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Manhattan D.A. Prosecuted Just 21 Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes in Past Decade

Records from the Manhattan district attorney's office indicate D.A. Cyrus Vance prosecuted just 13 individuals for anti-Semitic hate crimes between 2017 and 2019, less than half of those arrested in his jurisdiction during that time and a bare 6 percent o

“These new data raise questions about the seriousness with which the Manhattan D.A. office has taken anti-Semitism in its jurisdiction.” Obviously. The truth is that no one takes antisemitism seriously. The hypocrisy surrounding the issue is massive.

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America’s Largest Population of Holocaust Survivors Is Endangered by the Coronavirus as Crown Heights and Borough Park Shut Down

The pandemic inflicts miseries that are particular to each place it visits

Heartbreaking. I’ve spent a lot of time in these neighborhoods, especially Crown Heights. It is one of the most lively neighborhoods, with some of the best people, in the United States.

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BDS THIS: 'In a few weeks' Israel will have coronavirus vaccine

Once the vaccine is developed, it will take at least 90 days to complete the regulatory process and potentially more to enter the marketplace.

Boom!

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Israeli Embassy Rips 'Vile' Spanish Parade Show for 'Banalizing' Holocaust

The controversial parade show in Campo de Criptana, Spain. Photo: YouTube screenshot (via Europa Press). The Israeli Embassy in Spain …

Spain is incredibly antisemitic. So, once again, the more things change...

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The Rot Inside American Jewish Organizations

Something unusual happened in the world of Arab–Israeli negotiations early this year: The Palestinians were given a reason to come to the negotiating table.

Having followed, been unhinges with, or world for these kinds of organizations most of my adult life, I can say that this article is accurate.

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Star of David Now Marks Graves in Philippines of Fallen World War II US Jewish Soldiers

The grave of US Army Pvt. Louis Wolf — one of five graves belonging to fallen Jewish soldiers in the …

It’s about time.

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Rather than drifting away, over two-thirds of US Jews feel tie to Israel -- poll | The Times of Israel

8 out of 10 survey respondents say they are pro-Israel; Netanyahu's support of Trump tops list of reasons Jewish Americans are critical of Israeli policies

That number should still be higher, but it proves that the Jews on the far left who claim that American Jewish support for Israel had faded are lying. Which isn’t a surprise.

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National Review & Bias Against The Chasidic Community: Yes, Jewish Lives Matter

Like mainstream newspapers, Zachary Evans’s article recycled many tropes about Chassidim. More concerning is National Review’s institutional response.

Having spent lots of time, and having many friends, in the Chassidic community, I can tell you that this article nails it (although I have never met a Chasid who “hates the IDF”). Unfortunately, the issue with the National Review proves, again, that Jews can be as unwelcome on the right as we are on the left, although Antisemitism is becoming far more common, and accepted, on the left.

“What does bloc voting have to do with antisemitism? Why is it even in the article?
Someone who knew the community might have written an actual description of Haredi life: The degree to which violent crime falls to near-zero in Chassidic neighborhoods, property values shoot up when they move in, tax rolls are filled (every Chassidic kid enrolled in a Yeshiva rather than public school saves the state about $25,000), and communal services such as ambulance corps (available to all) flourish. Evans might have pointed out that Chassidim in Kiryas Yoel (an all-Chassidic town) make perfectly average incomes, despite a near common-consensus by outsiders to the contrary.”

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Newly-Unveiled Trump Peace Plan Envisions Palestinian State With East Jerusalem Capital

US President Donald Trump points past Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they discuss a Middle East peace plan proposal …

The Palestinians have a state already, it’s called “Jordan.” What they’ve wanted since 1948 is no Jewish state. The proof of that obvious fact is their rejection of every single peace deal ever offered, going back to the creation of Israel itself (when Arabs chose war over the state that was offered at the time).

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Saying 'Never Again' Means Nothing If It's Not Backed Up With Actions

In the case of the Holocaust, it’s easy for anyone today to insist he would’ve fought on the side of justice. But how many people flatter themselves?

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Pride And Anxiety: 23 American Jews on choosing to wear their Jewishness

American Jews talk about wearing their Jewishness, as a response to rising anti-Semitism.

