In his first visit to the United Nations, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff called on UN leaders to globalize the fight against antisemitism. He told the body on Thursday that it cannot normalize spiking …
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By Mike Wagenheim, JNS
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2/10/23
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In the world of Jewish advocacy, the “working definition” of antisemitism endorsed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has almost acquired the status of a …
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By Ben Cohen
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2/10/23
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Of the many stories involving antisemitism that dominated the headlines last year, probably the most disturbing involved the serial controversies over antisemitic displays at Germany’s …
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By Ben Cohen
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2/8/23
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Attempting to explain away the horrific Palestinian terror attack on Israeli Jews outside a Jerusalem synagogue on Friday evening, MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin tweeted: “Just a reminder, as …
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By Tamar Sternthal
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2/1/23
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When news broke two weeks ago that Harvard University’s Kennedy School had refused a fellowship to former Human Rights Watch head Ken Roth, I did not hesitate to applaud their principled …
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By Arsen Ostrovsky
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1/25/23
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A rather remarkable open letter was recently issued by a group of left-wing Jewish organizations, defending a confirmed antisemite. Rep. Ilhan Omar, and deriding House Speaker Kevin …
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By Benjamin Kerstein
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1/25/23
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The Nazis murdered six million Jews in their blitzkrieg toward a “Final Solution.” Last week, students at the University of Michigan advanced their own “Solution”: an …
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1/18/23
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Should I start with the good news? Okay.
If you are a secular Jew who does not wear religious symbols, skullcaps and attire, isn’t walking toward a synagogue or waving an Israeli flag and …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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1/11/23
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In “It’s a strange time to be a Jew, but when isn’t it?” Herald guest columnist Alan Singer adds his voice to the mainstreaming of Jew-hatred and Israel-bashing in our communities. …
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By Ed Weintrob, Editor-Publisher, The Jewish Star
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1/6/23
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The author, reporter for the Wantagh and Seaford Heralds, is not Jewish.
The following 16 words are engraved on the tombstone of Martin Niemoller, a German Lutheran pastor who was imprisoned at …
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By Michael Malaszczyk, Herald Newspapers
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12/28/22
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