Tag: anti-Semitism
ADL: Virtual meetings being disrupted by anti-Semites
With the coronavirus pandemic pushing meetings to go virtual, anti-Semites have taken the opportunity to disrupt them on the video conferencing platform Zoom, according to a report on Sunday from the Anti-Defamation League.
The ADL cited one...
Anti-Semitic broadcaster: COVID-19 blamed on Jews for not following Jesus
Anti-Semitic and conspiracy broadcaster and Christian pastor Rick Wiles said on Wednesday that the coronavirus outbreak is spreading to synagogues, and is a punishment from God because Jews don’t follow Jesus.
“Stay out of those...
Museum of Jewish Heritage offers free online educational resources for those at home
New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is offering several online resources for parents, teachers and students as the museum remains temporarily closed in accordance with COVID-19 social-distancing restrictions.
For parents...
Germany raids homes linked to neo-Nazi movement, bans anti-Semitic group
German police raided in 10 German states on Thursday homes linked to an anti-Semitic far-right movement called Reichsbürger, also known as “Citizens of the Reich.”
The Interior Ministry said some 400 police officers seized firearms, neo-Nazi propaganda...
Rosanna Arquette alleges Israel knew about virus, put ‘lives at risk for profit’
Actress Rosanna Arquette alleged in a now-deleted tweet that Israel “has been working on a vaccine for a year already” and has put “lives at risk for profit.”
“So Israel has been working on...
ADL publishes guide on anti-Semitic tropes for candidates, members of Congress
The Anti-Defamation League shared a new guide to contemporary anti-Semitism with Congress members and candidates running for national office in 2020.
“Antisemitism Uncovered: A Guide to Old Myths in a New Era” examines “some of the most...
Pandemic panic a breeding ground for the virus of Jew-hatred
Burned into the historical memory of the Jewish people is what happened in the period when the bubonic plague swept through Europe from 1347 to 1351. The “Black Death” was one of the greatest...
Two kinds of anti-Semitism become part of the presidential campaign
The presidential campaign has already provided a lot of unpleasant moments, but what happened last week in Phoenix, Ariz., may have been the lowest point yet. During a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),...
Sanders campaign names new senior adviser who promotes BDS, has called Zionism ‘racist’
The Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has named Phillip Agnew, who has called Zionism “racist,” and co-founded a group that supports the anti-Israel BDS movement and a U.S.-designated terrorist group, a senior adviser.
“I...
March of the Living program in Poland postponed due to coronavirus
March of the Living, the largest annual international Holocaust-education program that takes groups to the grounds of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and then Israel, will not take place in this month because of concerns related...