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Miscellaneous | Diaspora

What the Melbourne synagogue attack shows us about antisemitism in the diaspora

In a world with blurred identities, how should we tackle antisemitic and antizionist attacks?

News | Articles By Me

What A (Jewish) Week - Joshua Namm

It Can't Be Good For All Of America, Unless It's Good For Us Too

Politics | The Left

The moral ghettoisation of the Jews

The left’s apologism for the pogrom in Amsterdam marks a foul new low.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Justifying the ‘Jew Hunt’

An important ideological convergence is taking place in the wake of the Amsterdam football pogrom, demonstrating a timeless characteristic of Jew-hatred: It has no permanent political home—hatred of the “wandering

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Pogrom in Amsterdam - Melanie Phillips

“Globalise the intifada” they’ve screamed for a year. This was the result

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

'Pogrom' in Amsterdam: Netanyahu sends planes to save Jews, US congressmen demand action

The Israeli National Security Council told Israelis to remain in their hotel rooms, avoid wearing anything with Jewish or Israeli symbols and to return home early.

Politics | American Politics

Where Jews fit in America’s realigned parties

Most Jews will vote for the party that represents the credentialed elites. That they do so while claiming to support social justice doesn’t make sense.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Jewish-owned businesses vandalized (again) in LA's Pico-Robertson area on Election Day

An investigation was underway in Los Angeles' Pico-Robertson neighborhood after several Jewish-owned businesses were vandalized.

Politics | 2024 Election

Leading Jewish-American Paper Endorses Donald Trump

The Jewish Press, the largest independent Jewish-American newspaper with a powerful voice among Orthodox communities, has officially endorsed Donald Trump for president.

News | Israel/Jewish Community

Thug Who Shot Orthodox Jew in Chicago Is Illegal Immigrant

 As we reported a couple of days ago, the Chicago Tribune left a whole lot of information out of its headline about a hate crime against an Orthodox Jew:

News | Antisemitism Watch

Jewish man shot by attacker shouting 'Allahu Akhbar' in Chicago

The attacker was shot multiple times, and is now in being treated in a hospital in critical condition, Bruno added.

Politics | American Politics

Donald Trump may be the most pro-Jewish president ever

This election, there is no subgroup for whom the stakes are higher than my Jewish co-religionists.

Miscellaneous | Jewish Life

Jews who unplug on holidays grateful to hear haphazardly about Sinwar

"In a media soaked world, it's hard to be behind. But that regular disconnect keeps me sane," the pollster and strategist Mark Mellman told JNS.

Politics | American Politics

Harris says heckler, who calls Israel genocidal, talking about 'real' things

"The vice president has never previously suggested that Israel's defensive war in Gaza amounts to a genocide of Palestinian people," per the "New York Post."

News | Antisemitism Watch

39% of American Muslims Deny Crimes of Hamas, Poll Finds

A shocking number of American Muslims say Hamas did not commit murder or rape on Oct. 7, 2023, according to a new poll.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

As Hurricane Milton Looms, These Rabbis Are Staying Put

Over the past week, Rabbi Fishel Zaklos has been stocking up on food and drinks, as well as connecting with the many members of his Naples Jewish community in northern Florida. Technically, this is what he does every year in preparation for Yom Kippur at Chabad-Lubavitch of Naples, the Jewish center he runs together with his wife, Ettie. But this year is anything but typical.

Politics | Opinion

The Next Mutation of American Anti-Semitism

Just as generals are warned not to keep fighting the last war, we should not be monitoring the campus Hamas protest movement according to last year’s benchmarks. As the war

News | Antisemitism Watch

The West has turned its back on Jews

A year on from 7 October, the Jewish diaspora has rarely felt so isolated.

News | Articles By Me

It’s Not The Politics: It’s The Antisemitism - Joshua Namm

Obsession with party over community MUST stop.

Recently, one of my articles was the target of some intensely negative feedback. The common thread through those reactions was basically “Most Jews are Democrats, so how dare you criticize Democratic Party?”

