Tag: Antisemitism
The day the music died for progressive Jewry
The Oct. 7 Hamas massacre will be remembered as the day the music died for progressive Jewry. What was will no longer be.
Hamas showed for all to see, in many cases live on social...
Cornell junior charged with antisemitic death threats that shut Hillel
Patrick Dai, 21, a junior at Cornell University from Pittsford, N.Y., was arrested on Tuesday "on a federal criminal complaint charging him with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications," according...
Pro-Hamas demonstrators mimic supporters of Hitler’s genocide
Who in North America endorses the mass slaughter of Jews? Appallingly, a lot of people. This became crystal clear following Hamas’s pogrom in Israel on Oct. 7, during which more than 1,400 Israelis—mostly Jewish...
Asked if Biden worries about rising antisemitism, press secretary pivots to Muslims
About three-quarters of the way into the White House press briefing on Monday, a reporter asked about U.S. President Joe Biden's "level of concern right now about the potential rise of antisemitism in light...
This is who they have always been
As the world reels from accounts of Hamas’s obscene slaughter of Jews in southern Israel on Oct. 7, some who have in the past criticized Israel’s conduct of prior military operations in the Gaza...
Vandalism of Oporto synagogue: ‘It is an offense, it is antisemitism’
The synagogue of Oporto’s Jewish community was vandalized with graffiti on Wednesday in the wake of war between Israel and Hamas. The words, "Free Palestine," and "End Israeli apartheid" were spray-painted on the gate...
Congressional candidate: McCarthy meeting with Chassidim ‘waste of everyone’s time’
Mondaire Jones, who is running against Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y) for his old New York congressional seat, shared a post on X on Tuesday that members of Congress and others are slamming as antisemitic.
The...
We shouldn’t overdo it with the apologies
Fresh off a day of fasting and breast-beating, many Jews had spent Yom Kippur atoning for sins, committing to change and hoping for the best when it comes to the Book of Life. (I...
Conversion of Hitler’s first home to police station gets underway
Work began on Monday to transform Adolf Hitler's childhood home in Austria into a police station, with laborers putting up fencing and taking measurements, according to the Associated Press.
Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in...
Chelsea Football Club launches fan group to encourage Jewish identity
The London-based Chelsea Football Club is one team trying to combat antisemitism and encourage Jewish fandom. The day before Rosh Hashanah, the club announced a new fan-driven Jewish Supporters Group that celebrates Jewish heritage and identity....