Posts Tagged: antisemitism
‘Don’t Erase His Identity’: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Slammed for Response to Shooting of Orthodox Jew
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson faced backlash on Wednesday for releasing a statement on the shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man in his city that made...
Anti-Israel Faculty at UPenn Call for Ouster of President Following Search of Protester’s Residence
The University of Pennsylvania's Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP) chapter, an inter-campus network of anti-Zionist educators which has promoted antisemitic tropes and expressed support...
Jewish Man Shot in Chicago on Way to Synagogue, No Hate Crime Charges Filed
A Jewish man was shot on his way to synagogue in Chicago in broad daylight on Saturday, according to the Chicago Police Department. The man, 39,...
Being Jewish Today: The Curse That Became a Blessing
The time has come to take the hard steps needed for healing and to come together stronger than ever before. Let us take the necessary...
Guterres Embraces the Authoritarians
JNS.org - It’s often said about antisemitism that Jews are the canary in the coal mine: What starts with them won’t end with them, and...
‘I’m From Hamas’: Philadelphia Resident Sentenced to Prison for Making Threats Against Jews, Muslims
A resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Tuesday to 16 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for making antisemitic and...
‘Not Welcome’: New Pro-Hamas Campaign Aims to Abolish Hillel Campus Chapters
The campus group National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) is waging a campaign to gut Jewish life in academia, calling for the abolition of...
‘Don’t Say Sorry’: Columbia University Bans Pro-Israel Professor From Campus
Columbia University has "temporarily" banished its most distinguished pro-Israel Jewish professor — Shai Davidai — from campus property, a severe disciplinary sanction which prevents him...
UMass Amherst Student Government Passes BDS ‘Reaffirmation’
The Student Government Association (SGA) of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (UMass) proposed and passed on Friday a resolution which "reaffirmed" its previous endorsement of the...
Pomona College Suspends 12 Pro-Hamas Students for Oct. 7 Vandalism, Building Takeover
Pomona College in Claremont, California has levied severe disciplinary sanctions, ranging from expulsion to banishment, against 12 students who participated in illegally occupying and vandalizing...
Campus Antisemitism Higher in Absence of IHRA Definition Adoption, New Report Says
US states that have not adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism experienced higher rates of antisemitism on university campuses after Hamas's...
Brown University Rejects BDS Proposal
The Brown University Corporation has voted down a proposal — muscled onto the agenda of its annual meeting by an anti-Zionist group which held the...
‘Bring the War Home’: Anti-Israel Ivy League Students Vandalize Campuses on Oct. 7 Anniversary
As Jews across the world mourned the victims of Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel on the first anniversary of the tragedy, pro-Hamas students...
A Note From the Editor: The Oct. 7 Massacre, One Year Later
Dear readers, It is highly unusual for The Algemeiner to post an editor's note. But we felt the one-year anniversary of Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre across...
