Tag: U.S. Department of Justice
Justice Department files suit against New Jersey township for ‘religious discrimination’ towards Orthodox Jews
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against Jackson Township in Ocean County, N.J., accusing its planning board with “religious discrimination” and “antisemitic conduct” towards Orthodox Jewish...
Cruz calls for DOJ probe into de Blasio closing unapproved opening of yeshivah
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday called for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over the New York Police Department shutting down an Orthodox Jewish school that opened...
Wiesenthal Center demands social-media platforms delete viral anti-Semitic posts
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is urging social-media platforms to remove posts that use the coronavirus pandemic to promote anti-Semitism and violence against Jews.
“This is exactly the breeding ground for extremists,” Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and...
Iranian national extradited for illegal export of military sensitive parts from US
An Iranian national and United Arab Emirates resident was extradited from the country of Georgia to San Antonio over the weekend for allegedly illegally exporting military sensitive parts from the United States to Iran,...
US to deport former Nazi concentration-camp guard living in Tennessee
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday that a former Nazi concentration-camp guard who was living in Tennessee has been ordered to return to Germany.
Following a two-day trial, U.S. Immigration Judge Rebecca L. Holt issued...
US Justice Department Summit seeks response to ‘cancer’ of Jew-hatred, anti-Semitism
The U.S. Department of Justice hosted its first “Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism” on Monday, where U.S. Attorney General William Barr opened the proceedings by calling Jew-hatred a “cancer.”
An invocation by Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik preceded...
Overshadowing the battle against anti-Semitism
The U.S. Department of Justice devoted a day to a summit this week about combating anti-Semitism. With other government agencies taking part, the event represented a significant commitment to deal with an issue of...
How anti-Zionists legitimize anti-Semitism
(The following are adapted remarks by JNS editor in chief Jonathan S. Tobin, which were delivered at the U.S. Department of Justice Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism on July 15, 2019.)
It’s an honor to be...