Posts Tagged: attacks on Jews
Antisemitic Vandalism Is a True Threat to the Jewish Community
Of the 2,717 antisemitic incidents reported by the ADL last year, 853 were acts of vandalism. We might want to breathe a sigh of relief to...
News Outlets Turn Blind Eye as Antisemitic Incidents Skyrocket in New York City
The New York Police Department released statistics on crime, showing that during the month of March, Jews were targeted in the city more than any...
It’s Time to Strengthen the Jewish Security Playbook With Volunteers
The hostage incident at a Colleyville, Texas, synagogue in January -- together with past synagogue shootings, and the continued rise in antisemitism in the United...
The Ongoing, Alarming Rise of Antisemitism Is Terrorizing Jews in Europe
February 13 was an ominous anniversary. Sixteen years have now passed since the murder of Ilan Halimi, the young, Jewish French cellphone salesman. On February...
Muslims and Jews Unite to Speak Uncomfortable Truths
What does it say about America when members of the media and public figures have an acute allergy to speaking the unabashed truth about antisemitism?...
Time to Fight Back: A New Avenue of Recourse for Victims of Antisemitism
From spitting on children in Brooklyn to taking hostages in Texas synagogues, antisemitic perpetrators are finding a myriad of ways to victimize their American Jewish...
I Grew Up Near Colleyville, But the Hostage Attack Affects Us All
Growing up in an Orthodox Jewish family in North Dallas, I attended synagogue and religious school every week. Disconnected from my phone and social media...
A View From Here: The Ongoing Predicament of French Antisemitism
From this side of the ocean, attempting to analyze contemporary French antisemitism sometimes feels like a roller coaster ride. The history of French Jewry, which has...
Ideas for Combating Antisemitism in 2021
Much has been written about the recent rise in antisemitic activities, and much of the blame has been incorrectly attributed to white supremacy. While right-wing...
It’s Time to Affirm Jewish Pride
Surveys reveal that a disturbingly large number of American Jews feel disconnected from their Jewish identity. How painfully sad. In response, let me share the...
American Jews Can No Longer Afford to Be Apathetic About Our History
By now, most people have read about the poll suggesting that far too many American Jews have bought into objectively false claims of “apartheid” and...
To Antisemites, a Jew Is a Jew Is a Jew
The antisemites came for Israelis. They relentlessly attacked the lone democracy in the Middle East and the realization of a 3,500-year-old vision, with the aim of...
The Crisis of Peter Beinart
Since becoming editor-at-large for Jewish Currents, Peter Beinart has been the author of some extremely provocative essays about Israel and Zionism. In response to his New...
Fear of the ‘No Fear’ Rally
What if they held a rally against antisemitism and nobody came? That was nearly the case with July 11’s “No Fear -- A Rally in Solidarity...
