Tag: City Council
Aide for New York city council candidate says Upper West Side ‘too Jewish and...
The campaign manager for a Democratic New York City Council candidate said last week that Manhattan’s Upper West Side is too white and Jewish, the New York Post reported.
Quinn Mootz, who is Jewish, serves as campaign...
Ontario city council adopts universal definition of anti-Semitism
A city council in Ontario, Canada, unanimously adopted the widely accepted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism on Monday.
The Orillia City Council adopted the definition following an hour-long presentation by Holocaust survivor Max Eisen,...
Pro-Israel activists urge Durham Jewish Federation to drop mayor with BDS ties from event
A group of pro-Israel activists in North Carolina is calling on the Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill to rescind an invitation to Durham Mayor Steve Schewel to speak at a Feb. 20 event, citing...