Miscellaneous | Israeli Opinion

Unhiding Jewish Pride on Columbia University’s Lawn

Jewish Culture Festival draws thousands of students and faculty members

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

An Executive Order that Targets Jews

Should U.S. Presidents be able to freeze your bank account if they disagree with your views on foreign policy, or if anti-Israel groups ask them to?

News | Antisemitism Watch

Seth Mandel: Bad News for the Jews

Here are three pieces of news that have been updated with new information within the past 24 hours: 1. A Jewish student at the University of Michigan was assaulted by

News | Antisemitism Watch

CAIR Objects to L.A. Proposal to Protect Synagogues from Harassment

CAIR's local chapter is objecting to a proposal by the L.A. City Council to bar anti-Israel protesters from the entrances to synagogues.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Ann Arbor Police Investigate Beating of Jewish University of Michigan Student

Police in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said Sunday night that they are investigating a reported beating of a Jewish student by a group of males.

Politics | Opinion

Harris-Walz Are NOT Pro-Israel (Or Even Pro-Jewish) - Joshua Namm

If you are still planning to vote for Harris-Walz, be honest with yourself. Would you put up with any of this if it had all been carried out by Republicans instead of Democrats?

Politics | Campus Watch

Keffiyeh-Clad Man Injures Jewish Students with Glass Bottle at University of Pittsburgh

 The new academic year has scarcely begun, and Hamas supporters on campus are already signaling that they haven’t lost a bit of their fanaticism. If anything, they’re even more menacing.

News | Jewish Community

Oct. 7 Ignited These Two Jewish Women

Following that horrific day, Sara and Melisa upped their Jewish game… and pride.

Politics | American Politics

JNS poll: Israelis like Kamala Harris less than they liked Joe Biden

Israelis are willing to defy the United States to defend their national interests.

News | Standing With Israel

Moptu: Algorithm-free social media creating an online safe space for Jews

‘On other social media platforms you fight antisemitism. On Moptu, you get the information to wage those fights’

Politics | Opinion

Thou Shalt Not countenance invidious discrimination

It’s time for a Kennedyesque public show of force by the President and Department of Justice, of the sort that occurred in 1963, to put an end to US campus antisemtism. Opinion.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Casting Out Australia’s Jews

In February, Australia descended into a kind of Jew-baiting chaos that seemed completely uncharacteristic of a country known for its relaxed vibes. At the center of that storm was a

Politics | The Left

Pittsburgh Jewish leaders, officials decry proposed BDS ballot measure

“The creators of this referendum are only targeting Israel. That makes this clearly an undeniably antisemitic,” said Jeff Finkelstein, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Harris Campaign Turns Deaf Ear to Jewish Groups in Decision To Court Pro-Hamas Activist

Jewish groups condemned the Biden-Harris administration earlier this year for meeting with Michigan activist Osama Siblani, citing his record of anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas remarks. Those concerns appear to have fallen on deaf ears at Kamala Harris's campa

News | Antisemitism Watch

Parents' fury as pro-Palestinian mob interrupt children's science show at Wimbledon theatre

A theatre descended into chaos earlier this afternoon when a group of 'Parents for Palestine' protesters stormed the venue and began chanting in front of an audience of terrified youngsters.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Antisemitic incidents in UK shatter prior records, numbering nearly 2,000 in six months

The findings reflect the ongoing high volume of anti-Jewish hate since the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7.

News | Antisemitism Watch

'Do you want to die?' man reportedly says before stabbing Jewish man near Chabad headquarters

The assailant also is said to have told the young Jewish victim "free Palestine."

Politics | Opinion

Demanding real change: How Global Jewry can hold institutions accountable - opinion

Nothing will come out of demands with no consequences. It is not enough to share a post or article with your network of people who already agree with you.

Politics | Campus Watch

Education Department probing Pomona for alleged Title VI violation

The Claremont, Calif., liberal arts school is one of the nation's top ranked.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Wikipedia hates Israel and Jews

The online encyclopedia is big tech's antisemitic propaganda arm.

