Posts Tagged: antisemitism crisis
Trump Civil Rights Office Compels Reed College to Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Over Hate Incident
Reed College in Portland, Oregon, will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism as part of a settlement resolving a federal civil...
Gunman Dead After Vehicle Ramming Attack at Michigan Synagogue
Security guards assigned to protect Temple Israel, a synagogue in Oakland County, Michigan, killed a gunman who crashed his truck into the front entrance of...
Two Men Spit, Say ‘Free Palestine’ as They Attempt to Gain Access to Jewish Center in Dallas
Jewish community leaders on Monday denounced an antisemitic incident in which two men trespassed the grounds of the Olami Dallas Center in Texas and demanded...
Chicago Adopts IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
The City Council of Chicago, Illinois, voted on Tuesday to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, becoming one of many governments...
Australian Police Arrest Teens for Antisemitic Harassment of Jewish Schoolboys
Australian police have arrested two teenagers suspected of chasing Jewish schoolboys in a stolen car while shouting Nazi slogans in Melbourne last week. The suspects, one...
Canadian Jewish Civil Rights Group Implores Prime Minister to Open Antisemitism Inquiry
Canadian Jews have been hit by a wave of antisemitic incidents, with at least 32 reported across five provinces in just the past week alone,...
UN’s Francesca Albanese Lashes Out at ‘Pro-Genocide Minions’ After Georgetown University Severs Ties
A controversial United Nations official who has been criticized for using her role to promote anti-Israel bias and pro-Hamas propaganda denied on Monday that Georgetown...
Young People More Likely to Favor Israel After Interning There, New Study Finds
Young people, Jewish and non-Jewish, who visit Israel to intern at the hottest businesses and startups are more likely to continue their engagement with the...
US Professor Who Was Suspended After Calling for ‘War on Israel’ Requests Reinstatement in Lawsuit
A University of Kentucky professor who is serving an interim suspension for promoting an antisemitic petition which called for "Palestine everywhere from the Jordan River...
Western Cities Boost Hanukkah Security After Antisemitic Massacre in Australia
Major cities across the Western world are buttressing security around synagogues and Hanukkah events following an antisemitic massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia over...
Brandeis Center Seeks Anonymity for Jewish Victim in Antisemitism Lawsuit
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has asked a US federal court to allow a whistleblower of antisemitism at the Fashion...
Local Governments in US Pass Measures to Address Antisemitism as Anti-Jewish Crimes Mount
Local governments in two states which annually hold the negative distinction of being listed in the highest ranks of the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) "Antisemitic Incidents...
ADL Launches New Tool to Evaluate US State-Level Efforts to Combat Antisemitism
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday launched the Jewish Policy Index (JPI), a "first interactive tool of its kind" for evaluating the efficacy of policies...
