Monthly Archives: June 2023
Extensive report details decades of antisemitism at CAIR
Steve Emerson, founder and executive director of the project (IPT), told JNS that he will release the report, titled “CAIR’s Antisemitism Unmasked,” on June 16. It took two years to assemble the report, which...
Jury deliberates in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial
After hearing from 60 witnesses—all called by the prosecution—jurors began deliberations on June 15 in the trial of Robert Bowers, accused of killing 11 Jewish worshippers at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh...
Israel a ‘serial bomber of civilian places,’ reporter says at State Department briefing
Said Arikat, Washington bureau chief of Al-Quds, has a long history of slandering Israel at U.S. State Department press briefings. On June 15, he began by posing a question about Amnesty International calling for the International Criminal Court to...
2024 candidates mostly silent on bill to hold schools fiscally accountable for antisemitism
A bill that Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) introduced late last month, H.R.3773, which now has 14 co-sponsors, aims to amend the 1965 Higher Education Act to bar colleges and universities that host antisemitic events from...
Mike Pence to speak at CUFI summit in Washington
Christians United for Israel (CUFI) announced this week that former vice president and current presidential candidate Mike Pence will attend the group’s annual Washington Summit, speaking on Friday at 7 p.m.
Pastor John Hagee, CUFI’s...
Project launched in London on 1968 Polish expulsion of Jews
“Forgotten Exodus,” a multimedia initiative to collect and share testimonies of Jewish Poles forced to flee the country in 1968, launched last month in London.
This history is generally overlooked, according to Daniel Schatz, a visiting researcher...
Trump, Netanyahu and the renaissance of Soviet apparatchiks
During the Cold War, when Soviet émigrés tried to tell Westerners what it was like living under Soviet communism, their explanations usually began with a discussion of the media.
They would say something like, “You...
Hypocrisy is the ‘mother of all evil’
“Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favorite child.” — Don King
What is remarkable about hypocrisy, and perhaps people in general, is that anyone can be a hypocrite...
Holocaust Jokester Sergeant in Canada ‘Suffers’ Light Sentence
Guess what an organization should do if a supervisor repeatedly humiliates and bullies a Jewish subordinate in the course of joking about Jews who were exterminated in Nazi death camps.
Not in the Canadian army.
Military...
Music pop star Christina Aguilera to perform in Israel
Five-time Grammy-award-winning American pop singer Christina Aguilera will perform in Israel for the first time this summer, Live Nation announced on Thursday.
She is scheduled to take the stage on Aug. 10 at Live Park...