News | Articles By Me

Is this justice? Justice has been especially unjust for the Jews of America and Israel - Joshua Namm

One of the things that has become crystal clear since October 7, and the dramatic rise in antisemitism which followed, is that the “justice” system can be anything but just for the Jewish community. While there have been some successes, there are also recent examples which demonstrate just how perverse and unjust the legal system can be – both in Israel and America.

History | History

The Jews of Iran: 10 Amazing Facts

Dive into the rich and surprising history of the Jews of Iran.

Miscellaneous | Judaism

Should Jews Celebrate the Fall of Evil?

Is it kosher to take joy in the death of evil people?

News | Antisemitism Watch

Smashed windows at Hollywood shul second incident in as many weeks

Security footage shows the perpetrators filmimg themselves in the act, causing consternation among congregants.

Politics | Opinion

Were Americans listening to Netanyahu’s message?

The contrast between the pro-Hamas mob outside the Capitol building and the prime minister’s address illustrated the stakes involved in the debate about Israel.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Georgian national charged with plot to give poison candy to Jewish kids in NY

Michail Chkhikvishvili targeted "racial minorities, the Jewish community and homeless individuals," per the Justice Department.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Antisemitism in Europe is worsening, here’s what needs to change

A Europe without Jews is no longer unthinkable, but it must not become inevitable.

Miscellaneous | Judaism

What Is Hasidic Judaism?

Read on to explore the world of Hasidic Judaism. Learn about what it is, what Hasidim wear, and about many of their customs and traditions.

News | Israel/Jewish Community

Cashless Bail Strikes Again: Suspect in Violent DC Anti-Semitic Attack Was Previously Released After Fighting With Capitol Police

A Jewish man was targeted and attacked in Washington, D.C., by a suspect who less than a week earlier was released on cashless bail one day after fighting with Capitol Police, court and police documents show.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Marvel strips Jewish superhero Sabra of her Israeli identity

The comic book giants have turned the Sabra character, played by Shira Haas, into a Russian spy

News | Antisemitism Watch

Offensive anti-Israel protests at Holocaust memorials

The Coalition Against Genocide, Jewish Voice for Peace and their supporters are morally corrupt.

Politics | Campus Watch

UCLA Urges Federal Court to Reject Jewish Students' Civil Rights Claims

UCLA claims that it should not be ordered by a federal court to protect Jewish students from antisemitism when they return to campus.

Politics | Media Bias

Of Course: LA Times Falsely Blames Home Sales in ‘Palestinian’ Land for Attacks on LA Jews

The Los Angeles Times has found a culprit for the violent attacks targeting Los Angeles Jews outside the Adas Torah Synagogue. And, no, it's

History | History

Blood Libels, Then and Now

JNS.org - This past Wednesday was the 20th of Sivan, which was once a fast day that commemorated the first violent blood libel. (The Vaad Arba Aratzot later redesignated it to commemorate the Cossack massacres of 1648-1649.) In 1144, 12-year-old William o

News | Antisemitism Watch

Chabad synagogue in Oakland vandalized twice in two weeks

Oakland police investigating two different incidents in which giant rocks were thrown at the window of the Chabad Center in the city.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Literary antisemitism is bad and getting worse

The Authors Guild did nothing for Jewish writers who are lately being harassed and blacklisted, but there is something you can do

News | Antisemitism Watch

Antisemitism on the Rise Down Under

Australian Jews are targeted by boycotts, harassment, and intimidation. Is this the end of a golden age, or just a blip in a long and overwhelmingly positive history?

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

50 Synagogues Receive Bomb Threats in One Week. When Is It Enough?

 I spend a part of my mornings and a good chunk of my Saturdays running errands. It's something I look forward to. I enjoy the mundanity of checking the mail or picking up a box of nails or sprinkler parts.

