Tag: anti-Semitism
Webinar on confronting anti-Jewish sentiment highlights ‘Gadfly’ response
The crux of a recent webinar from CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis, focused on how to respond to anti-Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric in social and professional situations.
When such...
Kansas legislature adopts IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism
The Kansas legislature passed HCR 5030 this week, a resolution that recognizes the growing problem of anti-Semitism in the United States, as well as adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism as...
The strongest weapon in Israel’s arsenal: Faith-based diplomacy
Two dozen Christian parliamentarians wrapped up a visit to Israel on Tuesday with discussions on how to embrace and defend Israel in modern times. The discussions were the culmination of a three-day journey that...
Israel’s Herzog in France: ‘Nations must stand together against Iran’
“The family of nations must stand together and not let Iran pour more fuel on the flames of hatred—before it is too late,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog told a crowd in Toulouse, France on Sunday.
“The State...
Why does the world care what Israel does about Ukraine?
It has long been axiomatic that Israel—a tiny country whose people comprise a tenth of a percent of the world’s population and whose land mass is an exponentially smaller fraction of a percent of...
A free lunch for Amnesty’s anti-Semitism
It’s not clear what it will take for critics of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to admit that it wasn’t he who turned support for Israel into a “wedge issue” in the United States...
Enlisting Christian media in fight against anti-Semitism
At its national convention, the National Religious Broadcasters—a nonpartisan, international association of Christian communicators—announced that its board of directors adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (INRA) working definition of anti-Semitism, with the call to fight anti-Semitism front and...
Anti-Jewish hate crimes jump 400% in February compared to last year, reports NYPD
The number of hate crimes against Jewish in New York City continues to rise at record rates, according to statistics from the New York City Police Department.
According to the NYPD, some 56 incidents of...
European Council adopts measures to tackle racism, anti-Semitism
The European Council recently announced measures it will adopt to combat racism and anti-Semitism, which include urging social-media companies to remove racist and anti-Semitic hate speech and adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism.
These...
Toronto students Nazi salute Jewish teacher in latest anti-Semitic incident
For the third time in recent weeks, students at a school under the Toronto District School Board have made a Nazi salute in front of teachers and classmates.
According to a Feb. 25 letter sent...