Anti-Semitic Incidents Dip By 12% Worldwide – Rise In U.S.
A report released by Israeli researchers says violent attacks on Jews dropped for a second straight year in 2016, while other forms of anti-Semitism are on the rise worldwide, particularly on US campuses.
Researchers at...
Will One Of These Jewish Democrats Be The Next Jon Ossoff?
Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff’s elevation from documentary producer to serious contender for a solid-red Congressional seat was an exquisite bit of political alchemy: One part charisma, two parts timing, and about a thousand parts...
Jewish community center bomb threat suspect charged in US as investigation continues
A young man accused of making a series of threatening phone calls to Jewish community centers earlier this year was charged in two federal complaints Friday.
Eighteen-year-old Michael Ron David Kadar, who holds dual Israeli...
Piercy Earns Spot on Maccabi USA Squad
There are very few athletes that ever get the feeling of competing in the red, white and blue with “USA” across your chest.
Rising junior Nicole Piercy of the University of Richmond Swimming & Diving...
ADL Poll Finds Americans Concerned About Violence Against Jews and Other Minorities
Two new public opinion polls commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reveal important trends among Americans in terms of their views of Jews and other religious minorities.
The surveys reveal that while anti-Semitic attitudes in...
Overall anti-semitism increased 40% in 2016 and genocidal expression doubled
Anti-Semitism on campus increased 40% and genocidal expression doubled in 2016, according to AMCHA Initiative’s annual study, released today, that examines anti-Semitism at more than 100 public and private colleges and universities with the largest...
Pass The Salt: Effort to ‘De-Christianize’ America Comes Mainly From ‘Jewish Organizations’
Religious Right activist Dave Daubenmire has dedicated several recent episodes of his daily “Pass The Salt Live” webcast to attacking Jews while insisting that there is nothing anti-Semitic about doing so, and returned to...
John Geils, guitarist and J. Geils Band leader, dead at 71
Groton Police went to Geils' home for a simple well-being check, but he was found to be unresponsive and was declared dead at the scene. Foul play wasn't suspected, and preliminary investigations suggest Geils...
Israeli-American Relations Brought to Light in New Film
Despite being in the middle of the Passover Holiday, a special preview screening of Joseph Cedar’s latest film, Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer at JCC Manhattan brought...
Man who threatened Jews on metal music site faces sentencing
A Connecticut man who posted threats against Jews and synagogues on a metal music internet forum plans to argue at his sentencing that he has served enough time in prison.
Kendall Sullivan is scheduled to...