Tag: anti-Semitism
The reverend father of ‘Israeli apartheid’
Back in 2003, I was a student at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School. I had married my classmate, Malkah, and we were both halfway through the last year of school.
One day, we heard that...
Federal civil-rights officials raise alarm over ‘horrifying statistics’ on anti-Semitism in workplace
With a general rise in anti-Semitic violence last year, instances of anti-Semitism have also been on the rise in work and education settings, something the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is closely monitoring...
Has the time come to bribe the unvaccinated?
“How can we as a society stand by and watch people die when a simple shot could prevent a life-threatening illness?” That was the agonized question asked by a group of nine health-care providers...
ZOA calls on Ocasio-Cortez to fire staffer who called Israel ‘racist European ethnostate’
The Zionist Organization of America has asked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to “immediately” dismiss legislative assistant who made anti-Semitic comments targeting Israel on social media.
“Hussain Altamimi has made false, hateful, anti-Semitic, anti-Israel accusations on...
Stewart denies calling Rowling ‘anti-Semitic,’ saying goblin comments were ‘lighthearted’
Jewish comedian Jon Stewart denied calling British author J.K. Rowling “anti-Semitic” over how goblins are portrayed in the “Harry Potter” movies, saying on Wednesday that his comments from last month were “lighthearted” and taken...
Survey: 80 percent of Israelis concerned about growing anti-Semitism worldwide
A recent Israel-wide survey has found that almost 80 percent of Israelis are concerned about anti-Semitism globally, with almost three-quarters of citizens (73 percent) believing anti-Semitism is widespread. More than half (61 percent) believe...
Rabbi resigns after 30 years at BBC over ‘inexcusable’ anti-Semitism
A rabbi who has worked for the BBC for decades has tendered his resignation with the British Broadcasting Corporation in response to their handling of a story about a Hanukkah night attack on a...
Police search for two suspects behind violent assault on Brooklyn Jewish man
The New York Police Department is searching for two suspects who are responsible for the recent attack on a Hassidic Jewish man in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that left the victim with lacerations to his legs...
Protest against anti-Semitism held in Brooklyn after Jews attacked in hate crime assault
New Yorkers gathered in Brooklyn to protest anti-Semitism following the recent attack on two Jewish men in the neighborhood of Bay Ridge.
An estimated 100 people gathered for Sunday’s protest, which was held exactly a...
Future Jewish leaders, how are you using your voice?
On an average day in December 2015, Rabbi Reuven Biermacher finished teaching Torah to his students in Aish Yeshiva’s Spanish program in the Old City of Jerusalem. He walked out of the building and...