Posts Tagged: Al Sharpton
The New Iconoclasm: Down With Jefferson, Up With Sharpton
Rarely a week passes without dramatic pictures on TV and in the press of sledgehammers taken to heroes of the Old Confederacy, along with new...
‘Get Your Knee Off Our Necks’: Jews and the New Civil-Rights Movement
JNS.org - Fighting racism doesn’t necessarily mean fighting antisemitism. Fighting racism can sometimes involve elements of antisemitism. And fighting antisemitism can sometimes lead to accusations...
After Antisemitic Attacks, a Call for Moral Clarity on the Left
On Sunday, tens of thousands of people gathered in New York City to march across the Brooklyn Bridge and send a unified message against antisemitism....
American Pogrom
The recent mini-pogroms — in New York, New Jersey, and elsewhere — have, it would appear, been carried out in substantial part by African-Americans, including...
Reform’s Embrace of Reparations Won’t Advance Justice
JNS.org - At the Reform Biennial conference held earlier this month, the movement to grant reparations to African-Americans scored a signal victory when the largest...
Al Sharpton and the Decline of the Democrats
In recent months, most of the contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination, ever zealous for (bad) new causes, have displayed an oily sycophancy towards the...
Sharpton Notes His ‘Cheap’ Rhetoric Toward Jews During 1991 Crown Heights Riots
JNS.org – Rev. Al Sharpton recalled on Monday that the widow of civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took him to task for his “cheap”...
Outrage Follows Announcement That Al Sharpton, Who Helped Incite 1991 Antisemitic Riots, Is Slated to Receive Honorary Degree
An initiative by a City University of New York school to give Rev. Al Sharpton a doctorate of humane letters was met with outrage on...
Reform Jews and Al Sharpton: Strange Bedfellows
JNS.org - The Religious Action Center of the US-based Union for Reform Judaism has announced that its upcoming “Consultation on Conscience” leadership event will include a...
The Crown Heights Riots, 25 Years Later
There is no shortage of reminders these days about how easily peace can turn into violence. Protests turn into disturbances very easily -- all too often resulting in...
On 25th Anniversary of Crown Heights Riots, Community Leaders Seek to Set the Record Straight
It is vital that the truth about the 1991 Crown Heights riots be told, a community leader told The Algemeiner on Friday, so that the...
Ann Coulter Shows How Pro-Israel the GOP Really Is
The most notable aspect of the controversy over Ann Coulter's ugly remarks about Jews and Israel is just how unusual they are for a prominent...
Sharpton Supporters Dismiss ‘Rat’ Accusations
New York Observer - The National Action Network's annual National Convention kicked off this morning at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel on the heels...
‘Justice, Justice, Shall You Pursue’ – Justice For George Zimmerman
The not-guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman for 2nd degree murder is a victory for justice in the United States. It proved, that...
