Tag: Antisemitism
‘Generally, we feel very safe in Kansas,’ says rabbi of vandalized Topeka temple
An antisemitic vandal spray-painted “Save Gaza” and “Free Palestine” on a driveway leading up to the only synagogue in Topeka, Kan., the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.
The Topeka Police Department and the FBI are investigating the vandalism at...
Professor leaves MIT ‘dream job’ for Yeshiva due to Jew-hatred
After quitting his “dream job” at Massachusetts Institute of Technology due to antisemitism on campus, Mauricio Karchmer is fitting in at his new job at Yeshiva University.
The computer scientist has, in his first two...
Jews who experience antisemitism give to charity at higher levels
Data published in a new report, “American Jewish Philanthropy 2022: Giving to Religious and Secular Causes in the U.S. and to Israel,” shows multiple trends impacting Jewish families’ gifts to nonprofit groups. One of them—experiences with...
‘Anti-Israel hypocrisy, hate,’ says AIPAC, after AOC calls it ‘NRA of foreign policy’
In the latest Washington alphabet soup, AOC called AIPAC the “NRA of foreign policy.”
The progressive “Squad” member, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who has a long anti-Israel history, responded on social media to a post from the...
South Dakota legislature passes bill using IHRA to define Jew-hatred
The South Dakota state legislature passed HB1076, which enshrines the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism into law.
The state House of Representatives approved amendments on Friday of the bill, which passed the state Senate 31-3...
British MPs melt down over Gaza
When Queen Elizabeth II died, people mourned not only the loss of a beloved and admirable monarch but what they believed was the passing of the beloved and admirable Britain that she had embodied.
The...
UK minister apologizes for ‘unacceptable’ defacement of Israeli’s birth certificate
U.K. Home Secretary James Cleverly apologized on Wednesday to the family of a baby whose birth certificate came back with “Israel” crossed out under “place of birth.”
“I have ordered an urgent review of a...
When presidents curse at the Jews
U.S. President Joe Biden is reported to have used profanity in two recent outbursts against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Sadly, such eruptions are nothing new. Going back to the 1940s, presidents and other...
Jews must tell their own stories in all their complexity
When I was a child, my grandmother called me her “little shiksa.” In Yiddish, shiksa means a non-Jewish woman. This was meant as a compliment. My grandmother was a glamorous woman who knew a thing or two...
New Haven reviews anti-Israel city staffer who protested at rabbi’s home
The nation’s third-oldest independent school, which traces its history to 1660, suspended a member of its advancement team, as the city—home to Yale University—investigates his wife for yelling anti-Israel chants through a bullhorn outside a...