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US Jewish Groups, Israeli Politicians Hail Outgoing UN Ambassador Haley for Defense of Jewish State

Major American Jewish groups and top Israeli politicians issued effusive praise of US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley following...

She will be seriously missed. I was sad when I heard the news. Haley was the best UN Ambassador we've ever had (sorry Jean Kirkpatrick).

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New York Times: 'Israel Says' a Terror Attack Happened | HonestReporting

Why did the New York Times' first headline in response to a brutal Palestinian terrorist attack, state "Israel Says" when the facts were already known?

The NYT will say literally anything ti denigrate Israel.

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Angela Merkel’s Ugly Romance With the Iranian Regime

In a remarkable comment that was ignored by the German media last month, the president of the country’s roughly 100,000-member Central Council of Jews suggested that Germany has failed to internalize the lessons of the Holocaust. According to Dr. Josef

It’s beyond ironic, and sick, that the nation responsible for the Holocaust is now strongly aligning itself with the nation most committed to the destruction of the Jewish state and a second Jewish genocide.

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Qatar’s Underhanded PR Strategy: AJ+

Qatar’s agenda is obvious with Al Jazeera and all their platforms. The efforts to whitewash terrorism and minimize (even promote in Arabic) antisemitism.

Please don’t fall prey to the propaganda of “AJ+.” It is NOTHING but an arm of Qatar’s government. As such, it’s a major proponent of terrorism. It preys on naive American liberals who believe that it actually mirrors their values. It is, in reality, a major purveyor of hate.

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New England Patriots Star Shares Western Wall Photo With Jewish High Holidays Message

New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman posted pictures of himself in Israel, including one praying at the Western Wall, on...

Good for Edelman. People should be proud of their heritage.

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Alan Dershowitz: Why Did the Clintons Share the Stage With Farrakhan? | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com

A version of this article first appeared in The Hill. Imagine President Trump being invited to speak at the funeral of a...

This is an excellent question. Alan Dershowitz is a life-long democrat. He is also honest. It's a travesty that more people can't acknowledge the utter hypocrisy of remaining silent while an ex-president sits on the same stage with an open bigot. You can only imagine what the reaction would have been if it were Trump.

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As new anti-Israel threats emerge, students get crash course on changing campus environment

A four-day conference run by CAMERA in Boston teaches tools of activism, using words, facts, patience and plain-old courage to combat the scourge of anti-Israel sentiment on campus.

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Report: More Arabs Want to Vote in Jerusalem Municipal Elections, but Face Threats From Palestinian Terror Groups

Ahead of the upcoming Oct. 30 municipal elections in Jerusalem, Palestinian terror groups are pressuring Arab residents of the city...

The first thing that you have to understand about the Palestinian issue is that Palestinians are manipulated, constantly, by their own leaders and other Arab nations for political gain. So the idea that Arab Israelis, who are citizens, vote - exposes the lie of Israeli "apartheid."

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Holocaust Survivor Leads Panel Discussion at Comic-Con About Art During World War II

A survivor of three Nazi concentration camps led a panel discussion about art and the Holocaust on Thursday at the Comic-Con International...

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg says he won’t remove Holocaust denial posts

Founder of social media giant says those denying Holocaust may be doing so unintentionally and should not be removed, drawing condemnation from ADL; later clarifies remarks

I am going to quote the words of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on this one: “Unacceptable & outrageous remarks by @MarkZuckerberg about #Holocaust denial. Must clarify his remarks & make clear Holocaust denial is a willful and hateful attempt to trivialize murder of 6 million Jews. No room for Holocaust denial on @facebook...”

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Starbucks' flavored drinks lose Kosher certification - CBS News

A top Kosher certification company has dropped Starbucks drinks with syrups, sauces, toppings and powders

If you're in Southern California: the Coffee Bean is better anyway. Starbucks is, at best, a questionably company ethically. Although, full disclosure, I do drink their plain coffee and tea. The bottom line is that if this costs them customers, they will go back to trying to adhere to the standards for a kosher certification.

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Racist anti-Semite wins North Carolina primary, GOP withdraws support | The Times of Israel

Russell Walker, running for state's General Assembly, claims God is a racist white supremacist and Jews are descended from Satan

Kudos to the GOP for withdrawing support for this scumbag.

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Norwegian rapper curses ‘the f***ing Jews’ at diversity concert

Leader of Jewish community threatens legal action against Kaveh Kholardi, who says remark at Oslo concert was 'taken out of context'

Of course. This could only happen at something called a “diversity concert.” Antisemitism is where the far right and far left meet, but today’s biggest antisemitic threat is from the left. It’s a growing problem and to ignore it is incredibly dangerous and foolish.

