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How Radical Fringe Groups Manipulate Westerners Against Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are seen through a panel as they pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City while …

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Helen Mirren attacked on social media over Golda Meir role

The British actress, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II, is under fire for accepting the role of Israel's first female Prime Minister.

Of course she’s being attacked for playing Golda Meir. Then these people will claim that they don’t hate Jews, they just dislike Israeli policies. Polices which they constantly lie about to justify the constant thinly veiled hatred of Jews.

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Learning From Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks - Jewish Life

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who passed away on Shabbat, 20 Cheshvan, 5781, was an international religious leader, philosopher, and respected moral voice. The author of over 30 books, he served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013 and took his seat in the House of Lords in October 2009.

He was a Torah giant and is missed great key missed.

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'Sabbath for $400': Chulent stumps Jeopardy contestants in question about Shabbat restrictions

Mayim Bialik, the show's host, explained the dish's roots in the prohibition on lighting fires on Shabbat.

This is so funny.

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Anti-Semitic Attacks in 2020 Outnumbered Attacks Against Muslims, Asians, Transgender People Combined

More American Jews suffered hate crime attacks in 2020 than Asians, Muslims, and transgender people combined, according to FBI crime tracking data.

Of course, no national campaigns to address the problem. The hypocrisy is infuriating. Jews aren’t part of the left’s intersectional coalition, so there is no widespread recognition of the realities of antisemitism.

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Why Do We Dip the Apple Into Honey on Rosh Hashanah? - High Holidays

Why not mangoes dipped in maple syrup, for example?

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30 Years Later: Remembering Crown Heights

Thirty years ago, anti-Semitic mobs plundered the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn for three days, chanting Nazi slogans, destroying Jewish homes and businesses, and lynching a young Jewish seminary student.

I had friends in Crown Heights sitting on the steps in front of their homes with shotguns to protect their families. One of the instigators of the riots, and the man partially responsible for the murder of Yankel Rosenbaum, is now a host on MSNBC and was/is a frequent guest of the Obamas. Al Sharpton should have been rotting in prison for the last three decades. Antisemitism is real, and it is particularly virulent in the black community where it has only grown since 1991.

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Fall of Afghanistan Shows Israel Must Rely on Itself

An Afghan soldier stands in a military vehicle on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer A former …

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Last Known Survivor of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Leon Kopelman, Dies at 97

A Polish soldier lays a wreath during the commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, amid the …

BDE He was a true hero. As they all were. I really believe that we don’t produce people like this anymore.

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Elder Of Ziyon - Brand new Daily Beast writer is a textbook case of modern antisemitism

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I saw the Daily Beast article and others like it. I immediately said the same exact thing. She’s proudly Jewish, religious, and pro-Israel. So they hate here-and disguise that hate by lying about her stance in vaccines, modesty, and any other issue they can lie about. If she was black and female, gay, transgender or anything else, the same exact people would be calling all over themselves to “celebrate” (their favorite word) the first female host of Jeopardy.

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USC Faculty Group Decries ‘Cruelly Alienating’ Statement on Israel Endorsed by Department

The University of Southern California campus. Photo: Padsquad19 via Wikimedia Commons. On Sunday, 53 University of Southern California (USC) faculty …

First of all, the fact that they even have a department of "Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies" demonstrates how far USC, which is where my undergrad degree comes from, has slipped. WHAT do they expect when they ad far left pseudo-academic departments? The far left is thoroughly antisemitic, thoroughly the enemy of Israel (and America), and don't even attempt to hide it. How can these people even pretend to be surprised that this is always where leftist studies end up? More importantly, USC, which I am frankly embarrassed by at this point, has been tolerating antisemitism from its professors for years. A few years ago I cut off all ties with USC because they allowed an assistant professor to push Holocaust denial, and then refused to meet with members of the Jewish community, including me, to discuss how heinous the entire situation was. Jewish students who are proudly Jewish and support Israel, are regularly harassed and singled out for derision. Even when I was there-antisemitism was common. If you're Jewish and/or pro-Israel, please DO NOT send you kids to this school. Not that any of the major universities in the United States are any better.

