Tag: anti-Semitism
Jews shouldn’t ignore the real lesson of Corbyn’s defeat
British Jewry heaved a collective sigh of relief when Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives in last week’s parliamentary elections in the United...
New report exposes how BDS movement uses veil of social justice to spread Jew-hatred
With anti-Semitism on the rise in the United States and across the world, a new report has just been released that seeks to highlight how the delegitimization campaign against Israel is fueling such incidents.
“The New Anti-Semites:...
President Trump’s executive order on anti-Semitism
U.S. President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order on Dec. 11, 2019, applying Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to Jewish Americans, is arguably the most significant single presidential action protecting...
Boris Johnson’s government will pass anti-BDS law, says British official
Boris Johnson’s new Conservative government aims to pass a law making it illegal for public bodies to take part in the anti-Israel BDS movement, a senior British official said on Sunday.
Speaking at the International...
US Islamic scholar: Hadith about Muslims killing Jews ‘predictive,’ not anti-Semitic
The Islamic hadith stating that at the “End of Days” the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, which will call out to Muslims to come and kill them, is not anti-Semitic and is merely predictive,...
Heated debate highlights partisan divide on combating anti-Semitism
With anti-Semitism in the United States on the uptick, including two deadly shootings in synagogues within six months of each other, multiple philanthropic initiatives have been launched to address the grave nature of the...
Corbyn-led British Labour Party named No. 1 anti-Semitic threat worldwide
The Simon Wiesenthal Center released its annual list of the top 10 global anti-Semitic incidents, along with anti-Semitic people, and the No. 1 spot was given to the Jeremy Corbyn-led British Labour Party.
“No one...
Meet Michael Schudrich: Rabbi to Poland’s Jews, the living and the dead
The phone rings in Michael Schudrich’s study. The young man on the other end sounds upset. His grandmother died, and he needs the rabbi’s help.
Not so unusual, right? Except that, just before she died,...
Labour officials denounce the party’s anti-Semitism crisis in 53-page report
A total of 70 current and former British Labour Party officials condemned anti-Semitism in the party in sworn statements submitted to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Daily Mail reported on Thursday.
The sworn testimonies form part of...
Portugal becomes 34th International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance member
Portugal became the 34th full member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on Wednesday.
The IHRA posted the announcement on Twitter: “Congratulations to Portugal, which has now become a full member of the IHRA! #IHRAinLuxembourg.”
The...