing a Jewish peer, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported on Wednesday. Noah B. Rogers and Erich J. Eastman were...
Trump’s Big Achievement: Making the New York Times Care About Antisemitism
President Trump has been in office for barely a month, but he already deserves credit for at least one major accomplishment: He’s gotten the New...
International Jewish Youth Convention’s Delicate Balancing Act On Refugee Debate
JNS.org -- In an ever-polarized American era, nonprofits often need to decide how to make their organization’s or constituency’s voice heard on policy issues, without making overtly...
Jewish Civil Rights Groups Ignore Member of the Tribe Who Was Discriminated Against
JNS.org -- What if you got fired for observing Passover? “Not possible in 21st-century America,” you confidently reply. What if you sued, and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) as...
Nomination of David Friedman Threatens Leftist Jewish Leadership
JNS.org -- David Friedman, President Donald Trump’s nominee for US ambassador to Israel, has managed to anger Jewish Voice for Peace, J Street, US Rep. Jan...
Student Group at Illinois U Vows to ‘Expose True Hateful Nature’ of BDS, in Response to Launch of Anti-Israel Divestment Campaign on Campus
One of the heads of a pro-Israel student group told The Algemeiner about a new initiative to "expose the true hateful nature" of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions...
Barack Obama’s Antisemitic UN Act
JNS.org - It was particularly painful and frustrating seeing President Barack Hussein Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and US Ambassador to the United Nations...
Passover Vacation Punishment Case Against Orthodox Employee Continues to Travel Through the Courts
Susan Abeles’ saga began in 2013 when she took time off to observe the last two days of Passover, just as she had done annually...
Making Traditional Jewish Food Great Again With the ‘Gefilte Manifesto’
JNS.org -- Two emerging young chefs are on a mission to reclaim and revolutionize Ashkenazi cuisine for the millennial generation. Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz both...
Chabad Emissaries Coming to Small Jewish Community of South Dakota
JNS.org -- A state boasting just 400 Jews is about to receive its first full-time Jewish leadership, in an historic move for the community and the Chabad-Lubavitch...
Netanyahu: ‘Difficult to Overstate’ American Jewry’s Importance to Israel
JNS.org - It is “difficult to overstate the importance of the American Jewish people to the State of Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday at...