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Johannesburg councilor suspended for Israel support

“I would like to declare that I am a friend of Israel, and the city of Johannesburg is a friend of Israel! Shalom, Shalom!” she declared on Sunday.

Unreal. South Africa should know better. It doesn’t.

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Sign at future San Diego Jewish center vandalized with threatening graffiti

Threatening graffiti was written on a sign announcing the future home of the University of California San Diego Hillel Jewish Center in the United States.

This is very sad, I lived in San Diego for 13 years and still consider it a second home. But, to be very honest, this doesn't surprise me at all. I experienced more (real) antisemitism during my time in San Diego than I had in my entire life previous to living there. It's just reality that outside of LA and New York it's just more common (although I have experienced it in LA too - particularly during my time at USC which has a history of looking the other way at bigotry when it's directed at Jews).

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In Britain, poll indicates, 23% ‘unwilling’ to have a Jew in the family

Similar number found in Italy, Germany and Austria in survey of 15 countries in Western Europe; the Dutch found to be most accepting

The more things change...

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Pro-Israel UCLA Students to Meet With Administration After Anti-Zionist Peers 'Violently' Disturb Event | Jewish & I

Pro-Israel students at the University of California, Los Angeles who called for the suspension of an anti-Zionist group that disrupted their...

UCLA has become one of the most hostile schools to Jewish students in the country. I am sure that every one of the "protestors" claims that they respect free speech and "diversity." Notice that they all complain about the "nakba," but not one of them ever wants to acknowledge the hundreds of thousands of Jews ejected from Arab countries at the same time. As for the "both sides do it" argument, please find me a single example of this ever going the other way.

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Gaza Riots: Really About the Embassy?

Throughout history, the excuses to attack Israel keep changing. For 8 years under the Obama administration, the Palestinians had portrayed themselves, and been treated as, the deserving underdog -- the "good guys." Now, a foreign government is actually

Why is the truth so hard for some people to accept?

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Israel Has the Right and Obligation to Defend Its Border with Deadly Force | National Review

I challenge anyone who disagrees with Israel's recent actions to explain, rationally, why any of the points in this article are incorrect.

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Israeli diplomat kicked out of Uber after speaking Hebrew: 'Can't believe this is happening in America' - Chicago Tribune

An Israeli diplomat took to social media to report that an Uber driver kicked him out of a vehicle in the middle of a busy Chicago street after hearing him speak Hebrew on the phone.

I can totally believe that this happened in America. I was refused entry imto the Arclight theater in Hollywood when I was with an Israeli friend. The manager was very obviously of Middle Eastern descent. Arclight opted to do exactly nothing about it. I won't be going back.

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Steven Spielberg urges mandatory Holocaust education

Director, actors, recall filming ‘Schindler’s List’ at special 25th anniversary screening

He is very obviously correct about this.

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NEVER AGAIN? On Yom Hashoah, Poll Shows Two Thirds Of Millennials Don't Know What Auschwitz Was

According to a new survey released on Thursday by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, fully 41 percent of Americans don’t know what Auschwitz was, including two-thirds of Mil

If this doesn’t terrify you, you’re either ignorant or missing a key number of IQ points.

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The brutal killing of a Holocaust survivor raises anti-Semitism fears in France

French authorities are investigating whether the victim was targeted because of her religion.

The problem with Europe isn’t that most Europeans are flagrantly antisemitic. It’s that way too many Europeans tolerate antisemitism. So they are less overtly anti-Jewish, but, as we know that attitude has the same dire results. So flagrant or merely tolerant, they allow innocent people to be murdered simply based on their Jewishness. It’s the 21st century and not much has changed in Europe. That this happened to this woman, a survivor of the Holocaust, is absolutely atrocious.

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Trayon White Sr., D.C. council member, blames winter storms on Jews

A D.C. Council member has apologized for anti-Semitic comments he made Friday suggesting that Jewish financiers control the weather.

Sadly, even in 2018 this doesn’t surprise me.

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Jewish advocacy group denounces Putin for suggesting Jews behind election meddling | TheHill

The American Jewish Committee is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to "clarify" his comments suggesting that Russian minority groups, including Jews, could be behind efforts to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The American Jewish Committee should be doing A LOT more than asking Putin to " clarify." The idea that Jews who are Russian citizens are not truly Russian, is a very old antisemitic claim. To hear it from the Russian head of state in 2018 is surreal. I've been saying this for decades, but mainstream Jewish communal groups need to WAKE UP and stop acting like being civil is more important than taking action. Putin ought to be condemned for this and the American Jewish community should be demanding action from our government that lets Russia know that these kinds of comments have repercussions. Anything less is weak, feckless and meaningless.

