Tag: anti-Semitism
US State Department conference tackles mounting hate and anti-Semitism online
Hate online, particularly anti-Semitism, is continuing to grow at alarming rates, and stopping it will require education, collaboration and a cohesive definition were the findings from the first-of-its-kind, two-day symposium sponsored by the U.S....
‘Stunning:’ Nearly half of Americans know little about or never heard of anti-Semitism
A new survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee on Jewish and non-Jewish Americans revealed a stark level of ignorance when it comes to anti-Semitism awareness among the U.S. general public.
According to the survey,...
US, Bahrain sign MOU to combat anti-Semitism and pledge to fight religious intolerance
The United States and Bahrain signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on combating anti-Semitism.
In a small ceremony at the Willard InterContinental in Washington, D.C., the three-year MOU, which will be eligible for...
Honoring the two-year anniversary of Tree of Life shooting by strengthening communal bridges
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, the religious leader of Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha, and several other survivors of the mass shooting that cut short the lives of 11 Jewish members of the three congregations sharing a...
Tree of Life survivor: ‘There is so much goodness in the world, and we...
Two years ago, Andrea Wedner was attending Shabbat-morning services with her 97-year-old mother, Rose Mallinger, at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pa. That morning, Oct. 27,...
Report: State Department weighs designating human-rights groups ‘anti-Semitic’
U.S. President Donald Trump may soon declare that several prominent international NGOs, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam are, in fact, anti-Semitic organizations, Politico reported on Thursday.
Citing sources familiar with the issue, the report...
The Black Lives Matter movement and anti-Semitism
On Aug. 28, a full-page advertisement was published in The New York Times to endorse Black Lives Matter. Claiming to represent “the majority of American Jews,” the ad not only proclaimed support for the “Black Lives Matter”...
US, Bahrain to sign MOU on combating anti-Semitism
The United States and Bahrain are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on combating anti-Semitism, a senior Trump administration official told JNS.
The three-year MOU, which would be eligible for renewal, will be...
Twitter intends to remove posts denying the Holocaust
Twitter announced last week that it will remove posts that deny the Holocaust.
Bloomberg first reported the move on Oct. 14.
“Our Hateful Conduct Policy prohibits a wide range of behavior, including making references to violent events or...
Can France’s courts learn from Facebook in the fight against anti-Semitism?
Who is more effective in the fight against resurgent anti-Semitism: Facebook or the French judiciary?
I’m asking this particular question because of two separate developments over the last week that, when taken together, suggest that...