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Waiting for social media companies to tackle anti-Semitism is utterly pointless

I am about to write one of the least surprising sentences that anyone who uses social media will ever read. A report published today by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate has found that the five biggest social media sites are a free-for-all for anti-J

As the co-founder or Moptu, I can say that at least one platform takes antisemitism VERY seriously. It’s too bad that people who write articles like this one don’t support us, and help us grow so that we can become a serious alternative to the other platforms that don’t take antisemitism seriously, while hypocritically destroying free speech, often in the name of fighting “hate speech.” I know because not only do I own a social platform that will never tolerate antisemitism, I’ve been suspended from Facebook several times for fighting antisemites in their platform.

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Twitter discriminates against me because I am a proud, unapologetic Jew

Twitter is a biased platform. We all know that. But their ability to influence goes a lot further than simply not banning antisemites.

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Antisemitism Up Over 900 Percent on Social Media Giant TikTok, Finds University of Haifa Study

TikTok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019. …

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How The ‘Clubhouse Rabbi’ Got Booted Off The App—For Confronting Antisemites On It

The pioneering invitation-only social media platform struggles with a growing hate speech problem

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The Jews Who Are Complicit in Jew-Hatred

When the New York Times finally reported on the plague of nationwide street vio-lence against Jews in the spring of 2021, more than a week after the attacks

I agree with every word of this. Having been inside one of the Jewish communal organizations mentioned here, I can tell you that this article is accurate-sadly most large Jewish organizations are run by people who place their allegiance to the Democratic Party far above their allegiance, or concern for, the community. We need a new set of leaders in the American Jewish world.

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Boston Chabad Rabbi Stabbed Several Times, Attacker Apprehended by Police

A Boston Police cruiser. Photo: Ben Schumin / Wikimedia A Boston-area Chabad rabbi was in stable condition after being stabbed …

Of course, there is no description of the suspect. We all know what that means now.

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Palestinian activists in NYC: ‘We don’t want two states. We want ALL of it’

"Finally, the truth."

Like a lot of things on the left, they are starting to say the previously unsaid, but understood, parts out loud. Their defenders will still insist that this isn’t antisemitism, because NOTHING is to them because, like all racists/bigots they believe their view are justified.

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Jackie Mason: The 3 Constants in Life: Death, Taxes and Anti-Semitism

Well, it is happening again. My grandfather told me about it. My father told me about it. Every other Jew who came over from Europe told me about it. Even the New York Times told me about it. You got it, anti-Semitism and the persecution of Jews.

My dad took me to see Jackie Mason in New York in the 80s. It was just the two of us. Jackie Mason was hilarious that night, and he is absolutely correct here.

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'If you don't think antisemitism is real, wear a yarmulke for a week'

  Jewish outreach organization JewBelong.com is taking on antisemitism. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook and Twitter With antisemitism on the

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‘The Almighty Helped Me to Survive’: A Marine’s Tale From the Pacific Theater

When Bernard (Baruch) Haller enlisted in the United States Marines in 1941, he had two goals: to serve his country and to survive. To accomplish these goals, he knew that he’d need the help of a Higher Power. And so Haller, known to friends as Bernie, vowed then and there never to eat non-kosher meat and never to miss a day of tefillin.

As a Jew whose father served in WWII, this article really meant a lot to me.

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Volunteer Security Group Calls for Jewish Institutions to ‘Heed the Call’ After Vandal Attacks LA Synagogue and Kosher Restaurant

Evan Bernstein (l), now head of the Community Security Service (CSS), on the scene in Jersey City in the wake …

I’ve attended services at this synagogue, and have eaten at Pat’s dozens of times over almost 30 years. Where is the outrage form the liberal Jewish community, from non-Jewish liberals, from anti-racists? Antisemitism has exploded and, as always, the world is silent.

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Rise in antisemitism dispels the myth of American Jewish exceptionalism

What has transpired so many times throughout history – pogroms and officially condoned attacks on Jews – never came about overnight.

The author wasn’t the least surprised person in the world that the recent spat of antisemitism happened in America: I was. I’ve been warning about this for decades. Even more interesting was the, literally, total lack of response to the letter her friend sent to fake Jewish “leaders.” I have had that EXACT experience time and time again. The American Jewish community needs new, effective, brave, leadership. We DO NOT need, at all, more “statements,” “condemnations,” and “dialogues.” Most tellingly is that so many Americans stood silently as their fellow Americans were being attacked. This too I’ve experienced first hand.