Politics | Opinion

The global lust for Jewish blood

I was not surprised by the great American feminist silence after Oct. 7.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

'Al Jazeera on the Potomac': WaPo Reporter Taylor Lorenz Boosts Defenses of Los Angeles Synagogue Protest

Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz on Monday pushed a false claim that a Los Angeles synagogue was auctioning off Palestinian land this week—a conspiracy theory that led to violent, anti-Semitic protests outside the Jewish house of worship on Sunday.

Politics | American Politics

DeSantis signs into law bills on antisemitism, Jewish school security

Both pieces of legislation are slated to go into effect in Florida on July 1.

News | Antisemitism Watch

LA leading race to the bottom as America's Antisemitism Capital

The pogrom outside a synagogue is the latest event giving Los Angeles the lead in the race to bottom as America’s Antisemitism Capital.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Parents of Paris antisemitic gang-rape victim speak out

"She is very shocked. They stole her childhood from her," said the 12-year-old girl's mother.

News | Antisemitism Watch

All of France raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl

Only politics can stop the wave of dehumanization and hate.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Never Again. Jews Are Done Cowering in the Face of Violent Bullies

 Imagine if the KKK went into South Central Los Angeles and tried to block parishioners from going into the First A.M.E. Church and then got violent.

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

‘This Is Jew-Hatred’: Israel Spox Denounces L.A. Antisemites

 An Israeli government spokesman has labeled violent anti-Israel, pro-Hamas demonstrations in Los Angeles as “absolutely shocking.” Indeed, at least one protester called for genocidal war against Israelis.

History | History

The Youngest Holocaust Survivor

Erika Nissanoff was born on October 17, 1944 in a Nazi hospital in Austria. Her miraculous birth and survival is a harrowing story that everyone should hear.

News | Jewish Community

Believe all women ... except for Israeli Oct. 7 survivors

In their June 7 article in The Times, Catherine Philp and Gabrielle Weiniger chose to whitewash horrific crimes committed against innocent women, effectively further dehumanizing them. 

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

The Jewish People, And Their Supporters, Who Are Fighting Back - Melanie Phillips

Examples of courage, decency and sanity at a time of madness

News | Israel/Jewish Community

Pakistani Tries to Run Over Jewish Students in NYC: 'Gonna Kill All the Jews!'

A Pakistani migrant is now accused of attempting to murder a group of Orthodox Jewish students outside of a Brooklyn school this week.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

The Jewish Story of the UNC Frat Boys Who Held up the American Flag

Images of a small group of students at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill holding up an American flag amid violent anti-Israel protests last week captured the attention of the nation. The boys were caught on camera struggling to keep the Stars and Stripes from falling onto the ground after the protesters sought to replace it with a Palestinian flag.

News | Articles By Me

We Deserve Better. Much better. - Joshua Namm

The post 10/7 Jewish world cannot be business as usual.

News | News

Principal Lied To Punish Jewish Teacher Who Reported Muslim Student For Praising Hitler

A Maryland school system knowingly used false information to discipline a Jewish teacher in response to her reporting to her principal that at a pro-Palestinian walkout — which the principal called “fantastic” — students praised Adolph Hitler and called for the death of Jews.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

‘We Should Salute Them’: Hezbollah Leader Expresses Gratitude for American Anti-Israel Activists

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday praised Americans who are putting pressure on US President Joe Biden to limit support for Israel because they are helping the Lebanese terrorist group's cause. "Today, what many people demonstrating in Americ

News | Jewish Community

The west’s abandonment of the Jews - Melanie Phillips

With every day that passes, it becomes ever clearer that western civilisation is no longer civilised.

Politics | Politics

Trump Beating Biden By 9 Points Among New York Jewish Voters

Biden has grown increasingly hostile toward Israel's efforts to use force to defend itself and unwilling to combat antisemitism on his side.  

News | Jewish Community

Fighting Antisemitism at Berkeley

Ilana Pearlman’s black Jewish son thought he was safe. He wasn’t.

