Posts Tagged: George Floyd
University of Michigan Black Students Accuse Anti-Zionist Group of ‘Pervasive’ Racism
The University of Michigan's Black Student Union (BSU) has resigned from the anti-Zionist student group Tahrir Coalition, citing "pervasive" anti-Black discrimination fostered by its mostly...
‘Anti-Jewish Double Standard’: University Responses to Hamas Massacre Far Less Robust Than to Other Crimes, Study Finds
US universities have demonstrated an "anti-Jewish double standard" by responding to Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel and the ensuing surge in campus antisemitism...
The Media Abandons Facts to Talk About ‘Angelic’ Palestinian Activists
Let's begin by noting that the piece published in The Times (“The Gen Z activist twins of Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem,” July 17) by Charlotte Edwardes...
Jewish Day Schools Should Not Teach Critical Race Theory as Established Dogma
JNS.org - When, about 10 years ago, I headed a pro-Israel organization that educated and trained high school and college students, I heard a frequent...
News Fit and Unfit to Print
For more than a century, ever since Adolph Ochs purchased the New York Times in 1896, his newspaper has proudly proclaimed (on the front page)...
Jewish Groups Should Work for Justice, Not Toxic Race Theories
JNS.org - It’s been nearly 11 months since Americans first viewed the awful nine-minute video that depicted the last moments of an African-American man named...
Chauvin Convicted of Murdering George Floyd in Landmark US Racial Justice Case
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday of murdering George Floyd, a milestone in the fraught racial history of the United States...
US Charges 18 Portland Protesters as It Sends Tactical Police to Seattle
US prosecutors on Friday unveiled charges against 18 Portland, Oregon protesters ranging from assaulting police to arson and trespassing, a day after the Trump administration...
Palestinian Rams a Checkpoint: Death, Lies, and Videotape
Two recent deaths, each captured on video, generated two different reactions about accepting truth rather than clinging to flawed narratives. Video of George Floyd's death under...
Trump Says He Is Staying in Washington to Protect Law and Order
US President Donald Trump on Friday canceled a planned weekend visit to his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, and said he was staying in...
UK Labour Leader Axes Top Party Official for Sharing Article Promoting ‘Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory’
The UK Labour party’s shadow education secretary was fired on Thursday after she tweeted and praised an interview with a British actress who asserted that...
Pompeo Accuses UN Body of Hypocrisy After Condemnation of US Police Brutality
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the United Nations Human Rights Council of hypocrisy on Saturday after the organization condemned racism and police brutality...
Amid George Floyd Killing, Iran Suddenly Cares About Human Rights
Protests following the police killing of George Floyd have spread from the United States to other Western democracies -- and Iran is loving it. In 2011,...
Three New York Orthodox Jews Sue Cuomo, de Blasio Over Coronavirus Restrictions
JNS.org – Three Orthodox Jews have filed a lawsuit against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York City...
