Tag: anti-Semitism
Ocasio-Cortez accuses Trump of anti-Semitism for Twitter war against Rep. Adam Schiff
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) accused U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend of being “engaged in deliberate, atrocious, targeted anti-Semitism” in response to the president’s Twitter attacks Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who is Jewish.
“Understand...
Anti-Semitic fliers found in Montana on Rosh Hashanah
Anti-Semitic fliers circulated around Whitefish, Mont., on Monday, the first day of Rosh Hashanah, as part of a continuing trend that has been happening there for years.
The literature included code words like the number “88,” which...
Columbia celebrates anti-Semitism
There are very few Jews in Malaysia. I know because I checked with the intelligence community—or at least, looked it up in the CIA World Factbook. But my point is that even though Malaysia...
Corbyn sparks controversy for Rosh Hashanah video featuring Hamas supporter
Jeremy Corbyn sparked outrage for releasing a Rosh Hashanah video that features an activist who last year led a public Jewish mourning prayer for dead members of Hamas.
In the clip posted on Twitter ahead...
Pro-Israel Columbia student questions Malaysian premier about Holocaust denial
A member of the college campus group Students Supporting Israel confronted Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during his controversial Columbia University speech on Wednesday about the leader questioning the number of Jews killed in...
Jewish groups demand Italy take action against wine bottles saluting Nazis
Italy is facing renewed backlash for allowing the continued sale of wine bottles that feature Adolf Hitler’s face and Nazi slogans on its labels.
The controversial wine bottles, produced by Italian winemaker Vina Lunardelli as...
British Labour Party adopts anti-Israel policies, including first formal one on BDS
The British Labour Party voted in on Tuesday several anti-Israel policies, including what is believed to be its first formal policy regarding BDS.
During the Labour Party conference in Brighton, delegates voted to support a...
Fighting anti-Semitism at local levels of government
Three decades ago, a young city councilman in central Pennsylvania encountered me in a laundromat and launched into a tirade against Israel.
He complained about Israel’s “oppression” of the Palestinians and recounted Israel’s unprovoked attack...
What is the real story behind Judaism in Hungary?
The history of Europe and the Jewish people is one that has seen some of humanity’s most remarkable triumphs and darkest periods. Despite the Jewish population nearly being wiped out in the Holocaust, the...
Israeli embassy in Belgium, European Jewish Association criticize anti-Semitic sign-language gesture
The Israeli embassy in Belgium this week blasted an online dictionary of Flemish sign language for using a hooked nose to describe the word “Jew.”
The Israeli embassy on Twitter expressed “shock and dismay” regarding the “ugly...