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17,000 tweet 'Hitler was right,' and Big Tech barely reacts

It’s not surprising, if you’re familiar with Twitter, to see how an outspoken defender of the Jewish people may find herself in its crosshairs.

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How Social Media Validates Anti-Semitism by Censoring Everything but Anti-Semitism

People often forget that the very concept of political correctness was invented by Stalin's Soviet Union. Now... that social media companies have decided to become "Glavlit" -- to publish only material that is supposedly truthful and passes its

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The Sheikh Jarrah property dispute and the false claim of Israeli land discrimination

The claim that Israeli law permits Jews to reclaim ownership of lands they owned prior to 1948 but denies Palestinians such a right is false in every particular. 

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An Antisemitic Hate Wave Grows in Los Angeles

"Die Jew" and "Free Palestine."

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Throwing Israel Under The Bus Will Not Save American Jews

Israel and her people support every Diaspora Jewish community always, no questions asked.

For anyone who read this: I am not now, have never been, and NEVER WILL BE one of gnoses Jews. When Israel is in peril, as are ALL in peril. End of story. The biggest failing of the American Jewish community was in educating our children. Groups like the ADL, and the Jewish Federation are disaster that never put the actual needs of the Jewish community first. Their first thought is always what’s best for themselves as institutions and then what’s best for the Democratic Party. Thank G-d for Chabad reconnecting millions of us to our Judaism.

“IT TAKES A SPECIAL KIND OF BLINDNESS TO DISMISS THE FACT THAT HAMAS IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CALLING FOR THE GENOCIDE OF ALL JEWS, NOT JUST ISRAELIS. IT TAKES CLOSING ONE’S EYES NOT TO NOTICE THAT HAMAS IS PERFORMING A DOUBLE WAR CRIME BY FIRING OVER 3,500 ROCKETS FROM WITHIN ITS OWN CIVILIAN POPULATION ONTO ISRAEL’S CIVILIAN POPULATION.”

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US seeing wave of 'textbook anti-Semitism' amid Israel-Gaza tensions

From New York and California to Illinois and Utah, the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza has generated a disturbing backlash against American Jews – who have found themselves the targets of death threats, hate speech and violent physical attacks.

We need to organize, learn self defense, and arm ourselves. The era of the West as a safe haven is over.

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At Least Two Antisemitic Outrages by Pro-Palestinian Thugs in Los Angeles Reported in Last 48 Hours

Pro-Palestinian thugs verbally abused and attacked Jewish diners outside a restaurant in Los Angeles. Photo: Screenshot. Police in Los Angeles …

“Video of both incidents was widely shared on social media, with many users expressing disbelief and concern that pro-Palestinian protests are quickly degenerating into antisemitic violence and harassment.”

Really? They were in “disbelief”? These people hate us. Wake the hell up. This is such a typical reaction from the left-wing, Westside, non-religious reaction. How many of the people who are in “disbelief” voted for the president who praised Rashida Tlaib?

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Why Isn't There a Palestinian State?

Why don't the Palestinians have their own country? Is it the fault of Israel? Of the Palestinians? Of both parties? David Brog, Executive Director of the Maccabee Task Force, shares the surprising answers. Read David Brog's book, "Reclaiming Israel's Hist

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Hamas Tacitly Admits That Israel Is Only Hitting Military Targets

A screenshot of drone footage of a Jerusalem-area house damaged by Hamas rocket fire. Photo: Channel N12 screenshot. The official …

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Understanding the Sheikh Jarrah Property Dispute

The entrance to the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Photo: Tamar Hayardeni/Wikimedia. JNS.org – The current dispute in Jerusalem’s Sheikh …

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Antisemitic Terrorists Murdered My Brother,’ Claims Sister of Israeli Shot Dead in Baltimore, as Police Say Motive Was Robbery

Israeli citizen Efraim Gordon was shot dead while visiting Baltimore. Photo: courtesy of Gordon family. The sister of an Israeli …

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Scores Crushed to Death at Packed Lag BaOmer Event in Meron, Israel

Celebration at millennia-old holy site takes tragic turn in Israel’s worst-ever civil disaster

This is a tragic, extremely sad, hard to fathom day for Israel, Israelis, and all Jews. Please pray for the victims.

