Posts Tagged: antisemitism
Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel Honored for ‘Steadfast’ Work Fighting Antisemitism
Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel was awarded with the Buber-Rosenzweig Medal on Tuesday, honoring her advocacy against antisemitism and racism in politics, society and culture. "It...
Survey: Nearly All Jewish Students and Alumni Cite Campus Antisemitism as a ‘Problem,’ With Half Saying It’s ‘Getting Worse’
Virtually all Jewish university students and alumni now feel that antisemitism on college campuses is a problem, according to a survey released on Monday by...
UK Labour Party Councillor Who Referred to ‘Jew Process’ Facing Expulsion
In another development in the UK Labour party leadership’s current struggle to purge antisemitism from the party, a Labour councillor who made controversial statements is...
Australian Jewish Students Demand Answers Over Antisemitic Social Media User Employed by Education Dept
The New South Wales Department of Education (NSW) said it would soon take "appropriate action" against a staffer who wrote antisemitic comments on a Facebook...
Canadian Jewish Org Demands Oversight of Antisemitism Course Taught by Controversial Academic
On Tuesday, B'nai Brith Canada wrote to the University of Victoria (UVic) calling for more details about a planned course on the history of antisemitism...
Campus Cancel Culture, the Jewish Question, and Why I Wrote ‘Nevergreen’
As those who follow college campuses know, these are challenging times for the Jews -- and, perhaps, for sane people in general. The university has become...
US Jewish Group Asks Jack Dorsey to Enforce Twitter Ban on Accounts Linked to Hezbollah, Hamas
A Tuesday letter from the head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to end the presence of accounts on the...
University of Toronto Student Union Reverses Decision, Again Endorses ‘One-Sided’ Letter Calling for End of Israel Trips
A Jewish student group at the University of Toronto said Wednesday it was "deeply disappointed" in the school's student union, following news that it had...
Spanish University Cancels Course Comparing Gaza to Auschwitz, Says Local Pro-Israel Group
A literature course comparing the Gaza Strip to the Auschwitz extermination camp has been cancelled by the University of Santiago of de Compostela in Galicia,...
Antisemitic Vandalism of Sofia, Bulgaria Synagogue Condemned as ‘Shameful Desecration’
World Jewish groups decried antisemitic and white supremacist symbols found daubed on the historic Central Synagogue in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, the largest synagogue...
British Jewish Theater Fans Protest Actors’ Group Wading Into Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Over 300 British theatergoers have written an open letter denouncing the UK's largest actors’ union for its advocacy during the May Israel-Hamas war, and its...
Rash of Antisemitic Vandalism in Toronto ‘Extremely Disturbing,’ Says Canadian Jewish Group After Synagogue Defaced
A major Canadian Jewish group called a recent spate of antisemitic acts of vandalism in the Toronto area “extremely disturbing” and urged action on Thursday. On...
Israeli Survey of US Universities Sees Left-Leaning Groups as ‘Significant’ Source of Campus Antisemitism
On Monday, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) released a study identifying left-wing organizations as "significant" sources of antisemitism and anti-Israel activity on American...
You Can’t Be ‘Pro-Israel’ If You Defend Anti-Zionists
JNS.org - It appears that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) may have finally gone a bit too far even for some of her left-wing Jewish allies...
