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Yan Petrovsky. Source: X/Twitter.

Antisemitic incident report: Aug. 19-25

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JNS publishes a weekly listing of antisemitic incidents recorded and found by Jewish, pro-Jewish and pro-Israel organizations; national and international news; and social media. By the Anti-Defamation League’s count, an average of seven instances...
Peppers. Roy Harryman/Pixabay.

Farmers market boots vender who offered ‘Gas the Jews’ discount code

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There’s peppercorn, and then there’s pepper scorn. Justin Bale, who owns a business in Olathe, Kan., that grows more than 100 kinds of peppers and tomatoes, in addition to seasonings and hot sauces, has been...
Graduation ceremony. Credit: Pixabay.

CUNY condemns law student’s commencement ‘hate speech’

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A few days after video footage recirculated on social media of an antisemitic commencement speech by a law student at City University of New York on May 12, the public university’s board of trustees and chancellor...

Calgary Peace Prize going to Palestinian poet who spews hate against Jews

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The Anti-Defamation League has called Mohammed El-Kurd an “unvarnished, vicious antisemite.” Yet in spite of widely available evidence attesting to his prominence as a hatemonger, Mount Royal University in Canada chose to award the writer with...
Political and Jewish leaders in New York City on Holocaust Remembrance Day, when the Simon Wiesenthal Center released its 27th annual Digital Terrorism Report in partnership with Speaker of the New York City Council Adrienne Adams (at podium), on April 28, 2022. Credit: Courtesy.

Online platforms fail test when it comes to tackling anti-Semitism

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While New York City is seeing a new surge of Jew-hatred, the breeding ground for the violent ideology behind it is stewing online. And social media and gaming sites are receiving failing grades in...

When governments side with anti-Semites, bigots flourish

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What do you call it when government authorities side with anti-Semitic bigots and label those trying to monitor such extremists as bigots, and warn them that if they continue their work, they’ll be subjected...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Credit: Andriy Blokhin/Shutterstock.

Jewish students demand Virginia Tech to cancel upcoming speech by known anti-Semite

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Jewish students are demanding that the administration of Virginia Tech cancel a March 23 speech by a known anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist speaker. Steven Salaita, a former professor at the University of Illinois and the Said...

CAIR backs leader after ‘virulently anti-Semitic’ speech attacking mainstream Jewish entities

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The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is backing an organizational leader following a speech that national Jewish organizations are calling virulently anti-Semitic. During a speech at the American Muslims for Palestine’s 14th annual convention on...
An animated video that glorifies Palestinian terror and features four real-life deadly attacks against Israelis was removed by TikTok. Source: Screenshot via Palestinian Media Watch.

New study reveals 912 percent increase in anti-Semitic content on TikTok

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During a symposium about online anti-Semitism sponsored by the U.S. State Department last year, a representative from the social-media platform TikTok assured that his company was working to combat hate. Speaking in October 2020, Jeff Collins said...
Brazilian Labor Party (PTB) national president Roberto Jefferson. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Brazilian Jewish group to launch criminal investigation against party leader

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A Jewish organization in Brazil said it will launch a criminal investigation against the head of a major Brazilian political party after he promoted an anti-Semitic blood libel on social media. “Baal, Satanic deity, Canaanites...