New olim from France — 140 strong — arrived in Israel last week, many reporting that anti-Semitism back home influenced their decision to move to Israel.
“I was fired because I …
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By Israel Kasnett, JNS
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8/12/20
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Imagine the following scenario. The regional director of a mainstream Jewish organization in a city that is home to sizable Jewish and black communities starts sharing ugly, racist caricatures of …
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By Ben Cohen
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8/12/20
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A little over a year ago, I wrote a column arguing that, in many ways, anti-Zionism is more dangerous than anti-Semitism. My point was that going after the Jewish state was a sneaky way of …
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By David Suissa
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8/12/20
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The murder of George Floyd, a Black American who was killed on May 25 while in police custody in Minneapolis, triggered the most widespread racially charged …
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By Dan Diker
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8/6/20
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I have a Jerry Seinfeld question. Why do Jewish celebrities keep whining about their parents?
Popular actor-comedian-director Seth Rogen ignited an internet firestorm with his recent complaint …
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By Stephen Flatow
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8/6/20
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Jewish Hollywood star Seth Rogen thinks it “makes no sense” for the “preservation of Jewish people” to “keep something you’re trying to preserve all in one …
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By David Suissa
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8/6/20
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Days before NFL star DeSean Jackson posted anti-Semitic quotes falsely attributed to Adolf Hitler that set off a nationwide debate about anti-Semitism, Jackson praised Nation of Islam …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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7/22/20
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Former professional football player Geoff Schwartz wasn’t surprised when he heard about Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson’s anti-Semitic Instagram posts.
“I just …
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By Stephen Silver, JTA
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7/22/20
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Saying that “Twitter has become its ultimate editor,” New York Times columnist and editor Bari Weiss resigned on Tuesday with a scathing letter to Publisher …
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7/15/20
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Israel’s indigenous people: ‘Rabbi Andy’ uses Orwellian wokeness to cancel Jews and the Jewish state
There are a lot of things wrong with woke culture. While the impulse to demonstrate solidarity with the oppressed and opposition to bad things like racism is, in principle, praiseworthy, the …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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7/15/20
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