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Associated Press Changes Spelling of ‘Anti-Semitism’ to ‘Antisemitism,’ Joining Leading Experts

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The First Lesson of the Holocaust: The Jewish People Will Never Allow Anyone to Do This to Us Again

Iran parades missiles with the words: “Israel must be wiped off the map.” - The First Lesson of the Holocaust: The Jewish People Will Never Allow Anyone to Do This to Us Again

Never again means, or must mean, NEVER again.

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This Passover, a song of thanks

What do we need more these days than the protection and blessing of God? And what do we need today, more than peace between us, peace with our neighbors and peace with our world?

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Post-Covid Passover a Real Festival of Freedom Down Under

Australia and New Zealand welcome a pandemic-free holiday

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The Problem With Ethnic Studies Isn’t Just How It Treats Jews

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‘Who Needs the Daily Stormer When You’ve Got the New York Times?’: An Excellent Question

The headquarters of The New York Times. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. A Jewish organization worked tirelessly with non-Jewish allies to help …

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Why Did the Grammys Give a Platform to a Known Anti-Semite?

With the “awards” season in the entertainment industry in full swing, maybe we should all get honest and call these shows what they really are: Anti-Semitic and Anti-American propaganda....

Why? Because the people obsessed with equity, anti-racism, and “white supremacy” are all hypocrites.

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Anti-Semitism gets endorsed by the Grammys

Farrakhan-supporter Tamika Mallory was featured at the music awards show. Blame this legitimization of Jew-hatred on the critical race theory embraced by Jewish liberals.

Tamika Mallory is a racist and an antisemite. Continuing to embrace people like her exposes the total fraud of the “anti-racism” movement. It also exposes once again that hatred of Jews is always the socially acceptable form of bigotry.

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Marc Lamont Hill’s Vile Antisemitism and Duplicitous New Book

Marc Lamont Hill. Photo: Wayne Riley / Wikimedia Commons. Progressive academic/activist Marc Lamont Hill was famously fired from CNN in …

This guy is a vile antisemitic bigot. So of course, he’s still a professor and hasn’t been “cancelled.” As always, bigots and the ignorant will just (falsely) claim that people like me despise him because we won’t tolerate any critique of Israel. That’s their standard line: and it’s a lie. It’s also their primary excuse to justify, and then get away with, obvious bigotry. The hypocrisy of constantly whining about racism while totally ignoring antisemitism when it isn’t politically beneficial, is the most blatantly obvious and massive hypocrisy of the era.

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Want to Represent Orthodox Jews Accurately? Take This Test Before Production Begins - Jew In The City

In light of NBC’s recent pulling of the controversial episode after misrepresenting Orthodox Judaism in their show “Nurses,” Jew and the City has helped to create THE JOSEPHS TEST: A quick checklist for creators and viewers of media of Orthodox Jewish nar

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Who’s Legitimizing the Antisemitic Vaccine Blood Libel?

Saturday Night Live cast member Michael Che in a sketch accused of being antisemitic, Feb. 20, 2021. Photo: Twitter. JNS.org …

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Now the Israel Haters Turn on Facebook

Linda Sarsour. Photo: Festival of Faiths via Wikimedia Commons. You can say you don’t like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, …

Social media makes it apparent just how acceptable antisemitism is to many people. Often the same people who claim to be “fighting” racism. Jews are the most attacked ethnic group in human history and the most attacked religious minority in the United States. That doesn’t stop these people from spewing their hypocritical hate.

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'Grey's Anatomy' And 'Nurses': Negative Portrayals Of Orthodox Jews Are Symptomatic Of A Bigger Problem

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Great, and extremely accurate, article.

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Religious Jews are a misogynist, anti-medicine cult, according to @NBC show "Nurses" (video)

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NBC seems to be intent on normalizing antisemitism. Obviously, they would never get away with it if they similarly stereotyped blacks, gays, women, etc. The fact is that the media has been characterizing religious Jews like this for decades. They get away with it because millions of ignorant people believe the portrayals. They are just as ridiculous as any other racist/bigoted ethnic stereotypes. The writers of these shows have never met actual religious Jews.

