Posts Tagged: Antisemitism in US
Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Victims Identified, Include 97-Year-Old, Pair of Brothers
The 11 Jews massacred on Saturday by a white supremacist gunman at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh have been identified. The victims included: - Joyce...
Israel Calls for Unity in Fight Against Antisemitism After Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre
Israeli government ministers held a moment of silence on Sunday at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, a day after 11 Jews...
Teen Charged With Hate Crime After Assault on Crown Heights Jewish Man
A Brooklyn teenager has been charged with a hate crime following an unprovoked attack on a Jewish man in the New York borough's Crown Heights...
Attorney General Tells Jewish Gathering: Trump Administration ‘Aggressively Enforcing’ Hate Crime Laws
The Trump administration is “aggressively enforcing” hate crime laws, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Wednesday in an address to an Orthodox Union gathering in...
What’s Wrong With Defining Antisemitism?
JNS.org – If there is one issue on which there ought to be a political consensus eve in an era of almost unprecedented partisan division,...
Top American Jewish Leader: US Must Stand by Its Allies as Middle East Map Is Being Redrawn
As instability continues to reign in the Middle East, the US must back its allies and challenge its enemies, a top American Jewish leader told...
South Carolina Passes Bill to Fight Antisemitism on Campus
South Carolina has become the first US state to pass legislation to fight antisemitism on campus, after supporters of the measure said it would help colleges battle...
A Deceptively Skewed Vision of Hate
JNS.org – Are American Jews shy about standing up against antisemitism? That’s the conceit of an astonishing “analysis” of the issue that appeared in The New York Times on Sunday....
Women’s Rights and Intersectionalism Don’t Go Hand in Hand
JNS.org -- At a time when the achievements and struggles of women dealing with sexual assault and harassment in this country are finally gaining the attention...
Why Left-Wing Antisemitism Matters
JNS.org – Is there a difference between left-wing antisemites and right-wing Jew-haters? In theory, the answer ought to be nothing. Hate is hate, no matter what it’s...
The Land Where Antisemitism Still Fails
JNS.org – The numbers are pretty scary. The Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit of antisemitism in America shows a whopping 57 percent increase in incidents from 2016 to...
Looking for Antisemitism in All the Wrong Places
In the week after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., a lot of people who are upset about gun...
What We Thought of the Rev. Billy Graham
JNS.org – Perhaps the saddest thing about the death of the Rev. Billy Graham on Feb. 21, at the age of 99, was the fact that...
Ex-Journalist Sentenced to Five Years in Jail for Threats to US Jewish Groups, Stalking
A former journalist who admitted to calling in bomb threats to US Jewish centers as part of an extensive campaign of cyber stalking his ex-girlfriend...