News | Jewish Community

'Middle Eastern' man murders Jewish dentist — but police insist suspect is just a 'disgruntled ... customer'

A young Jewish dentist in California was gunned down in cold blood, and a "Middle Eastern" man stands accused of the crime. However, police caution that the shooting was likely not "racially or politically motivated."Just after 4 p.m. last Thursday, polic

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

From Seinfeld to Ben-Gvir, Antisemites Attack Jews | The Caroline Glick Show In-Focus

Jewish businesses or anybody who supports Israel in any way are being attacked across the world by far-left and Islamist mobs. Is this causing an awakening a...

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Are American Jews Prepared for the Return of History?

Probably the most famous line from the HBO series True Detective is: “Time is a flat circle.” The line, spoken by Det. Rust Cohle (played by Matthew McConaughey) in the

News | Israel/Jewish Community

Chair of Harvard University History Department Belongs to Group Behind Grotesque Anti-Semitic Cartoon

The chairman of Harvard University's history department is a member of a faculty group, Harvard Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, that posted an anti-Semitic cartoon over the holiday weekend depicting a hand emblazoned with the Star of David hol

Miscellaneous | Judaism

How Do You Observe Judaism In Outer Space?

When to pray? When is Shabbat? What to do when time and space are not what they are on earth?

News | Israel/Jewish Community

Son’s request for Star of David necklace a ‘changing moment’ for congressional candidate Mazi Pilip

The Israeli-American has a strong showing in the polls in a congressional special election for the seat formerly held by George Santos.

News | News

Harvard Students Captured on Film Accosting Israeli Classmate Remain in Good Standing With School, Lawsuit Alleges

The Harvard University graduate students who were caught on film accosting and shoving a Jewish classmate during an anti-Israel "die-in" protest remain in good standing with the school, with one of the assailants avoiding discipline altogether, according

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

Rabbi Accuses Utah Jazz of Making Him Put Down 'I'm a Jew And I'm Proud' Sign After Kyrie Irving Complaint

A rabbi claims that the Utah Jazz told him to put down his sign after Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving complained about it to stadium staff.

News | News

'We know they were raped in Hamas captivity': Chilling details of what hostages faced

Doctors who have been treating released hostages confirmed some suffered violent sexual assaults while they were held captive in Gaza.

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

‘He’s an American, You Idiots!’ Social Media Erupts After Protest of Jerry Seinfeld Show Over His Israel Support - 'He's

Social media users called a large pro-Palestinian protest outside Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up comedy show in downtown Syracuse, New York, "misguided" and said that targeting him for being an American Jew who supports Israel was antisemitic. Hundreds of acti

News | Antisemitism

Wary of Deportation, Elite Colleges Won't Expel Anti-Semitic Foreign Students

As anti-Israel protesters swarmed college campuses, MIT president Sally Kornbluth drew a line in the sand: Any student engaged in an unsanctioned protest would face expulsion.

News | Jewish Community

I Left the Israel March With an Empty Backpack and a Full Heart

There was a sense of an innate connection. We were bound and connected by 3,300 years of history and a Divine mission to bring light to the world.

News | Jewish Community

LIVE: Hundreds of Thousands March for Israel in Washington DC

American Jews began arriving well before dawn, in time to pray the Vasikin and Hallel morning service at sunrise, led by popular Hasidic vocalist Beri Weber outside the gates of the White House.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Antisemitism: Why Are All of You Silent?

A few years back you were a bunch of activists. Now Jews are being murdered in cold blood and you haven't said a word.

News | Antisemitism

Antisemitic graffiti in Fairfax, including at Canter's Deli, investigated as possible hate crimes

Antisemitic messages found painted outside Canter's Deli and other locations in the Fairfax District are being investigated as possible hate crimes, the LAPD said.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Fight Hamas: Fire your (liberal) rabbi

Your liberal rabbis lied to you. They sold you a watered-down version of the Torah. and convinced you that supporting Hamas is a Jewish political imperative.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Rather than protecting Jews, authorities are telling us to hide -- again

Lawyer Gerard Filitti holds a press conference announcing that Jewish students at Cooper Union who were hiding in a library during a pro-Palestine protest will file a lawsuit against the school.