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It wasn't funny, Michael Che - Israel National News

All Israelis whether Muslim, Christian or Jew, are equally eligible for vaccine Almost 70% of Israeli Arabs over 60 were vaccinated. Op-ed.

Michael Che is a lowlife who should be fired and his career ended. If he had made similarly malicious comments about another ethnic group, that’s exactly what would be happening.

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Temple University Must Take Action Against Marc Lamont Hill

Marc Lamont Hill. Photo: Karga Fantasma. JNS.org – Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill, who was fired from CNN in …

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David Schoen's Water Drinking And The Hypocrisy Of The Closed-Minded "Open-Minded" People

Why is making fun of people's religious practices still OK in 2021? We supposedly got to a point about inclusivity and diversity .

I hate this kind of hypocrisy. Nasty comments about Jews, particularly religious Jews, remains the only acceptable form of minority bigotry, particularly for the side of the political spectrum that has disdain for religion.

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Daniel Pearl killing: Pakistan court frees man accused in beheading of U.S. journalist

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the release of a Pakistani man convicted and later acquitted in the gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl.

This is incredibly sad for the family. It is a travesty and proves, yet again, that Jewish life is cheap for most of the world. At this point in my life, I've learned that lesson way too many times. We are the last group that the world cares about. Yet marxist bigots in the US get their own flag, plazas, and billions of dollars to push Marxism in the name of "fighting racism."

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Describing Jews as 'Privileged,' California Ethnic Studies Curriculum Sparks Backlash

The latest draft of a state-mandated public school curriculum is generating concerns among Jewish groups, who say California's proposed ethnic studies agenda raises troubling questions about the treatment of Jews compared with other minorities. The draft

This is absurd, as we are the most targeted religious community in the United States, we are also, according to these people, “privileged.”

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Sheldon Adelson, Iconic Jewish Philanthropist and Political Donor, Dies at 87

FILE PHOTO: Gambling giant Las Vegas Sands Corp’s Chief Executive Sheldon Adelson speaks during a news conference in Macau, China …

Sheldon Adelson was a giant and he will be missed. He is irreplaceable. B”H one day I will have the resources to try to fill a tiny part of the philanthropic void he left.

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University of California Denounces Professor’s Anti-Semitic Tweets. But He’s Still Employed.

A University of California, Merced professor is facing disciplinary action for a range of anti-Semitic tweets that praised violent terror groups, advocated the destruction of Israel, and mocked the Holocaust, according to a full dossier of the instructor’

The “denouncing” is a show. If they were serious, he would have been fired. But like USC, and all of the UC schools: antisemitism isn’t just accepted, it’s trendy.

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Maker of Gold's horseradish, Fox's U-Bet syrups to shutter LI plant

The maker of Gold's horseradish and Fox's U-Bet syrups plans to shutter its Hempstead plant and lay off 48 employees, according to a state filing. Gold's Pure Foods LLC will sell its equipment and vac

This is not good. Another venerable company destroyed by Covid. My dad grew up in Brooklyn in the 30s/40s. At one point he worked at a soda fountain. He always told us that it wasn’t a real egg cream without Fox’s U-bet.

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Bob Dylan’s ‘Neighborhood Bully’ Gets Memory-Holed

Me, I romp and stomp/Thankful as I romp/Without freedom of speech/I might be in the swamp

I as at sure of this should go in “Music,” “Social Media,” or in this Topic. “Neighborhood Bully” is one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs and I loved it when it came out when I was in high school. It is one of the few examples of anJewish musician bravely, and proudly, announcing his love for Israel. More than gang, he was telling the truth about the world’s attitude toward Israel. Now pride in Israel, and honesty about it, is labeled “hate speech.” Which is exactly why used to play it when I (occasionally) DJ I play it. I live that it would offend the Israel haters. If it offended people-that made me live it even more.


And of course YouTube, a major advocate, and culprit, for censorship is only to happy to push the far left’s antisemitic attitude toward the Jewish state. That kind of censor his only one of the reasons why we started Moptu. That kind of censorship will never happen here. If you’ve never heard “Neighborhood Bully,” I encourage you to listen to it and find the lyrics.

