The march over the Brooklyn Bridge and the ensuing rally against anti-Semitism on Jan. 5, attended by an estimated 25,000 people, was a necessary, if belated, response to a surge of attacks …
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By Jonathan S. Tiobin
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1/15/20
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Though Naisha Couamin walks through a heavily Jewish neighborhood near her home in the East Flatbush most days, she had never actually talked to a Jewish person until recently.
The 17-year-old had …
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By Josefin Dolsten, JTA
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1/15/20
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One week after a much larger march over the Brooklyn Bridge drew 25,000 people to Manhattan and Brooklyn, more than 2,000 Long Islanders walked through Mineola en route to a rally in support of the …
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Reporting by Jeff Bessen
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1/15/20
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The recent and rapid escalation of anti-Semitic attacks in the New York area is horrifying, almost reaching epidemic levels. Since most of the perpetrators do not fit the profile of white …
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By Tehilla Goldberg
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1/9/20
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Several years ago, in an article for Commentary magazine, I offered a distinction between two kinds of anti-Semitic mindsets. I named the first one “bierkeller” anti-Semitism and the …
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By Ben Cohen
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1/9/20
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Was the machete attack at Rabbi Chaim Rottenburg’s home in Monsey, NY wake-up call enough? Are liberal American Jews ready to accept the truth about anti-Semitism in America?
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By Caroline Glick
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1/9/20
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The last two festivals to be added to the Jewish calendar prior to modern times — Purim and Chanukah — are both about anti-Semitism. There is one obvious difference between them: …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks
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1/9/20
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All five members of the Long Island congressional delegation — 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats — were joined on Friday by two state legislators, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Police …
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1/9/20
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An estimated 25,000 marchers — including many from Long Island — assembled in Manhattan’s Foley Square Sunday morning, flooding the Brooklyn Bridge for hours as they crossed into Brooklyn amid chants of “No Hate, No Fear.” …
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1/9/20
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The Five Towns voiced solidarity with the Jewish community in Monsey this week, following Saturday evening’s knife assault at a Chanukah party in the Rockland County hamlet.
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By Ed Weintrob
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12/31/19
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