News | News

Watch: Jewish students locked inside library as antisemitic protesters bang on the door screaming “free Palestine”

Jewish students at Cooper Union College locked inside library for 40 minutes as anti-Israeli protesters block the doors.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Largest Rabbinic Delegation to Visit Israel Greeted With Gratitude … and Rockets

26 Chabad rabbis from around North America insisted that they ‘have to be here’

Politics | The Hall of Idiots

Vivek Ramaswamy Comes Out Against Gaza Invasion, Removal of Hamas

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy announced this week that he opposes Israel's invasion of Gaza and removal of Hamas.

News | ISRAEL NEWS

Publish the Names of Students and Professors Who Support Hamas Lynching and Rapes

Student groups at many elite universities -- including Harvard, Yale and Columbia, CUNY -- have come out in support of Hamas at a time when its terrorists have raped, murdered and kidnapped women, toddlers, the elderly and other civilians, and have

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Jewish families break down at the gate at JFK airport as they proudly wave off young IDF reservists on the way to war with Hamas - as flights from Big Apple to Israel sell out for the next TEN days

Emotions ran high at JFK Airport Wednesday night as Jewish families broke down at the gate watching proudly as they wave off young IDF reservists on their way to war with Hamas terrorists. 

News | Articles By Me

Joshua Namm: Nazis in the Jacuzzi

For Some, Antisemitism Is Shockingly Casual

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Worshippers in North Tel Aviv Not Deterred by Yom Kippur Protest

Hundreds of residents in upscale neighborhood attend Chabad outdoor services

Miscellaneous | Judaism

13 Facts About Sukkot Every Jew Should Know

Sukkot is a weeklong festival celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the lulav and etrog and joyous feasting.

News | Antisemitism

LA kosher restaurants targeted, burglarized

The targeted restaurants were Nagila Pizza, Fisherman's Bowl, Shanghai Diamond Garden, SushiKo, and Shalom Grill.

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

Can it happen here? The lessons of Europe’s red-green antisemitic surge

ADL’s report about anti-Israel activism fueling European Jew hatred is welcome but fails to point out that U.S. liberals need to rethink their fealty to woke ideology.

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

India terror suspects said to have plotted attack on Mumbai Chabad House

Two men linked to local Islamist group behind efforts to kill Hindu leaders; Israeli intelligence said involved in probe, security stepped up at Jewish sites

News | News

‘The Book of Jews:’ San Diego Human Relations Commissioner Forced to Resign Over Antisemitic Comments

A member of San Diego's Human Relations Commission was forced to step down this week following a furious response to antisemitic comments he proffered at a meeting of the body on July 18, in which he claimed that the Torah instructs Jews to murder Palesti

News | Articles By Me

Priority: Jewish Unity

Just before this year’s Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), a horrifying, and not at all surprising, report came out of Tel Aviv University (TAU) called “The Annual Report on Antisemitism Worldwide–2022.” The study found that there were roughly 3,700 attacks on Jews in the United States last year. The year before that, 2021, saw 2,717 attacks. Each set a record for attacks on our people. The incidents included beatings, being spat on, having objects thrown at people, verbal abuse, etc.

Politics | Joe Biden/Biden Administration

The Biden administration’s anti-antisemitism travesty

The IHRA definition has led defenders of the Jewish people down a blind alley.

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

The answer to campus radicalism and antisemitism? Defunding

A CUNY Law School graduation speech drew attention to the brazen Jew-hatred that has gone mainstream in academia on the public’s dime. There must be accountability.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Vox Journalist Asks: Is It Really Antisemitic to Harass Jews at Prayer?

Jonathan Guyer raised the bizarre question, "If a group protests Israeli policies in front of a synagogue, is that considered antisemitic?"

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Can Israeli resilience inspire alienated Americans?