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This Chanukah Had An Antisemitic Attack For Each Day Of The Holiday - Jew In The City

As we publicized the miracle of Chanukah this week, there was, unfortunately, an antisemitic attack to number each day of the holiday. As our enemies rise up to destroy us, may we find renewed commitment to our heritage and pride.

Antisemitism has been in the rise forever several years. Jews are, by far, the most victimized religious group, I terms of hate crimes, in the country. Yet we are continually told that we (some of us) have “privilege,” and that the real problem is “Islamaphobia.” It’s an absurd level of hypocrisy that is itself antisemitic, and normalizes antisemitism. Jews need to wake up. Woke intersectionalism is a poison that has institutionalized hatred toward Jews and Israel. IT is the reason for increased attacks on Jews. Worse, it’s the reason why almost no one notices.

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Why the cultural elite truly despises Hanukkah

Well, because Hanukkah is about as out of step with the contemporary elite consensus as any religious tradition can be.

Chanukah is not about “religious tolerance,” or “freedom of religion.” It is about Jewish pride and the right for Jews to worship as Jews as part of a Jewish nation. It’s also about being proud of who you are and NOT allowing the trends of the day to change that.

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The First Hanukkah Light in Bergen Belsen - Chanukah

A wooden clog became a hanukkiah; strings from a uniform, a wick; and shoe polish, pure oil.

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Modern Maccabees: Scope of Jewish resistance to Nazis highly underestimated

Display at London’s Wiener Holocaust Library from December 8 reveals often underestimate rescue efforts and armed uprisings, as Jews fought back against their persecutors

I’ve never understood why these stories aren’t better known. We get movies like “Schindler’s List” about non-Jews saving Jewish lives, but very little, aside from “Defiance” and a few TV movies many years ago, about the many many examples of Jewish resistance. Schindler, and those like him, was a hero. But the perception that Jews went to their deaths without fighting back is wrong.

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Banner Over Busy Tehran Street Reads, ‘Thank You, Mossad’

An Israeli flag draped over a sign in Tehran that reads: “Thank you, Mossad.” Photo: Twitter. JNS.org – In what …

I’ve been saying for many years that the Iranian people despise their regime and have a pro-west mindset that differs significantly than that of their Arab neighbors. This doesn’t surprise me.

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DC Accidentally Made Batman Jewish (But Doesn't Talk About It)

When DC introduced Batman's Jewish cousin, Kate Kane, they inadvertently made Bruce Wayne Jewish as well, according to religious tradition.

Ok, a few caveats about this:

1. Even he converted, Bruce Wayne would be Jewish. There is no “converting away” in Judaism. Once you are halachically Jewish (Jewish according to Jewish law), there is no way to change that status.

2. It’s absurd (and pathetic that the writer needed to make this case) that Bruce Wayne is “white” (whatever that means) because he hasn’t faced adversity. There are millions of white people who face every form of adversity. Discrimination, poverty, addiction are part of the experience of every race/ethnicity and have zero to do with race (which is itself an outmoded and primitive idea).

3. Jews, and I am Jewish, are NOT white. All of us, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, and Mizrahi originate at some point in the Middle East. The only exception would be converts that have no genetically Jewish ancestors. So it’s the height of absurdity to claim that Arabs, for example, are not white, or that some Jews are not white, and that other Jews are. Finally, Jews have been harassed, attacked, and murdered for millennia for not being “white.” We didn’t suddenly become white because pretending we’re white is a convenient political narrative for some quarters of the political culture. If you don’t think it’s absurd, a Jew from Mexico, with an identical Jewish immigrant background to me, would be considered a “Hispanic Jew,” while I, from across the border, am white.” If that makes sense to you, your logic skills are not fully developed.

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Outrage Erupts at Antisemitism Panel Featuring Noted Antisemites

And advertisement for an upcoming panel co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace. Photo: screenshot. Outrage erupted on Twitter over the …

JVP is as Jewish as a pork sandwich in a church. You can’t have a panel on antisemitism in which the panelists are themselves antisemites. This is typical though. Immune for me high schools, Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, just held an “anti-racism” panel with antisemites on it. You have to be absolutely delusional to not see the massive hypocrisy.

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Israel Announces Deal With Pfizer to Buy Coronavirus Vaccine

Small bottles labeled with ‘Vaccine COVID-19’ stickers and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken on April 10, …

So I think it’s fair to thank Operation Warp Speed for this too.

