Posts Tagged: Jonathan Greenblatt
Domestic Islamist Extremism Arrests and Plots in US Jumped 50% Last Year, New ADL Data Shows
Arrests and plots linked to domestic Islamist extremism in the US increased by 50 percent last year, new data published by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)...
New York Mayor de Blasio Blasted for Singling Out City’s Jews Over Alleged Violations of Coronavirus Restrictions
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is facing heavy criticism after he attacked his city's Jewish community for allegedly violating coronavirus-related restrictions on public gatherings. In...
Jewish Organizations Praise Tufts University’s President for Condemning Award for Students for Justice in Palestine
The Tufts University Hillel and major Jewish groups praised the university’s president and other top administration officials for condemning the decision to give an award...
Egypt and Oman Urged to Remove Antisemitic Titles From Annual Book Fairs
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday called on Egypt and Oman to remove antisemitic materials from their annual book fairs. The fairs, which are state-supported and...
US Jewish Groups React With Outrage to Bernie Sanders’ ‘Offensive’ Attack on AIPAC
Mainstream US Jewish groups reacted with outrage on Monday to what they saw as 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' “offensive” attack on the American...
New York Times Focuses on ‘Gentrification’ as Cause of Antisemitic Attacks
The New York Times has a news article reporting on antisemitic violent attacks against Orthodox Jews in New York. The Times article offers one explanation for...
Jewish Group Launches Online Tracker to Monitor Surge of Antisemitic Crimes in US
Amid an ongoing surge in hate crimes targeting Jews in the US, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) launched on Thursday an online tracking tool to monitor...
Rashida Tlaib Accused of Spreading ‘Vicious Blood Libel’ After Tweeting, Deleting Claim Jews Killed Palestinian Child
Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib faced a firestorm of criticism on Sunday after retweeting a false assertion on the micro-blogging website accusing Jews of murdering a...
ADL Warns of Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories After Soleimani Killing
The assassination of Iranian Quds Force head Qassem Soleimani in a US air strike last week has led to a proliferation of antisemitic conspiracy theories...
Major Jewish Groups ‘Horrified,’ Call for Special FBI Task Force in Wake of Latest Violent Attack Against Jews
Major Jewish groups reacted with horror to news on Saturday night of a violent stabbing attack that left five injured, two critically, at a Hanukkah...
Watchdog Concerned After Elle Magazine List Features Anti-Israel Activist Sarsour as One of Its ‘Women of Color in Politics to Watch’
A media watchdog group expressed strong reservations on Sunday after anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour was included on a list published by Elle magazine of “20...
Anti-Israel Activist Linda Sarsour Apologizes for ‘Confusion’ Over Remarks Vilifying Jewish State
Anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour took to Twitter on Tuesday to try to explain remarks that were widely condemned as antisemitic. Sarsour faced heavy criticism following a...
Major Jewish Groups Applaud Twitter for ‘Belated’ Shut Down of Hamas, Hezbollah Accounts
Major Jewish groups applauded the micro-blogging website Twitter on Sunday for suspending a series of accounts affiliated with the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. “Thank you...
Leading Jewish Groups Join Pittsburgh Community to Mark First Anniversary of Tree of Life Massacre
Pittsburgh and its Jewish community were joined by political and communal leaders on Sunday as they marked the one-year anniversary of the massacre at the...