After months of divisiveness, the country immediately united in the face of incessant rocket fire. Will a community unwilling to fight antisemitic progressives learn that lesson?

Miscellaneous | Chabad

The Rebbe’s Lag BaOmer Message of Hope to Soviet Jewry

The 1980 Russian-language address that took the world by surprise and placed the Soviet regime on notice

News | NEWS

Antisemitism in NYC Goes Unaddressed as Council Members Reject Resolution in Support of Jewish Community

Some Democrats only care about antisemitism when it is politically expedient.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Jewish Students at Yale Law School Invited an Israeli Politician To Speak About Anti-Semitism. Then They Caved to Pressure.

A Jewish student group at Yale Law School pulled out of an event with a centrist Israeli politician, Michal Cotler-Wunsh, after deciding the talk would be too controversial, according to Cotler-Wunsh and two professors with knowledge of the situation.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Al Jaffee, 102, Cartoonist Found His Inner Jewish Superhero

The illustrator’s not-so-secret identity was as creator of “The Shpy,” hero to generations of children

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

Chabad Hasid Ilan Fuchs Elected Mayor in Rockland County, NY

Three other religious Jews, Joel Grunwald, Ra’anan Zidile and Marc Greenberg were elected to the Pomona Board in the same election.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

“Extreme, insufferable, close-minded”: Allison Josephs criticises media outlets’ depiction of Orthodox Jews

Allison Josephs, the Founder and Executive Director of Jew In The City, a non-profit organisation that seeks to change negative perceptions of religious Jews, appeared on the most recent episode of Podcast Against Antisemitism where she spoke of the often

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Antisemitic Hate Crimes Increased 20 Percent in 2021, Updated FBI Report Says

Hate crimes against American Jews increased by twenty percent and were the leading religiously motivated hate crime in 2021, according to a new, supplemental report issued by the FBI on Monday. According to the new data, there were 817 antisemitic hate cr

News | Antisemitism

Suspect arrested after 2 Orthodox Jews shot outside synagogues in Los Angeles

A suspect was taken into custody Thursday after two Orthodox Jewish men were shot while leaving houses of worship in the city’s Pico-Robertson neighborhood, authorities said. The first shooting occurred just before 10 a.m. Wednesday in the 1400 block of S

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

'Get him for Kanye': Man wearing Star of David necklace beaten at DC-area grocery

Victim taken to hospital with concussion and broken nose; police holding 19-year-old suspect on assault and robbery, may add hate crime charges

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Number of Americans believing antisemitic stereotypes nearly doubled since 2019

Poll finds that 85% of people in US agree with at least one racist trope about Jews, while 20% believe at last six; 20% think Jews have 'too much power'

Politics | POLITICS

The Democrats must have a ‘Sister Souljah moment’ on antisemitism

It is time for Biden and others to rise up and condemn antisemites in their own party like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

Black America’s Anti-Semitism Problem

From Kanye West endorsing Hitler to Kyrie Irving inviting followers to watch a documentary about how blacks are the true Jews, anti-Semitism from prominent black figures has been in the news. A recent study explores the phenomenon of black anti-Semitism m

Miscellaneous | Judaism

12 Facts About Judah Every Jew Should Know

Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. Compared to a lion, Judah was the ancestor of the royal House of David. He made mistakes and rectified them, blazing a path for others to follow.

News | News

Ye: ‘Jewish people, forgive Hitler today’

The rapper continued his pro-Nazi media tour on Monday night.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Kanye West's antisemitism inspired by Louis Farrakhan

Farrakhan must be treated as a persona non grata in America. For too long, his poisonous presence and rhetoric have been tolerated.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Report: Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes on U.S. College Campuses Skyrocket

A "pervasive and relentless assault on Jewish identity" is occurring daily at colleges across America, according to a new report from a watchdog group that found assaults on Jewish students and their identity doubled in the 2021 to 2022 academic year, par

News | Jewish Community

How not to fight Antisemitism | Israel National News

Jewish organizations want to fight antisemitism but have they isolated themselves from the people they claim to represent. Op-ed.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

The Mutating Virus: Understanding Antisemitism | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

"The hate that begins with Jews never ends with Jews." On 27th September 2016, Rabbi Sacks delivered a keynote address entitled 'The Mutating Virus: Understa...