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‘It’s Very Scary’ — Florida Jewish High School Student Expresses Fear Over Reinstatement of Principal in Holocaust Denial Scandal

William Latson, the Florida high school principal who told a parent, ‘not everyone believes the Holocaust happened.’ Photo: Screenshot. The …

Of course they’re scared. Antisemitism, and Holocaust denial is absolutely a manifestation of antisemitism, is quickly and dramatically becoming normalized across the nation. Both my formal high school and university openly tolerate hatred of Jews.

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Join Us in Praying for (and Learning From) Rabbi Sacks

If you read Chabad.org, or if you follow the happenings of the Jewish world, it is virtually impossible for you not to have been touched by the writings, teachings or example of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, former chief rabbi of the British Commonwealth.

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‘These Ultra-Orthodox Communities Are Very Powerful Politically’: New York Governor Cuomo Angers Orthodox Jews With Latest Coronavirus Comments

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Photo: Reuters / Mike Segar / File. Orthodox Jews in New York have reacted angrily …

Andrew Cuomo is an antisemite. He is an old fashioned, typical, we’ve seen it a million times before, Jew hater. I have MANY friends in the Chasidic community in Brooklyn. They take coronavirus VERY seriously. They, like all New Yorkers, were hit hard by Cuomo’s inept, deadly and totally failed policies at the beginning of the pandemic.

This sums it up perfectly:

“Orthodox Jews also don’t want to be living in a ghetto again, where different rules are tailored for their community. You just need to listen to Cuomo & De Blasio, to hear how their color-coded neighborhoods are all about the Jews. Never again is never again.”

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Florida High School Principal Fired for Saying 'Not Everyone Believes The Holocaust Happened' Could Be Rehired

William Latson. Photo: Screenshot of WPTV News segment. A Florida high school principal who was fired last November for telling …

So many schools have this double standard. USC, where my undergrad degree is from, recently did absolutely nothing as a professor openly promoted Holocaust denial, and Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, my former high school, both brazenly tolerate antisemitism from students, alumni and faculty. All while pretending to loose racism.

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Furor in California School District Over High School Students' 'Nazi-Style' List of Jews

Redwood High School in Marin County, California. Nearly 6,000 people have signed a petition urging school authorities in Marin County, …

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Rabbi to Blow Rosh Hashanah Shofar in Two Countries at the Same Time

Observing the holiday on an island split by the coronavirus pandemic

First, Chabad is everywhere. Thank G-d. Second, this is one of the most Chabad things I have ever heard.

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5780 in Review: A Year of Pain and Loss—and of Kindness and Community - The stories that helped define the year

As nearly every aspect of the world around us was changing in this year of global pandemic, Chabad.org/News worked to provide unique perspectives on the unfolding tragedy and unfathomable loss of life, while at the same time reporting on the outpourings of kindness and humanity from every part of the globe. With the Jewish year 5780 coming to a close, here is a look at some of the stories that defined it, as featured on Chabad.org/News.

Shanah tovah! May we all have a healthy and happy 5781! I am sure that we’re walk slightly relieved that the last year is over.

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Study: More than one in 10 Americans under 40 thinks Jews caused the Holocaust

Holocaust knowledge particularly low in New York, despite state having the largest population of Jews in the US

This is just pathetic. In New York it’s nearly 1 in 5. Our education system is terrible, but this happened because teaching Jewish history, WWII, and European history doesn’t happen at all in American schools. Antisemitism hit record levels in recent years. The total lack of recognition of “Jewish” as a separate ethnic identity (as opposed to the ridiculous and dishonest ideas of “white Jews” or “Jews of color”) is part of the reason why both are happening. Bigoted Jewish stereotypes are becoming normalized (again) because there is very little being taught that is authentically Jewish. The result is ignorance.

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Marking 'dawn of new Middle East,' Israel signs historic deals with UAE, Bahrain | The Times of Israel

Trump speaks of 'changing course of history,' Netanyahu hopes for end to Arab-Israeli conflict 'once and for all,' while Gulf FMs pledge commitment to Palestinian cause

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Wake Up America, and Smell the Anti-Semitism

Americans of all races and political outlooks revile and attack Jews with unprecedented glee, while American Jews would rather talk about anything else

I RARELY post articles from Tablet, and I wish this one had dealt more honestly with democrats embrace of Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, the BDS movement, and the role of intersectionalism in antisemitism.

