Tag: Antisemitism
Discovering old truths
The reaction of many Jews to the horrific times in which we find ourselves calls to mind the “Christopher Columbus problem”—conflating what’s new to us with what’s actually new.
Has the world really changed since...
Jeffries: Congress to make sure ‘Israel has space to decisively defeat Hamas’
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the Democratic Party’s leader in the House of Representatives, spoke out in defense of the Jewish state’s mission to destroy Hamas after attending the Nova music festival exhibition in New York City...
Macron denounces ‘scourge of antisemitism’ after Jewish girl raped
After three boys were indicted for the rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a Paris suburb, French President Emmanuel Macron again spoke out against hatred of Jews.
At a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Macron...
Miami mayor helps remove anti-Israel graffiti from kosher bagel shop
Surveillance camera footage showed a man in a dark hoodie and shorts spray-painting “free Palestine” in red multiple times on the windows and door of Holy Bagels & Pizzeria, a kosher restaurant in Miami,...
Massachusetts Jew-hatred summit aims to change policies, rein in teachers association
Students and teachers put the Massachusetts Teachers Association under a microscope and legislators promised action at a virtual summit on combating antisemitism hosted by affected Bay State organizations on June 10.
Billed as a “community...
Art center in Buffalo apologizes for declining to work with Jewish school
Locust Street Art, a center in Buffalo, N.Y., that has received tens of thousands of dollars in public funding, declined to work with an Orthodox Jewish school in the city’s Amherst suburb, citing the...
The cost of altruism
For millennia, the Jewish people have upheld the noble concept of tikkun olam, the idea that individuals bear responsibility for healing and repairing the world.
This profound principle has inspired generations to act with compassion, empathy...
Congress won’t stand idly by as Jew-hatred spreads on campus, six committee chairs say
The U.S. Congress will use its oversight of federal funds allocated to schools to ensure that Jews are safe on college and university campuses, the chairs of six House committees wrote to 10 colleges...
The psychology of obsession
The intricate dynamics of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), characterized by persistent, intrusive thoughts and the compulsion to engage in repetitive behaviors, offer a profound metaphor for understanding the enduring fixation on Israel, the Jewish people...
Are we the Jews of the 1930s?
As we sit comfortably in our American homes, enjoying the freedoms and opportunities afforded to us by this great nation, it is difficult to imagine that we, as Jews, could be facing a situation...