Posts Tagged: antisemitism
BDS and the Movement to Oppose the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Align
The most important BDS development in April was the alignment of left-wing Jewish faculty, students, and groups with opponents of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance...
Tens of Thousands Rally From Paris to Tel Aviv in Global Call for Justice for Sarah Halimi
In the tens of thousands, Jewish communities and other supporters in France, London, Israel and across a number of cities in the US were rallying...
Associated Press Changes Spelling of ‘Anti-Semitism’ to ‘Antisemitism,’ Joining Leading Experts
The Associated Press has changed its spelling of the word “antisemitism,” now writing it without a hyphen — joining the leading experts of hatred against...
In France, Antisemitism Is Systemic
JNS.org - In the series “Letters to a German Friend,” written clandestinely during the Nazi occupation of France, the celebrated French writer and resistance figure...
Celebrating Israeli Independence and Combating Modern Antisemitism
As we celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, it is worth reflecting on the connection between the Jewish people...
Jewish Students at Michigan State University Withdraw Previously Passed Antisemitism Bill After Backlash, ‘Weaponized’ Process
A group of Jewish students at Michigan State University have withdrawn a previously passed bill to adopt the leading definition of antisemitism, following a backlash...
Jewish Groups Blast ‘Incendiary’ Remarks by Teachers Union Head Calling US Jews ‘Part of Ownership Class’ Over School Reopening Debate
Leading US Jewish groups condemned as "extremely disturbing" and "deeply harmful" recent remarks by Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), in...
‘The Only House of Remembrance of the Holocaust by Bullets’: Synagogue Unveiled at Memorial to Babi Yar Massacre in Kiev
A new synagogue in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev honoring the tens of thousands of victims of the Babi Yar massacre was unveiled Thursday as...
US Antisemitism Watchdog Opposes Ethnic Studies Course Requirement in California Assembly Hearing
A Jewish organization that concentrates on fighting antisemitism in schools and academia told a California Assembly hearing on making a controversial ethnic studies curriculum a...
President Biden, Please Appoint an Antisemitism Ambassador Now
Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Israel. On this day, we are taught not only to mourn the millions senselessly slaughtered in Nazi...
More Than 350 Academics Sign Open Letter in Support of IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
A group of more than 350 academics from institutions around the world have signed a new letter in support of the adoption of the International...
Why Israel’s ‘Critics’ Can’t Help Being Antisemitic, and How They Can Stop
The line “some of my best friends are Jews” used to be the signal that one was dealing with an antisemite. Today, the tell has...
Antisemitic or Just ‘Strident’?
JNS.org - There is a curious sentence that appears in the definition of antisemitism currently being tested by a group of progressive Jewish Americans. It...
The Rhetoric of Anti-Zionists
JNS.org - Anti-Zionism — the rejection of self-determination for Jews in their ancestral homeland — has gained considerable ground in recent years, sparking debate about...