I normally wouldn’t post something form the Forward. Honestly, I believe that they are usually more a part of the problem than the solution. This article really resonated with me though. I asked my parents for my first “Chai” when I was about 12. Then I asked for a Magen David. The reason was that the chain on the Chai was too long and people couldn’t see it. Older people warned me, a kid, not to wear it because they came from the generation that was taught that your Jewishness was “private.” Except my dad, a WWII vet, a guy who grew up dirt poor during the depression, in Brooklyn- ALWAYS sore his Chai, every day of his life, and never cared who saw it. My family was also very close to two Survivors who lost everything in the Shoah. They had numbers tattooed on their arms. They had no choice in whether they had to “wear” their Jewishness.

That was almost 40 years ago. A few years ago, I bought a hipper looking Magen David. It mostly sat in a drawer. Lately I’ve been wearing it, very visibly, more. A lot more. I have NEVER shied away from expressing my Jewishness in many ways over the years. That includes walking through the streets of Paris with a kippah on after I was warned not to. If people don’t like it: TOO BAD. I’ve been called a “heeb,” a “kike,” an “f’ing Jew,” and more and have been in several “unpleasant” situations. I don’t care. Am Yisrael Chai baby. Being scared and appeasing them NEVER has worked, won’t work now, and will never work. Be Jewish, be proud, never ever be afraid, be brave, trust in Hashem, and never, ever, no matter what, hide who we are.

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David French on Antisemitism: ‘And No One Will Make Them Afraid'

When Jews are under violent attack for building a home in this land, it repudiates the American promise.

Insightful piece by David French on the insidious nature of rising antisemitism and the promise of America. Please share it.

"I never thought I’d see the day when dear friends plotted ways to be less “visibly Jewish” before walking onto a subway car, going to the grocery store, or just playing in the park. I never thought I’d see the day when random street attacks on Jews were so common that activists and journalists could create security camera compilations of Jews being beaten in the streets. This is a grave breach of the American promise. It’s a grave assault on America’s most fundamental values. "

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Last Auschwitz survivors speak: 'We haven't won, but we've taught our grandkids'

Heart-wrenching testimonies from survivors living in Israel, as the Jewish state prepares to host world leaders on the 75th anniversary of the death camp's liberation

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Jersey City Kosher Market Shooters Were Carrying Devastating Bomb, Officials Disclose

Police officers and local residents near the scene of the Dec . 10 attack on a kosher supermarket in Jersey …

Amazing how quickly the mainstream media dropped this story. They didn’t even cover, at all, this major development.

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Auschwitz Memorial Twitter account minimizes Polish complicity for the Holocaust

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Poland has launched a massive campaign to portray Poles as victims of the Holocaust no less than Jews, and even goes so far as to claim that the Poles were “heroes” of the Holocaust who spent most of the war attempting to rescue Jews. Amazingly, the Auschwitz Museum is complicit in this.

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Ami Horowitz Hits The Ground In Brooklyn To Highlight NYC’s Shocking Anti-Semitism

Recently, documentary filmmaker and tongue-in-cheek former 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Ami Horowitz hit the ground running in Brooklyn to highlight the increasingly unavoidable anti-Semitism epidemic currently plaguing New York City. Horo

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After Monsey, it's time to say Jewish lives also matter

A horrific attack on the Jewish community in Monsey, N. Y., took place on Saturday, the seventh night of Hanukkah,

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BREAKING: Mass Stabbing Attack Reported At New York Synagogue

A mass stabbing attack was reported at a synagogue in New York late on Saturday night as multiple videos on social media showed a large response from law enforcement and emergency services. Orthodox website Vos Iz Neias reported that “a black male e

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Jewish Studies academic writes about the Title VI Executive Order. Apparently, he never actually read it.

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How Trump’s executive order on antisemitism originated in Harry Reid’s office

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today that will formally adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.  Details: The measure, which penalizes colleges and universities under federal

Oops! So it turns out that the process began with democrats. What would the reaction from the people yelling “Antisemitism!” be if a republican POTUS has signed this? He would have been praised ENDLESSLY for fighting for Jewish Americans. From the article:

“Behind the scenes: Wednesday’s signing is the culmination of a multi-year effort led by an influential group of Jewish Democrats and a private equity businessman from New York.”

