More than 300 influencers traveled to New York City from around the world for a first-of-its-kind antisemitism-busting event this week.
“This is your moment to use your platforms to change …
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By Mike Wagenheim, JNS
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7/3/24
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A two-hour panel discussion on the past, present and future of Jewish life at Columbia University resulted in a childish flurry of offensive reactions from four school administrators, according to …
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6/19/24
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A Palestinian Authority official warned on social media over the weekend that the Oct. 7 massacre could “repeat itself 100 times, and perhaps even more seriously.”
According to the …
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5/22/24
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Fifty animators and producers responsible for the character of Batman in various productions over the years signed a petition calling on Qatar and Egypt, two mediators in hostage talks, to push for …
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4/17/24
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The daily dilemma: You see a post on social media about Israel that is egregiously misleading, and you have to decide whether it is worth it to respond.
•On the one hand, there is an …
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By Marc Erlbaum
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1/17/24
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With the realization that the social-media pen is mighty like the sword, Yalla Israel brings social-media influencers to Israel to experience the Jewish state firsthand. The hope is that the …
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By Mike Wagenheim, JNS
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1/17/24
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Here’s an excerpt from one of several tweets promoting or inciting violence against Jews that, according to a March 2023 report from the Anti-Defamation League, Twitter (now called X) declined …
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By David Suissa
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9/13/23
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Rabbi Mendel Kaplan still remembers the day in 2016 after morning prayers when congregants were talking about a woman, whose video of herself laughing while wearing a Chewbacca mask had …
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By Dave Gordon, JNS
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8/23/23
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When Emily Austin, a 22-year-old Israeli-American social-media influencer and sports broadcaster, viewed humanitarian work underway in the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer last month, lots of …
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By Bradley Martin, JNS
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6/14/23
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In a sudden about-face, Ye — née Kanye West — claims to have rescinded his vitriolic antisemitic views after watching Jewish actor Jonah Hill in the 2012 action comedy “21 …
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3/29/23
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