Tag: Antisemitism
The moral collapse of the West
The evidence is becoming overwhelming of a profound moral collapse in the West.
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel, it’s been open season on Diaspora Jews with an enormous increase in antisemitic attacks.
Students...
German singer to donate to Holocaust charities after hate-crime hoax
German-Israeli singer Gil Ofarim admitted in court in Leipzig last week that he made up a claim of antisemitism against two hotel employees in October 2021.
In the emotional clip that he posted two years ago on...
Roger Waters, Roseanne Barr and Code Pink at Nancy Pelosi home
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, referred to a vocal demonstration outside of the Jewish-owned, Israeli-style falafel restaurant Goldie in Philadelphia on Sunday as “a blatant act of antisemitism—not a peaceful protest.” The protesters chanted...
Leaders of 60 European cities convene in Germany to learn about Jew-hatred
Three generations of Paul Hirsch’s family traveled this week to Dortmund, Germany, to honor their grand-, great-grand and great-great grandfather, who was the city’s mayor from 1918 until 1933.
Dortmund, which hasn't had another Jewish...
Decrying man who won’t work for Jews, New Jersey AG cites Islamophobia
In a statement denouncing a New Jersey man, who said that he would not work for Jews, the state's attorney general and the director of its civil-rights division appeared to suggest that antisemitism requires Islamophobia and...
‘Be on the front lines,’ former Canadian envoy Irwin Cotler advises young Jews
Irwin Cotler, the 83-year-old human-rights advocate and former Canadian parliamentarian, received the lifetime achievement award of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs last month at a conference in Ottawa.
The award, according to organizers, recognized “his...
What was the purpose of the ‘March for Israel’?
In 2019, I approached a top-ranking American Jewish leader to ask him about planning a massive rally in Washington, D.C., to address the rising antisemitism in America and around the world. Having spent many...
Musk: X to suspend those advocating ‘genocide,’ ‘decolonization,’ ‘from river to sea’
Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur who owns X (formerly Twitter), posted on the social network on Nov. 17: “At risk of stating the obvious, anyone advocating the genocide of *any* group will be suspended from...
Open cries for massacre of Jews and Israel
On Oct. 7, Hamas did more than brutally and methodically slaughter 1,200 people, mostly Jewish civilians, in cold blood. The event gave the terrorist group—and tens of thousands of supporters worldwide—freedom to expose their...
Enshrine national strategy on antisemitism into law, ADL head tells Congress
Congress needs to overcome partisan bickering and pass legislation supporting Israel and the U.S. Jewish community, Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, told JNS at the “March for Israel” in...