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Elder Of Ziyon - Apparently, protecting Jews from antisemitism is now considered antisemitic

From the NYT (I am not going to fisk the article itself, which is biased towards BDS in unreal ways:)

The criticisms of this is absolutely INSANE. People need to wake up. There are far more important issues at stake that demand gay more than simply opposing anything Trump says. For all of the critics: GROW UP.

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Hallmark’s making some Hanukkah movies. The only problem? They’re anti-Semitic.

These holiday specials are really Christmas movies with Jewish characters, and they draw on old, dangerous tropes.

For the record, I don’t agree that President Trump invoked a “trope” when he referred to someone doing some shifty things as “shifty.” Remarking on someone Jewish in unflattering ways isn’t itself antisemitic. However, the idea that Chanukah is “merely” Jewish Xmas or that Jews are somehow “missing out” by not celebrating Xmas is absurd. We literally have holidays every month of the year except one and in some cases-multiple holidays. That they also felt compared to make the Jewish characters into cliches worthy of the worst types of antisemitic European tropes is disgusting. Hallmark shouldn’t be making movies about holidays that they do NOT understand, and don’t lend themselves to sugary, sappy, empty confections of predictable, mindless nonsense.

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Israeli team uses silicon chip to deliver Alzheimer's-busting protein to brain

In Technion, Bar-Ilan trials, nanochip ferries 'neural growth factor' -- which combats neurodegenerative diseases -- and releases it where needed, overcoming blood-brain barrier

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Columbia University to Hold Israel Divestment Referendum; Supporters Chant ‘From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free’

The Columbia College Student Council (CCSC) meets on Nov. 24, 2019. Photo: Screenshot / CCSC. Student leaders at Columbia University …

Whenever anyone says "From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free," they are calling for the destruction of Israel. The river is the Jordan and the sea is the Mediterranean. So this isn't a call for a free "Palestinian" state, but for an Arab state that exists in the absence of Israel. It is pure antisemitism. Yet it is allowed to be used, and is legitimized, constantly on college campuses. There is no way that if students called for the destruction of any other nation (the one exception is America), this wouldn't be tolerated. But it's the Jews, and the people who allow and participate in this are racists, so it's not only allowed, but considered to be virtuous.

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Poland Asks Netflix to Make Changes to Documentary About Nazi Death Camp Guard

Convicted Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk leaves a courtroom in Munich after the verdict in his case, May 12, …

I am SO sick of Holocaust revisionism and revisionists. Hitler placed dozens of camps in Poland because he knew that the Poles were even more antisemitic than the Germans. There were pogroms in Poland AFTER the Holocaust. So the idea that the poor Poles were also unwitting victims of the Nazis is absolutely false. Poland’s history of vehement and disgusting antisemitism goes back centuries.

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A Brazilian soccer team wore Stars of David on their jerseys as a tribute to Kristallnacht

The jerseys will be auctioned and the funds donated to the Sao Paulo Holocaust Memorial.

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How BDS Mainstreamed Antisemitism on the American Campus — and Beyond

Students Supporting Israel and Reservists on Duty protests the SJP National Conference at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities / …

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For pro-Palestinian activists on U.S. campuses, the Holocaust is cancelled

Denounce Zionism, or we'll downgrade the Holocaust: That's the message of the Benedictine College activists who tried to bully a Holocaust survivor into backing their campaign

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“Students for Justice in Palestine" proud of harassing a Holocaust survivor

This video was proudly uploaded by a branch of Students for Justice in Palestine.

Disgusting. This woman has called for another Jewish genocide and she’s allowed to remain on campus. IMAGINE if a Jewish student had said something similar. Antisemitism is FAR more common, and the statistics back this up, than “Islamaphobia,” yet (in some quarters) it is an issue that is almost never raised (except when it can be exploited for political gain). This person should be treated like the human garbage she is. That’s true for the rest of the SJP membership as well.

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The Dog Tag Dilemma

In September 1990 I went off to defend a country that I was prohibited from entering. The “Jewish” on my dog tag remained as clear and unmistakable as the American star on the hood of every Army truck . . .

I love this story. There are stories about the guys from WWII dealing with issues like this too. There are lots of stories of brave, proud, men declining to hide the "Jewish" status on their tags. I would like to think that I would have done the same.

