Tag: anti-Semitism
Adopt the definition of anti-Semitism, urges Jewish Agency to governments
Members of the Jewish Agency board of governors, along with hundreds of Jewish community and organization representatives from all over the world, called on governments worldwide on Tuesday to adopt the widely accepted definition...
Joined by Poway rabbi, Danon calls on world to declare war on anti-Semitism
The United Nations General Assembly met on Wednesday to discuss the growing anti-Semitism worldwide, at the initiative of Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, who has enlisted the support of the United States,...
Jewish graves vandalized in South Africa
The Jewish community in Strand, South Africa, filed a police complaint recently after four gravestones in the local Jewish cemetery were vandalized. Last week, two other Jewish cemeteries in the same district of Western...
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Jews need a unified voice against anti-Semitism in America
Earlier this month, the New York Police Department reported that hate crimes in New York City surged 68 percent from 2018 to 2019. Of the 184 hate crimes reported, 60 percent of these hate...
Why disingenuous Holocaust analogies matter
Even leftists are a little embarrassed by it.
The willingness of some Americans to analogize the plight of illegal immigrants seeking to enter the United States with that of Jews who sought to flee the...
Malaysian premier adds to anti-Semitic record, elicits chortling from Cambridge
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad added to his anti-Semitic record on Sunday, eliciting laughter from the Cambridge Union—the more than 200-year-old debating and free speech society in Cambridge, England, and the largest society at...
‘El Poderosísimo lobby Judío:’ A Spanish Obsession
The veteran Spanish journalist and commentator Iñaki Gabilondo devoted his broadcast slot last week to a dramatic attack on the “powerful Jewish lobby” in the United States. The pretext was the recent decision of The New York Times international...
Is anti-Semitism becoming mainstream? Experts see alarming trend in media, campus and public life
Moderating a panel in Jerusalem this week titled “The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism: The Media, BDS and Celebrated Bigotry,” David Hazony, executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund, analyzed the issue right off the bat:...
Remember Marshal Pétain, Bill de Blasio?
New York City Mayor and Democratic presidential hopeful Bill de Blasio raised the ire of a few observers last week when he claimed that anti-Semitism is a right-wing ideology adopted by right-wing movements composed...
Can a black-Jewish congressional caucus bridge the divide?
Something needed to be done. With tensions rising between African-Americans and Jews, it was time to reaffirm the need for both a greater emphasis on mutual understanding and recognition that hate poses a threat...