Posts Tagged: antisemitic incidents
South Carolina Lawmakers Overwhelmingly Pass Bill to Tackle Campus Antisemitism
JNS.org - South Carolina lawmakers voted 103-3 in favor of a bill to help administrators combat antisemitism at state universities. “Antisemitic incidents are on the rise across America...
Bipartisan Congressional Antisemitism Task Force Relaunches in Wake of Recent Incidents Across US
JNS.org - A bipartisan congressional task force for combating antisemitism has been relaunched following an uptick in anti-Jewish incidents across the US, the group announced Monday. “At home and...
UK Home Secretary Vows to Spend Millions for Jewish Security
JNS.org - United Kingdom Home Secretary Amber Rudd has promised to spend millions to provide all Jewish schools and synagogues in the country with security guards. Speaking...
Why Won’t the US Justice Department Investigate Antisemitism?
Despite the Obama administration's touting itself as the most transparent in history, its Justice Department has stonewalled requests for information about its efforts to combat antisemitism; this stands in stark contrast to...
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Bolster US Cooperation With Europe to Combat Antisemitism
JNS.org - A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation last week that seeks to bolster the US government’s monitoring and combating of antisemitic incidents in Europe. Reps. Nita...
British University to Pay Jewish Student Compensation for Years of Antisemitic Abuse
JNS.org - The student union at University of York in the United Kingdom will pay £1,000 ($1,370) in compensation and issue a public apology to a...
Austria Sees 80 Percent Rise in Antisemitic Incidents
JNS.org - The number of antisemitic incidents that occurred last year in Austria increased by more than 80 percent from 2014, the Austrian Forum Against Antisemitism said...
The University of California’s Teachable Moment on Antisemitism
JNS.org - On Sept. 17, the Regents of the 10-school University of California (UC) system will discuss a statement of principles against intolerance. Alarmed by a...
Did Jonathan Pollard Really Cause Antisemitism?
JNS.org - Did jailed Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard’s actions provoke anti-Semitism in the United States? In the days leading up to the July 28 revelation that the...
Study Says European Antisemitism Not as High as it Seems, But is That True?
JNS.org - A recently released study by the Pew Research Center contradicts previous studies indicating a significant rise in antisemitism in Europe, and shows that the rise in antisemitic...
UC Riverside Course Raises Antisemitism Concerns, Independent Group Says
JNS.org - An independent analysis has confirmed the greatest fears of 20 watchdog and advocacy organizations who had expressed concern that University of California,...
Global Antisemitism Continues Escalating
This week, the Foreign Ministry and the Diaspora Affairs Ministry are jointly sponsoring the 5th Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism. It will be opened by...
This Pro-Israel Student Leader Lets Alan Dershowitz ‘Sleep at Night’
JNS.org - Jewish organizations and leaders have been racking their brains trying to address the issue of skyrocketing antisemitism on college campuses. But at least...
20 Organizations Say UC Riverside Offering Antisemitic Class
JNS.org - There has been no shortage of anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses during the past academic year, especially within the 10-school University of...
