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Roger Waters of the rock group Pink Floyd. Credit: Jethro/Wikimedia Commons.

DC suburb reschedules showing of anti-Israel film narrated by Roger Waters

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After postponing a screening of an anti-Israel documentary narrated by pro-BDS activist and former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, the Maryland municipality of Takoma Park, a suburb of Washington, D.C., has rescheduled the showing for next...
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Credit: YouTube.

Tlaib condemns bipartisan anti-BDS resolution as ‘unconstitutional’

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U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) condemned the House Foreign Affairs Committee for considering a resolution condemning the anti-Israel BDS movement. The resolution seeks “to silence opposition of Israel’s blatantly racist policies that demonize both Palestinians...
From left: Knesset members Aida Touma-Sliman, Ahmad Tibi and Yosef Jabareen attend a Knesset committee meeting on April 13, 2016. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Arab Knesset member urges boycott of Israel at London pro-BDS conference

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Knesset member Yousef Jabareen of the Hadash-Taal Party publicly called to boycott Israel in a speech he gave over the weekend at a pro-BDS conference in London, reported Israel’s Kan news. “The international community has...
A panel of experts from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) discuss anti-Semitism in the media, campus and public life. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Is anti-Semitism becoming mainstream? Experts see alarming trend in media, campus and public life

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Moderating a panel in Jerusalem this week titled “The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism: The Media, BDS and Celebrated Bigotry,” David Hazony, executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund, analyzed the issue right off the bat:...
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Israel needs American Jewry, now more than ever

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The Jewish diaspora in the United States is becoming increasingly estranged from Israel. American Jewish youth are being pushed away from affiliation with the Jewish state, and some Jewish students are even forced to hide...
Campers celebrate Israel Day at Camp Yavneh in New Hampshire. Credit: Campy Yavneh via Facebook.

Summertime Blues and Whites: In an era of BDS, kids connect to Israel at...

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Aviva Weinstein fell in love with Israel thousands of miles from the Jewish homeland at Camp Ramah in the Poconos. Weinstein is among the generations of North American Jewish teens who have forged lifelong attachments...
Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan at a press conference for the foreign media in Bnei Brak, Israel, on Feb. 3, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli campaign against BDS results in 30 organizations losing fundraising accounts

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Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry released a report on Monday revealing that a two-year ministry campaign to dry up the funds of pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement organizations with ties to terrorist organizations has...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Credit: Kevin Case via Flickr.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio: Anti-Semitism is a ‘right-wing movement’

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday dismissed the notion that anti-Semitism exists on the left side of the political spectrum, saying that Jew-hatred is a “right-wing movement.” At a press conference in...
Pro-Israel students at George Mason University in the spring of 2019. Credit: Reservists on Duty.

Campus activists call-in ‘reserves’ to counter new anti-Israel tactics

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Every spring, pro-Israel and Jewish students across American college campuses brace themselves for a slew of anti-Israel activity. Dubbed “Apartheid Season,” the months of March to May are rife with anti-Israel protests, lectures and the...
Supporters of Israel march in the 2019 “Celebrate Israel” parade in New York City. Credit: “Celebrate Israel” via Facebook.

It’s more than just a parade for Israel

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They come from all over the greater New York area and around the United States. Tens of thousands of Jews (and non-Jews) gather once a year in New York City to march down Fifth...