Daily Archives: November 9, 2023
Leading up to and on 85th Kristallnacht anniversary, attacks, antisemitism across US, Europe
In the hours leading up to and during the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht (the “Night of Broken Glass,” when Jewish businesses were torched in Germany and Austria overnight on Nov. 9-10, 1938, and Jews...
Unpacking What Motivates Jihadist Movements Like Hamas
Even in our “advanced” age of artificial intelligence, Plato continues to provide lessons for us. The ancient Greek philosopher argues famously in The Republic that politics and statecraft are only a reflection of what is real....
Fear cannot dictate our actions
Jews are being killed all over the world. I’m not just referring to the war in Gaza. While it’s true that the daily count of soldiers who have fallen in “Operation Swords of Iron”...
French Jews face surge in hatred
“The number of antisemitic acts has exploded,” French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said last week.
More than 1,000 incidents were recorded and some 500 related arrests were made in France since Hamas’s massacre of 1,400...
Virtual-reality project depicting Kristallnacht, its aftermath announced
On the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, a group of institutions devoted to Holocaust memory, a technology company and the cultural arm of the United Nations says it is creating a virtual-reality project that will tell the...
CIA and Mossad heads visit Qatar to talk hostages deal
The heads of the CIA and the Mossad intelligence agency met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Thursday to discuss a possible deal for the release of hostages held...
Survey: Some 72% of Jews, but just 32% of general public, say Jew-hatred up
Despite extensive reporting on surging antisemitism in the United States and globally, including a 214% spike in New York, per new NYPD data, Jewish and non-Jewish Americans have very different views about the state of Jew-hatred...
White House: Israel has agreed to daily four-hour ‘humanitarian pauses’
Israel has agreed to observe daily four-hour “humanitarian pauses” in its operation against Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip, U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday.
U.S. President Joe Biden asked...