Tag: Racism
Lifelong friendship between college football players kicks off at Maryland
In a 1961 game, Jerry Fishman, the only Jewish player on the University of Maryland (UMD) football team, told Darryl Hill, the first black player on the United States Naval Academy football squad, “I’m...
UN Panel Accepts Palestinian Demand to Probe Israel Over ‘Apartheid’
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), which the Palestinians joined in 2014, will summon Israel and the Palestinians to a hearing and conciliation efforts, senior sources in the Foreign Ministry...
Seattle police investigate racist fliers on synagogues, timed to Tisha B’Av
Police from Seattle’s bias crimes division are investigating after racist fliers were found outside at least two synagogues in the city on Tisha B’Av, a Jewish national day of mourning.
According to the Seattle Police...
No place for racism in Israeli military, says chief of staff
There is no place for racism in the Israel Defense Forces, and stringent measures must be implemented to that end, said IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi on Sunday.
Kochavi made the remarks...
Army ROTC Cadet removed for posting neo-Nazi, racist messages on social media
The U.S. Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) has removed a cadet from her unit at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte for posting anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi and other racist messages on social media.
“I actually don’t...
Can you be ‘100 percent pro-Israel’ and call its government ‘racist?’
The man with the best chance right now to be the first Jewish president of the United States is someone who thinks the prime minister of Israel is a racist. To say that is...
Sanders: Netanyahu’s governing coalition is ‘right-wing, dare I say racist’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president, labeled the government under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “racist” on Monday.
The self-described Socialist, who lived on a kibbutz back in the...
Sociologist on Jordan TV: The Jews are founders of racism
In a TV interview, Jordanian sociologist Muhammad Ayasrah said that “Judaism has been a hateful and racist religion throughout history,” and that “the Jews are known to be the racists or even the founders...
More white supremacists than Jews in US
White supremacists and neo-Nazis have received more than their fair share of attention as of late, but how many Americans actually harbor racist ideologies? According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, that number is surprisingly high.
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Racist business cards found in Jewish section of Pittsburgh
Racist business cards bearing an image of a noose and a swastika have been found in a Pittsburgh neighborhood that is a hub of the city's Jewish community.
The cards have the swastika on one...