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Threats With Same Pattern as Previous Attacks Prompt FBI to Issue Alert for New Jersey Synagogues

The branch office in Newark, NJ, sent out a stark alert on Thursday.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Elder Of Ziyon - The .@NYTimes mirrors its 1991 biased coverage of the Crown Heights pogrom

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Why I think the Golden Age for Jews in America is coming to its end

The decline in the favorability of mainstream American views toward Israel has coincided with a rise in antisemitic violence, particularly in large metropolises, promoted by Islamo-Leftist groups.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Nation’s Top Law Firms Fund Anti-Semitic Campus Groups at Berkeley

A host of the nation’s premier law firms are financially supporting organizations at Berkeley Law School that are accused of fostering anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel, according to a campus watchdog group.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

S.C. Dem House hopeful wants to ‘be VERY clear’ about holding Jews accountable for ‘their LONG history of anti-blackness

"David Duke would be proud."

News | News

Candace Owens defends Kanye, says tweet about Jews wasn't antisemitic

Owens defended Kanye West on an episode of her political talk show, saying that "honest people" knew that he wasn't actually being antisemitic.

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

Obama Judge Denies NY Jews a Temporary Stop of Hochul’s Ban On Guns In Synagogues

The new fold in this rights-trapping box comes on the heels of Hochul literally celebrating the courage of Holocaust survivors -- the same group that was stripped of the right to keep and bear arms in Nazi Germany.

Miscellaneous | Chabad

No Barriers Before G-d: A Look at Chabad’s Dues-Free Communities

Yom Kippur will see record attendance this year at Chabad synagogues, where every Jew is a member

Miscellaneous | Chabad

Florida Chabad Rabbi and Son Rescue Orlando Family by Boat

The devastation caused by Hurricane Ian has extended far beyond Florida’s Gulf Coast. When Rabbi Yosef Konikov of Chabad-Lubavitch of South Orlando learned that a family of four was trapped on the second floor of their home in Kissimmee, just south of Orlando, and calls to 911 were not being responded to due to more urgent and immediate threats to life, the rabbi and his son Levi, a certified lifeguard, commissioned a boat and set out along flooded neighborhood streets to rescue the family.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

As Hurricane Ian Crashes Into Florida’s Gulf Coast, Chabad Rushes to Help

Category 4 storm expected to cause catastrophic flooding and damage

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Orthodox Jewish leaders barred from White House hate crime summit, despite being most frequent targets of hate crimes against Jews

'They used our DNA of Jews being persecuted ... as an excuse to make an event': Orthodox Jewish leaders claim White House barred them from hate crime summit

History | HISTORY

PBS Holocaust documentary perpetuates well-worn myths to glorify FDR, says historian

Streaming this week, historian Rafael Medoff says 'The U.S. and the Holocaust' misrepresents President Roosevelt’s actions leading up to and during the genocide

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Queen Elizabeth II and the Jews

Six facts about the monarch’s tumultuous relationship with Jews, on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee.

News | Jewish Community

No, Anne Frank Did Not Have White Privilege And Here's How To Combat Lies Like These

Over the weekend, Anne Frank began trending on Twitter and for the worst reason imaginable: “Anne Frank had white privilege,” began one tweet. “Bad things happen to people with white privilege also but don’t tell the whites that.” “Yes, all white people a

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

In the US, some fading Reform and Conservative synagogues go Orthodox to stay afloat

Chabad Hasidic outreach programs reverse decline and bring growth to congregations through a host of programming designed to foster a more traditional community

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Judge Declares Yeshiva University ‘Non-Religious’; Forces It to Fully Support Gay Activities

YU responded to the lawsuit by citing its Torah Umadda mission which emphasizes Torah values.