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NYPD Rabbi Mugged on the Upper West Side

The attacker took the cash but dropped the wallet fast when he saw the rabbi's police shield.

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How Amar'e Stoudemire Became An Orthodox Jew - Jew in the City

Jew In The City makes engaging and meaningful Orthodox Judaism known and accessible to Jewish people, reversing negative associations about religious Jews.

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Too many American Jews are turning a blind eye to Antisemitism

No Jewish organization in the USA (exceot the ZOA) has the fortitude to publicly confront egregious acts of antisemitism. Opinion.

I agree with every word of this. I have worked for, and been involved with, many of these organizations. They are weak, useless, naive and often cowardly. ZOA is the exception. We need more Jewish organizations with teeth.

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College leaders, you must put an end to Jew-hatred on campus

Universities must make it clear that if you harass students due to their Jewish or pro-Israel identity,  you will bear consequences.Op-ed.

My elite (“elitist” is more accurate these days) high school, Crossroads School for the Arts & Sciences, and my university, the University of Southern California, both encourage antisemitism by tolerating and ignoring it. And ignoring the few voices of Jewish alumni willing to speak out. This is a serious problem.

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‘Jews Want A Race War’ sign hung on overpass of busy LA freeway

Local branch of ADL says it is working with police to identify who was behind banner, which appears linked to website Goyimtv.com

The usual people at the usual agencies express their outrage and then nothing changes. Why wasn’t there a group of Jews up there IMMEDIATELY confronting the people who did this AND taking it down. Instead it’s always statements and “outrage.” If we learned ANYTHING from the Shoah is that we have to confront the thugs, we need action not endless discussion.

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Antisemitic Protests Outside Michigan Synagogue Are Allowed, District Judge Rules

A protester holds an antisemitic sign outside the Beth Am Synagogue in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Photo: Witnesses for Peace. Antisemitic …

“The demonstrations, featuring signs that say “Jewish Power Corrupts” and “Resist Jewish Power,” have been taking place during Shabbat services at Beth Israel Synagogue in Ann Arbor.”

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Tolerating Jew Hatred: The Only Seemingly Acceptable Form Of Public Discrimination

The University of Southern California campus. Photo: Padsquad19 via Wikimedia Commons. Another Jew. Another resignation letter. Even the high numbers …

I am a graduate from two of Los Angeles’ most respected and “exclusive” schools: my high school, Crossroads School for the Arts & Sciences, and USC. Both pretend that antisemitism doesn’t exist, while at the same time doing, literally everything possible, to push a progressive agenda that has no place for the acknowledgment of Jews as a unique people and minority, or antisemitism. Ironically, the given reason is always that Jews are “white” and therefore are the problem. Acknowledging antisemitism destroys that narrative. So hatred of Jews and Israel are allowed to flourish in these places. I know the first real antisemitism I experienced was at USC way back in the 80s. It has only become more common since then.

“Another Jew. Another resignation letter. Even the high numbers of assaults and murders perpetrated against Jews haven’t slowed the growing onslaught of the only seemingly acceptable form of public discrimination: Jew-hatred."

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StandWithUs Condemns Antisemitism That Led to USC Student Leader's Resignation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2020 (Los Angeles, CA -- August 6th, 2020) -- StandWithUs is deeply disappointed to learn that a Jewish student at University of Southern California (USC) has stepped down from student government as a result of antisemitic

This absurd. When will Jewish “leaders” lead instead of issuing never ending statements that no one, except those part of the organizations that issue these things, cafes about. I am a graduate of USC. They looked the other way on antisemitism decades ago when I was there. In fact, the first time I experienced real antisemitism was at USC-and it happened regularly while I was there. They had a Holocaust denier as a professor a few years ago and couldn’t be bothered to even acknowledge it. Jewish students are routinely harassed there. The school needs to face real consequences for its acceptance of bigotry and hate towards Jews. A “statement” will not accomplish that.

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Jewish World Mourns Passing of Renowned Talmudic Scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz