Posts Tagged: Jews
Reflections on the Jewish People Since Oct. 7: The Will to Never Give Up, and Protect Their Homeland
This year, the one year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas massacre fell on the Jewish High Holidays, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. What...
What Makes Israel and Jews Different: The Light in Our Hearts
This fall, my son joined the Me’ever Youth program at the Safra Center in New York City. Me’ever is focused on building teen leadership skills. In...
Trump Assassination Attempt Ignites Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories; Jews, Israel Blamed for Shooting
The assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump's life has sparked a wave of conspiracy theories online blaming Israel or Jews for the shooting. Trump...
There Are Not Two Sides to Antisemitism; This Is Jew-Hatred
The October 7 Hamas terror attack in Israel was the worst single day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. And yet, Hamas’ torture, indiscriminate murder,...
Five Jews Attacked With Stones at Joseph’s Tomb in West Bank, One Wounded
i24 News — Five Jewish individuals who entered Joseph's Tomb in Nablus on Monday were subjected to a violent attack with stones. One of the visitors...
Study: Holocaust Education Reduces Hate Crimes Against Minority Communities
JNS.org - Mandated Holocaust education in US schools reduces hate crimes both against Jews, as well as across a wide swath of minority communities, according...
How the Torah Can Help When You Experience a Setback
I just learned of the passing of journalist and author Paul Johnson, at the age of 94. He was an extraordinary man -- a master...
Addressing the Rise of Minority Attacks Against Orthodox Jews
Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn find themselves at the center of increasing antisemitic violence. Just this week, two teenagers chased a frantic Hasidic man down a...
‘Something Isn’t Working’: Israeli Researchers Urge Overhaul of Strategies to Combat 2021 Rise in Antisemitic Attacks Worldwide
Antisemitic attacks worldwide saw a “dramatic rise” in 2021 from the previous year, with the highest number of incidents reported in major Western democracies, including...
Prominent Black Lives Matter Figure Equates Ukrainian Resistance to Palestinian Terror Attacks
Newsweek reported on February 27 that social justice activist Shaun King drew a moral equivalence between the plight of the Ukrainian people under attack by...
Israeli Arab Party Leader Abbas Dismisses Charge of ‘Apartheid’ State: ‘Our Fate Here Is to Live Together’
Israeli Arab leader Mansour Abbas — head of the Islamic Ra’am party, which last year joined the country’s governing coalition — said he would not...
Whoopi Goldberg and the Jewish Moral Dilemma
Like a virus, antisemitism survives by reproducing into different strains, and each new strain can be more deadly than the last. In a talk once about...
Berlin Jews Face ‘Background Noise’ of Daily Antisemitism, Says German Monitoring Report
Antisemitic incidents in Germany’s capital peaked in the first six months of this year compared to years prior, according to a report published Thursday, fueled...
On Eve of Rosh Hashanah Israel’s Population Increases to Almost 9.4 Million People
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s population numbered almost 9.4 million people, growing by 146,000 people from the year before, according to figures published...
