Tag: Antisemitism
Agudath Israel: ‘Invaluable’ to talk antisemitic attacks, zoning with New York AG
The American Jewish Committee’s 2022 State of Antisemitism in America Report found that 89% of U.S. Jews think that antisemitism is a problem stateside, and 41% felt less safe than in the prior year. According to...
Extensive report details decades of antisemitism at CAIR
Steve Emerson, founder and executive director of the project (IPT), told JNS that he will release the report, titled “CAIR’s Antisemitism Unmasked,” on June 16. It took two years to assemble the report, which...
Hypocrisy is the ‘mother of all evil’
“Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favorite child.” — Don King
What is remarkable about hypocrisy, and perhaps people in general, is that anyone can be a hypocrite...
AJC announces effort to assist with federal plan to counter antisemitism
Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), said on Monday that the group would launch a task force to help “ensure that the White House action plan becomes a reality in ways that will...
British ministers to advance bill to stop councils boycotting Israel
British Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove is due to push forward the U.K. government's long-anticipated plan to prevent further boycotts against Israel, reported Britain’s Financial Times.
The bill is aimed...
Fighting antisemitism: Bulgaria’s optimistic lessons
At first glance, prospects for the battle against antisemitism appeared gloomy as international scholars and activists gathered at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan to discuss the age-old prejudice.
But one speaker offers reason for hope....
European lawmakers: EU labeling policy is antisemitic
A delegation of parliamentarians from 10 European countries on Wednesday denounced the E.U. policy of exclusively labeling goods made in Israeli territory, calling it a violation of the universally recognized definition of antisemitism.
The hot-button...
US calls Roger Waters’s Berlin show antisemitic
The United States has condemned as antisemitic a recent concert in Berlin by Pink Floyd musician and co-founder Roger Waters.
The May 17 performance “contained imagery that is deeply offensive to Jewish people and minimized...
Ukraine more antisemitic than Russia: ADL survey
The latest installment of the antisemitism index “Global 100,” which the Anti-Defamation League released on May 31, ostensibly has good news for Ukrainian Jews.
Jew-hatred in Ukraine declined from a record 46% index score in...
US Jewish groups take no time in responding to White House antisemitism plan
Some of the leading Jewish and Zionist organizations from around the country offered a range of reactions to the new federal antisemitism strategy announced May 25.
CEO of the American Jewish Committee Ted Deutch called it a...