Monthly Archives: November 2022
‘Report It’: New online portal to combat antisemitism
The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and the Fighting Online Antisemitism (FOA) organization on Wednesday announced launch of a new portal, called “Report It,” to help people fight against antisemitic content online.
The new platform also...
Iranian women: Mahsa Amini incident was the ‘last straw’
Massive protests have been raging across Iran since ethnic Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in the hospital following a beating by the regime’s morality police—a claim the authorities deny despite eyewitness statements to the...
Donald Trump announces 2024 presidential run
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced his intention to run for president in 2024, vowing to renew American exceptionalism if he is once again elected to the White House.
“In order to make...
Memorabilia collector to display items from Jewish athletes during the Holocaust
The Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center in Boca Raton, Florida, is hosting an exhibit on Jewish athletes during the Holocaust from Jan. 5 to Feb. 28, 2023. The exhibit’s curator, Neil Keller,...
Delis may be dying, but they remain alive in our hearts
Which is more important: pastrami or making love?
This was a question that George Costanza, played by Jewish actor Jason Alexander, grappled with on a hilarious episode of “Seinfeld.” And, of course, there’s the episode...
Lack of time, lack of interest, politics: why so many US Jews avoid communal...
Thirty-two percent of American Jews do not have time to be involved with Jewish organizations and institutions, and 28% do not consider those organizations a high priority on a personal level, according to a...
Ukraine backs antisemitism at the UN while pressuring Israel for arms
It was just another day at the United Nations. But, instead of its usual business being simply more evidence of the way the virus of anti-Semitism has injected itself into just about everything that...
Hold Abbas accountable
The recent decision by a United Nations forum to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on the “occupation” is not to be taken lightly. The dangers...
180 groups call on Twitter to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
In a Nov. 16 open letter to Twitter CEO Elon Musk and Twitter management, 180 non-profit and civil rights organizations called on the social media giant to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)...
Netanyahu asks for patience as coalition negotiations ramp up
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday attempted to assuage concerns that coalition negotiations had reached an impasse, asking his supporters for “a little patience.”
“With God’s help we’ll establish a right-wing government,” the Likud...