Tag: Racism
UK academic is fired, in part for saying Jews are ‘cleverest people in world’
An engineering lecturer in the United Kingdom has been fired for making racial remarks, including saying Jews “are the cleverest people in the world” and had “a particular gift” for physics.
An employment tribunal this...
Don’t accept the myth of ‘Jewish privilege’
For one day at least, Twitter became a forum for some honesty, as opposed to the usual orgy of nastiness and pointless memes. After seeing the hashtag #Jewishprivilege used to spread anti-Semitic smears, a...
Don’t blame George Floyd’s death on a Palestinian shopkeeper
Was the killing of George Floyd partly the fault of Muslim racism and the desire of immigrant shopkeepers to uphold the rule of law? According to an article published in The New York Times, which...
GOP leaders blast Georgia congressional candidate over anti-Semitic, racist remarks
Members of Republican congressional leadership have come down hard on a candidate in Georgia Republican primary for making anti-Semitic and other racist remarks.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.)...
Why can’t you get canceled for anti-Semitism?
In the weeks since the brutal and unjustified killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, America has been undergoing what The New York Times approvingly called a “reckoning” that marks a fundamental shift in attitudes about race.
But...
Report: Far-right spreads anti-Semitic conspiracies amid COVID-19, Floyd’s death
Far-right anti-Semites have been active online in spreading coronavirus conspiracies, according to a new report by the watchdog Canary Mission.
Since the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., which was marked by violence between far-right...
The unmistakable echoes in the culture war against the West
In Britain, statues of historical figures associated with colonialism or slavery are being pulled down or slated for removal.
This is to appease the Black Lives Matters activists and their supporters, both black and white,...
Israeli president to US Jewish leaders: ‘Anti-Semitism, racism two sides of same coin’
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin spoke to Jewish leaders on Wednesday about shared challenges in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and anti-Semitism.
In a video conference from his residence in Jerusalem, Rivlin said “these are...
The George Floyd case as seen from Israel
Is there anyone within range of this letter who doesn’t know the sad story of George Floyd?
Here, half a world away from Minneapolis, and with our own problems of disease and violence, we’ve seen...
Verter fun der Vokh: דער ראַסי֜זם – Racism
In light of current events, we are posting a selection of words in connection with the issue of racism. We thank Anthony Mordkhe-Tzvi Russell and Jonah S. Boyarin, who are leading a broader initiative...