Posts Tagged: American Jews
New Survey Shows More Than 8 in 10 American Jews Think Antisemitism Is on Rise in US
A new survey shows that more than 8 in 10 American Jews believe antisemitism has risen in the US over the past five years. The State...
New Poll Shows US Jews ‘More Optimistic’ About Regional Peace in Middle East After Abraham Accords
The results of a new poll that were published on Monday found increased hopefulness among American Jews about prospects for peace between Israel and the...
Defining Antisemitism as a Jewish Problem Is a Lose-Lose Proposition
Antisemitism is an ancient problem. Throughout Jewish history in the Diaspora, Jews lacked the power and resources to do much of anything to fight Jew-hatred...
The Holocaust Meets American Ignorance, Antisemitism, and ‘Alternative Facts’
As the memory of the Holocaust fades -- and after the world recently commemorated the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II --...
Does Kabbalah Suggest a New Approach to Antisemitism?
The maelstrom of a global pandemic has not kept antisemites and Jew-haters quiet. On Twitter, the antisemitic hashtag #JewishPrivilege, which was originally used to accuse...
Dershowitz: Why I Will Continue to Celebrate George Washington, Despite His Flaws
Amidst the calls to cancel George Washington and tear down his statutes, we must remember George Washington’s unparalleled contributions to Jewish equality not only in...
Jews Need Diaspora Communities
Many, if not most Zionists, would agree that making aliyah to Israel is the most Zionist thing you can do. I am a Zionist, so it...
The American and Jewish Fabric of Independence Day
I always associate the Fourth of July with a story that my mother told about her immigrant family arriving in their new home in Bangor,...
Never Again the Canary in the Coal Mine
JNS.org - Facing ever-growing antisemitism in the decades following the Holocaust, the Diaspora Jewish community’s common response has been to cry “Never Again” and describe...
No Need for Hysteria About American Antisemitism
JNS.org - American Jews are more worried about antisemitism than at any time in recent memory. Recent surveys conducted by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and...
A View From Israel: Are We Failing the Diaspora?
JNS.org - On Monday evening, May 4, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood before the television cameras and announced that Israel had achieved remarkable success...
Benjamin Franklin’s Unintended Influence on the Jewish Community
The 1880s marked the beginnings of the mass migration to the US of Jewish immigrants from Imperial Russia’s Pale of Settlement, whom Germans and German...
How to Bridge the Diaspora-Israel Gap
JNS.org - The Israel-Diaspora relationship has always been complex and fraught with landmines, and during crises has experienced many extremes, from complete solidarity to creeping...
Trump Praises ‘Spirit and Resiliency’ of Jews, at Start of Jewish American Heritage Month
US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Wednesday ahead of the start of Jewish American Heritage Month. Trump stated, “In 1654, the first Jewish settlers...