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One in Four Germans Believe Jews 'Have Too Much Power,' New Survey Reveals

A ‘kippah rally’ in Berlin in April expressing solidarity with Germany’s Jewish community. Photo: Reuters / Fabrizio Bensch. A World …

The more things change...

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Why there is no separating anti-Zionist agitation from Jew-hatred

Forward opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon got a shock last week when she discovered while taking part in a conference at

None of us even slightly surprising. We see repeatedly that anti-Zionism is identical to Antisemitism in its execution, strategy, and cause as pure Antisemitism. The claim that it’s about Jews and not Israel is only believable to the ignorant and antisemitic. It’s actually absolutely absurd. This incident is just the latest example. Jews need to wake up. Antisemitism never declined-it just became less socially acceptable. Now it’s not only acceptable, but lauded by some to the point that it’s even “hip” among certain groups to hate Jews.

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Vandals smash windows of Brooklyn synagogue during Rosh Hashanah prayers

Mayor condemns 'shocking act of hate,' says police will find young women seen hurling milk crates at Williamsburg house of worship

But Islamaphobia is the REAL problem, right? All bigotry is equally wrong. Period. However, Jews are targeted FAR more than any other religious group in the US. That is a fact. Yet, its almost ever talked about. The reason is obvious. Antisemitism isn't nearly as "profitable" politically as nearly every other form of bigotry. The reason for that is that most American Jews are "white" (whatever that is supposed to mean), and therefore destroy the narrative of the race-obsessed far left. (Which is exactly why the far left likes to diminish the Holocaust-the most horrific genocide in human history proves that skin color isn't the sole criteria of heinous evil)

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Israeli Exit Polls: No Majority for Netanyahu, Blocs Essentially Tied, Lieberman Kingmaker

The results of the exit polls are shown on a screen at Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party headquarters, following …

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Why The Antisemitic Hate-Crime Spike in New York City Has Nothing to Do with White Supremacy

Many liberals downplay hate crimes that don’t fit their narrative. A better approach would be consistency: We should vigorously pursue hate-crime perpetrators regardless of who they -- or the victims -- are.

I've spent lots of time in some of the neighborhoods that have been affected, particularly in Crown Heights. These attacks aren't being taken seriously by NY politicans, the media, and the public because 1. These are Jews 2. These are mostly Hassidic Jews 3. And this is the main one: it doesn't fit those politicians political narrative. Therefore law enforcement is doing next to nothing. Hassidic Jews are "white" (according the left's ridiculous definition of that term) and overwhelmingly conservative, add that to the endemically antisemitic views held by many of these same people and their reaction has been a near total non reaction. They only care about the "minorities" that they can exploit.

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Israel Bars Entry to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Rightfully So.

Israel was absolutely right to bar entry to US congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.

My first thought was that Israel should allow them in because Israel is FAR stronger than these two. But their itinerary made it clear, as does every word that either has ever uttered (or refused to utter in terms of acknowledging Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state) about Israel, that neither had any intention but to use the trip as a propaganda tool in their ongoing efforts to damage Israel.

"Israeli law requires Israel’s interior minister to bar foreign nationals who “knowingly issued a public call to boycott the state of Israel” or have “pledged to participate in said boycott.” Both Reps. Omar and Tlaib publicly support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement; under Israeli law, they are likely categorically barred from entering Israel; there are no special exceptions within the law for politicians.

Despite this mandate from the Knesset, the Israeli government was planning to allow Omar and Tlaib to enter; Ambassador Dermer stated last month that “[o]ut of respect for the U.S. Congress and the great alliance between Israel and America, we would not deny entry to any member of Congress into Israel.” But that decision was made before Omar and Tlaib’s itinerary became public.

According to a report from the Washington Post, the pair planned to visit East Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron — all cities under Palestinian control. They had also refrained from scheduling any official meetings with the Israeli government."

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Should American Jews Speak Hebrew? – Tablet Magazine

Before 1948, David Ben-Gurion used to joke about Zionism’s future: How will we know when we have become a real country like the rest of the world? When Jewish thieves and Jewish prostitutes conduct their business in Hebrew—and Hebrew-speaking policeme

For me the answer is absolutely "yes." Yet I don't speak fluent Hebrew. I've tried to learn many times. The reality, at least for me, and I imagine many others. is that it's very difficult to learn a language unless you're immersed in it, or have a special aptitude for languages. I wasn't blessed with that ability. But should we all learn it? Yes.

