Dion J. Pierre
ARTICLES BY: Dion J. Pierre
US Increases Aid to UNRWA Despite Concerns About Antisemitism Taught in Its Schools
The US Department of State has increased its 2023-24 contribution to the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees despite widespread concern that antisemitism and jihadi violence...
Wyoming County Renames ‘Swastika Lake’
A historical society in Wyoming is renaming a lake to address concerns that its old name is suggestive of Nazism. "Swastika Lake" in Albany County will...
Media Watchdog Launches Website With Resources for Fighting Antisemitism in Education
A nonprofit that counters anti-Israel bias in education has launched a new website containing resources that it claims will help teachers, students, and families fight...
CUNY Faculty Union Endorses Brooklyn Councilman Who Called Gaza Strip ‘Death Camp’
The sole public sector union representing City University of New York (CUNY) professors has endorsed the reelection campaign of New York City Council member Charles...
Major UK Arts Festival Cancels Screening of ‘Sinister’ Jeremy Corbyn Documentary from Line Up
A scheduled screening of a documentary about former British Labour Party leader and MP Jeremy Corbyn at the Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled, organizers of...
‘Never in A Million Years’: Inna Vernikov on Her Path to NY Politics
Walking up a brick pathway leading to a pre-war-era apartment building in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn in late summer of 1996, 12-year-old Inna Vernikov,...
‘A Significant Deterrent’: US Jewish Groups Praise Conviction of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter
As the perpetrator of the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Oct. 2018 was convicted Friday of dozens...
New Program Helps Rabbinical Students Find Their Voice on Israel
A new program for reform, conservative, and orthodox  rabbinical students is teaching the importance of discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and defending Zionism and Israel. Sinai Temple...
Another Antisemitic Attack Reported on London Public Transportation as Crime Wave Against Jews Continues
Another Jewish Londoner has been attacked on while riding the city's public transportation, a local neighborhood watchgroup reported on Wednesday. According to Shomrim Stamford Hill, which...
‘Mockery’: Sephardic Jewish Group Slams CUNY Over Antisemitic Commencement Speech
The Sephardic Community Alliance (SCA), a group representing thousands of Sephardic Jews from the New Jersey and New York City area, has written to City...
London Antisemite Unleashes Vicious Verbal Attack on Female Riding Bus
Footage of a disturbing verbal antisemitic attack in London was posted on Monday by StopAntisemitism, a nonprofit monitoring antisemitic hate crimes across the world. "F*** Jewish......
US Government Investigating SUNY New Paltz for Antisemitic Discrimination
The US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is investigating State University of New York (SUNY) New Paltz to determine whether it refused...
NYC Teachers Launch Petition Asking for No School on Last Two Days of Passover
Nearly 1,500 New York City teachers and Department of Education (DOE) staff have signed an open letter calling on Mayor Eric Adams to grant time...
Congressman Calls for Civil Rights Investigation of CUNY Law School
Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NY) on Monday called on the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to investigate City University of New York...