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WATCH: Paul Anka in Israel: I Told BDS to F*** Off! | Israellycool

Legendary American crooner Paul Anka is performing in Israel tonight. Ahead of the show, he was interviewed by Israeli television.

Yeah he did. I saw him here in L.A. this Spring and he was phenomenally good. Not “for his age.” Just good. He seemed like a nice guy. Now I KNOW I like him!

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OMG, Just Shut Up: An Open Letter to Linda Sarsour | Jewish Journal

Dear Linda Sarsour, This is an appeal to you on behalf of the Jewish community for you to stop speaking for us, about us or to us.  I know you’ve ignored

The single best article I have ever read about Sarsour & why her brand of antisemitism is so insidious. The same type of nouveau Jew hatred wielded every single day by the people who promote BDS.

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FINALLY: Twitter Says 2018 Tweet in Which Farrakhan Compared Jews to Termites Violates New Rules

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Photo: Reuters / Rebecca Cook. Twitter on Tuesday said it was requiring Nation of …

It's way past time for this to happen. Farrakhan is a pig.

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The Long Legacy of the Shoah in Scandinavia – Tablet Magazine

Within the Northern European countries that make up Scandinavia there has been a revival of active scholarship and popular interest into the treatment of Jews during World War II. The subject is very much alive in these countries and much more so than in

This is fascinating, although I am disappointed that the story of the Danish King confronting the Nazis is basically not true. The bottom line is that if other occupied countries had acted differently: millions more of us would have survived. The stories of Denmark and Sweden, but not Norway, name that clear.

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The real Birthright: Inheriting our Jewish story | The Jerusalem post

These sleights of hands and oversights rest on a bigger distortion – the barrage of claims that young American Jews are abandoning Israel.

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Wiesenthal Center Calls AOC’s Concentration Camp Remarks ‘Insult to Victims of the Shoah’

When the Wiesenthal Center, Yad Vashem, The Auschwitz Museum etc. are all calling you out as insulting and offensive: it’s time to apologize. She won’t because she is ignorant and an egomaniac with the maturity of an adolescent.

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Leading Canadian Jewish Group Decries Passage of Bill Banning Religious Symbols

A Star of David. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. A leading Canadian Jewish group has decried Monday’s passage by the National Assembly …

This is ridiculous. And what happens when you have no Constitutionally protected right to expression and/or uncontrolled political correctness is allowed to take place. This isn’t “tolerance” - it’s fascism. If you can’t handle someone else wearing a religious symbol: grow up.

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John Cusack blames 'bot' after sharing anti-Semitic tweet

Actor John Cusack is facing backlash on Monday for a tweet critics are calling anti-Semitic, which he later blamed on a "bot." 

Another progressives antisemite. “Surprise.” His anemic non-apology apology just further made him look like what he is: another Jew hater on the far left. I used to like this guy’s films, now he is just another Hollywood egomaniac who yammers about everything while understanding nothing.

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Why Neo-Nazis Love The BDS Movement So Much

'Stop Zionism!' 'Israel is our misfortune!' Who said it: 'progressive' supporters of the boycott Israel movement – or U.S. white supremacists and German neo-Nazis?

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Hero of Jewish Uprising at Sobibor Death Camp Passes Away in Israel at Age 96 | Jewish & Israel News

An aging road sign on the perimeter of the Nazi death camp in Sobibor. Photo: Reuters / Kacper Pempel. The …

He recalled being pointedly asked by Pechersky whether he was capable of killing a man with an ax. “I cannot murder a man,” Rosenfeld answered. “But I can kill a Nazi.”

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Palestinian Uber driver in L.A. kicks 2 Jewish women out of his car | The Jerusalem post

The driver, named Mustafa, asked the women where they were coming from after they sat in the back seat.

Antisemitism is getting worse everywhere. That’s what happens when lies about us, mainstreamed as “anti-Zionism” becomes socially acceptable.

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Why Anti-Zionism Worse than Anti-Semitism | Jewish Journal

I always get suspicious when I hear someone flaunt their pro-Israel credentials by saying, “I firmly believe in Israel’s right to exist.” Gee, thanks. I firmly believe in your right to exist, too.

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UCLA Student Gov’t Passes Resolution Defending SJP From Antisemitism Claims | Jewish & Israel News

The entrance of UCLA. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Student government representatives at the University of California, Los Angeles, passed a resolution …

SJP is a racist organization funded in part by terrorists. It’s allowed to remain because antisemitism isn’t an issue for intersectional leftists. It would be exactly like if the KKK has chapters on campuses all over the country and people claimed that just by virtue of calling them “racist,” you yourself are the racist. It is 100% absurd.

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UCLA Guest Lecturer Calls Zionists White Supremacists

During a guest lecture to a UCLA anthropology class on May 14, San Francisco State University Arab and Muslim Ethnicities...

This is appalling. But, the same thing was going on at USC when I was there a million yeas ago. USC and UCLA are BOTH bastions of antisemitism. I cut off ties with SC because of their refusal to even criticize a professor who supported Holocaust denial. UCLA is at least as bad. I wouldn't send my kids to either school.

"This was hate speech, there is no other way of classifying it. Watching an educator belittle a student to tears with such blatant ignorance leaves me to question the values UCLA wishes to uphold.”

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Israel Sign Defaced With Palestinian Slogans at UC San Diego Amid Reported Rise in ‘Hate Vandalism’ | Jewish & I

The defaced Israel sign at the University of California San Diego. Photo: Tritons For Israel. A sign celebrating Israel at …

We live in an era where antisemitism isn't just acceptable, it's becoming laudatory in many societal sectors.

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Rashida Tlaib's Lies Remind Us Why Israel Must Exist

The Palestinian tragedy is self-perpetuating. And it is led by people like Rashida Tlaib, who are unable to come to terms with history.

She’s lying to perpetuate the same genocidal narrative that her ancestors have been pushing for decades. That’s exactly why Israel is so crucial. There are people like Tlaib who will literally say anything to destroy as many Jewish lives as possible. That’s what antisemitism is.

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Israelis Stand in Silence to Remember Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism

An IDF soldier and a friend stand still as a one-minute siren marking Memorial Day is sounded across Israel, at …

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Rabbi Wounded in Deadly California Synagogue Shooting Thanked in Delta in-flight Announcement

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, injured in the recent shooting at the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, California, speaks as US President …

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Civilian Death Toll Rises to 4 as More Than 600 Gaza Rockets Slam Israeli Cities

The scene where a 58-year-old man was killed Saturday night by shrapnel when his house in Ashkelon was hit by …

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On Yom Hashoah - look for YOUR name in the Yad Vashem database, and light a candle for you

To make the Shoah a little more real for you, look up your (Hebrew) name in the Yad Vashem database of Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

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Poway and the Struggle for America’s Soul - Insight & Commentary

If you’re a Jew in America today, there’s a good chance you’re concerned.

I agree with every word of this. It's not popular to talk about a moment of silence in schools. But the idea that it is prayer in disguise is absurd. Silence is not prayer. Prayer is prayer. Our society has swung so so sooooo far to the secular that a quick glance of the headlines is enough to prove to any thinking person that very few people in our society today contemplate the big issues. Things outside of ourselves just aren't being taught and the hole that has created in conscience of the nation is obvious. So while I know it's not "cool" to discuss religion, we need to address the spiritual rot that has entrenched itself. Antisemitism is just one symptom of the problem.

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Bret Stephens: A Despicable Cartoon in The Times

The paper of record needs to reflect deeply on how it came to publish anti-Semitic propaganda.

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First Swastikas, Then Synagogue Attack: US No Safe Haven for Israeli Family

A candlelight vigil is held at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church for victims of a shooting incident at the Congregation …

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Off Duty Border Patrol Agent Shot At Synagogue Shooter, Prevented 'Much Worse Tragedy' | Daily Wire

An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent reportedly opened fire on a suspect who attacked a synagogue in California on Saturday and prevented a "much worse tragedy."

Yet Ilhan Omar, a thoroughly execrable person, tweeted about “less guns” in reaction to the shooting, and has called for the dissolution of the border patrol.

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Two Jewish siblings murdered in Sri Lanka terror attacks | Jewish News

Teenagers Daniel and Amelie Linsey were members of Westminster synagogue, and were among the eight Brits killed during the Easter Sunday atrocity

“While the intended target of this atrocity were clearly meant to be Christian, the terrorists’ bombs did not discriminate. The Linsey family were members of my synagogue They shared the same classes as my children. Amelie celebrated her batmitzvah last March, reading with poise, maturity and warmth from our Torah scrolls.”

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Passover Seder to be held in Warsaw Ghetto for first time in 76 years | The Jerusalem post

Before the Holocaust, approximately one-third of Warsaw was Jewish.

This is truly amazing and poignant. I wish that I could be there.

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Notre Dame’s Surprising Jewish Treasures

The destroyed cathedral still retains priceless art depicting Jewish heritage in France.

It contains treasurers and stark reminders of France’s history of intense antisemitism.

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Why Has Explicit Anti-Semitism At A UNC/Duke Conference About Gaza Been Ignored By The Media?

The media ignored outrageous anti-Semitic speech at a major academic conference on Gaza. Ignoring the issue will not make it go away.

One guess as to why this is being ignored. The double standard is staggering.

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Study Shows a Third of Americans Think Holocaust Murders Exaggerated

The “Hall of Names” commemorating victims of the Holocaust at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Photo: David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons. …

It’s a absolutely apalling how ignorant Americans, and the rest of the planet, is about the Holocaust.

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With two days to go, Beresheet zeroes in on moon landing | The Times of Israel

Spacecraft completes second-to-last maneuver ahead of touchdown expected on Thursday night

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Israel Apartheid Week flyer at Columbia U. depicts Jewish soldier with horns

Students Supporting Israel discovered the flyer and shared it on its Facebook page

The level of bigotry directed at Jews on almost every college campus would never be tolerated if it was targeting any other group. Universities are overwhelmingly progressive and antisemitism is now a key component of progressivism.

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Allies knew of Holocaust in 1942, 2 years before previously assumed, UN documents prove | The Times of Israel

UK, US, Russia were aware of millions killed by Nazis, new book says, shedding damning light on refusal to take in refugees or try to halt slaughter

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We’re Jews, We’re Not White, We Define Ourselves | Jewish Journal

Last Sunday, I took my son Alexander, 9, to hear a performance of the Hebrew Choir Festival, which “aims to promote Hebrew as the common global Jewish language.” He didn’t want to go — it was a gorgeous afternoon — but I increasingly prioritize stuff like this.

This is a great article about an important subject. When I was growing yo 30-40 years ago, race wasn't NEARLY as much of an issue as it is now. It was in the 60s and before, and has become increasingly important since the 90s. But we're regressing. We never considered ourselves to be "white" (a completely meaningless term anyway). "White" people were the WASPS and other Christians. How could we be "white" when we were never really a part of "white" society (we have different holidays, different names, and yes - a different language, even if we didn't speak it), and they were putting us in ovens just a few decades before? None of the Holocaust survivors I knew thought of us as anything but Jewish. The idea that we are "white," isn't one of acceptance. It's an attempt to erase our identities because we are, literally, living proof that racism can't be boiled down to skin color alone.

And never would I have dreamed that there would be a day in America where Jews are routinely called "white supremacists." It is the one of the most vile things you can say about a Jewish person. And where are the "white Muslims" and "white Arabs"? The fact that you don't hear those terms demonstrates what this is really about: de-legitimizing the Jewish claim to Israel, our ancestral homeland, where we are the indigenous people. "Sorry," but none of us are Europeans. We know that intuitively, but the Europeans made that fact more than clear to use for millennia, and they continue to today.

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Top US Official: Energy Independence Enables Trump to Take Stronger Pro-Israel Positions | Jewish & Israel News Algemein

An oil tanker is being loaded at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia, May …

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Twitter lashes out at ‘sociopath’ bagels sliced like bread

This is wrong — any way you slice it. A highly offensive photo of bagels, sliced as though they were loaves of bread, is spreading controversy across the internet. The man behind this crumby outrag…

Yeah. You don’t do this. It needs to be filed under “WRONG!” The best response on Twitter I saw all day was a woman calling it “Antisemitism.” (Yes, she was joking) But seriously, what kind of maniac does this?

“Meanwhile, some people pointed out the connection between Panera’s history of Nazi ties — the company’s founding family had links to the Third Reich — and the way they’re willing to carve up bagels.”

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How Dare Chelsea Clinton Defend the Jews? – Tablet Magazine

In his rambling, 70-page manifesto, the Australian white supremacist who massacred some 50 Muslims in New Zealand last week cited, as inspirations, British Union of Fascists leader Oswald Mosley, the People’s Republic of China, a videogame called Spyro

EVERYONE should be required to read this.

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Jewish Groups Around Globe Express Solidarity With Muslims After New Zealand Attack

Grieving members of the public following a shooting at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019. …

Of course they did. No one else is as aware of the threat each time you step foot into a synagogue or any Jewish institution.

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Wake Forest Jewish Students Protest Exclusion From Campus Antisemitism Panel, Decry 'Antisemitic Messages' Promoted Duri

Members of Wake Forest University Hillel and Students Supporting Israel pose before a Feb. 27 panel discussion. Photo: SSI. Jewish …

This is getting really bad, really fast.

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Terra Incognita: Growing anti-Jewsh retoric in the U.S.

This is quite convenient: to take a tiny minority group like Jews and accuse them constantly and systematically of being white supremacists.

“This is quite convenient: to take a tiny minority group like Jews and accuse them constantly and systematically of being white supremacists.“

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Genetic research: almost 25% of Latinos, Hispanics have Jewish DNA - Israel News - Jerusalem Post

Unprecedented genetic research undertaken by dozens of professors from around the world has provided evidence that almost a quarter of Latinos and Hispanics have significant Jewish DNA.

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'I Am Not Afraid,' Argentina's Chief Rabbi Says, as He Recovers in Hospital After Brutal Beating

Argentina’s Chief Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich was visited in hospital by the Israeli ambassador in Buenos Aires, Ilan Sztulman (c). Photo: …

This is a very brave man.

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Antisemitic Mural Defaced (Meaning: Improved) In Downtown LA — Jewish Journal

UPDATE: 3:54 p.m. on Feb. 26: Jeff Norman, a representative of the Vortex, where a mural featuring Stars of David has caused consternation in the Jewish

It’s amazing how often these cowards defend their bigotry as “freedom of expression.” This thing wouldn’t have lasted five seconds if it’s hatred was aimed at any other targeted group. But the hypocrites in LA are more than ok when those targeted are Jewish.

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Buzz Aldrin Wishes Space IL Good Luck Ahead of Moon Launch

Excitement is in the atmosphere as Israel is set to launch our first spacecraft for the moon Friday morning Israel time (see what I did there?).

This is very cool! Buzz Aldrin plus Israel. When I was a kid, a young Jewish kid, I was obsessed with the space program. I met Buzz once, he’s an interesting guy. So seeing him congratulate Israel this way in 2019, is pretty special!

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On January 29, Two Hate Crimes Occurred. The Media Only Covered The Fake One. Here's Why.

On January 29, 2019, Chicago Police opened a hate crime investigation into the alleged assault of Empire actor Jussie Smollett. Smollett, who is black and gay, alleged that two men approached him at 2 a.m.

“None of this has received media attention comparable to the Smollett situation. Why? Because, as the Times also admitted in October, “anti-Semitism bypasses consideration as a serious problem in New York…because it refuses to conform to an easy narrative with a single ideological enemy.” In other words, it doesn’t fit the narrative.”

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French artist restores portraits of Holocaust survivors vandalized with swastikas

Amid a surge of anti-Semitic incidents in France, a portrait of famed Holocaust survivor Simone Veil was covered with swastikas

Seriously; if you are Jewish, GET OUT of France.

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French Jewish Leaders Decry 'Wall of Indifference' Surrounding Antisemitism, as Recorded Attacks Leap by 74% | Jewish &a

One of the antisemitic slogans appearing with increasing frequency in pubic spaces in France. Photo: Screenshot. The representative body of …

It is amazing that people try to blame the rise in antisemitism on Trump when it has been on the rise since at least 2008 and comes from all sides (and in the case of the Democrats, from their own Congresspeople),