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Make Superman Jewish Again – Tablet Magazine

Mazal tov to Brian Michael Bendis: The esteemed comic book writer has recently jumped ship from Marvel to DC, and, later this year, will give new life to the publisher’s most iconic hero, Superman. “I'm a little Jewish boy from Cleveland,

Many people don't know this, but Superman's creators were Jewish and there are many Jewish connections to the character.

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As Attacks on Jews Rise in Europe, Antisemitism Is the New Cool | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com

More disturbing than the alleged arson at a suburban Paris kosher supermarket on Tuesday — the third anniversary of the terror...

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Delta employees detail a pattern of anti-Semitic abuse at airline

  NEW YORK (JTA) — It wasn’t long after Nahum Amir began working for Delta Airlines as a mechanic that he says his manager started calling him “the Jewish guy.” Then Amir says the manager accused him and other Jews of “killing kids in G

Delta was already a despicable company for many reasons, this just adds to the many reasons not to support them.

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Sir Ringo Starr to perform in Israel - The Jewish Chronicle

Former Beatles drummer to play Tel Aviv - 52 years after the Fab Four were forced to cancel their planned Israeli gig

GOOD for Ringo! I mean..."Sir Ringo'!

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Exposed! USC Professor David Kang Teaches That Israeli Zionists Are All Terrorists

This man has no business teaching his evil ideas to the younger generation

I am an alumnus of USC. I used to be proud of my school and active in alumni events. No more. A few years ago they bent over backwards to hypocritically defend an Holocaust denier and bigot on their staff. Now they are behaving similarly in this situation. They aren't even slightly responsive to the concerns of Jewish alumni. The so called "Trojan family," which the relentlessly push as a fundraising and recruiting tool, is a complete joke. If any professor took similar positions regarding other ethnic groups that person would correctly be fired. I will never give another dime, promote in any way, or do anything to support this atrocious school. It is run by hypocritical, dishonest, and bigoted people.

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Yair Lapid: World must recognize Israeli sovereignty over Golan, united Jerusalem as capital - Diplomatic Conference - J

Lapid, who is one of the heads of the opposition, surprisingly used his speech to support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on what is seen as a historic day for Israel.

It;s absolutely absurd to claim that anything but Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. How about of the Arabs recognize Israel before they complain about where the capital is? The bottom line is that there isn't a single government building that is on disputed land. This is just another excuse for Arab activists to cause more violence.

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Yes, Ashkenazi Jews (Including Gal Gadot) Are People of Color | Dani Ishai Behan | The Blogs | The Times of Israel

Edit: thank you all for your constructive feedback. My response can be found here. Edit #2: my response to......

It's sickening that this is even a controversial idea. I am not a fan of dividing people up by the shade of their skin (in any way). BUT, the movement to paint Jews as white Europeans is rooted in centuries old antisemitic tropes. It is wielded mot often to deny our millennia old connection to Israel-and was unheard of until relatively recently.

"The fact that Jews writ large are not racially European (i.e. white), but rather an indigenous Middle Eastern/”Oriental” people who are cousins of the Arabs, was common knowledge until the 1960s. And this knowledge only became obscured with the concomitant rise of anti-Zionist ideology, which rests on denying Jewish indigeneity to the Middle East and, by extension, our right to be there at all (at least as something other than “inferior dhimmi”)."

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102-year-old Holocaust survivor reunites with newly discovered nephew | The Times of Israel

Eliahu Pietruszka believed his brother, who escaped Warsaw ghetto, had died in a Russian labor camp, but, generations later, a Yad Vashem genealogy project led to incredible news

Such a touching story. People need to understand that the Shoah (the Holocaust) was a blip in time ago. That's one of the many reasons that forgetting that it happened, or minimizing it, is so disgraceful.

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ADL: 'Proud Anti-Semite' bumper sticker a sign of the times

For most people, a bumper sticker reading "Proud Anti-Semite" would be disturbing. But one driver in Farmingdale had no problem proclaiming his stance, after a woman snapped a photo while driving her children home from a Girls Scout event on Rou

The most surprising aspect of this story is that no one took a baseball bat to the car.

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New York Times Avoids Calling a Jew a Jew | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com

When is a Jew not a Jew? When The New York Times is writing about him or her and is...

"In a conversation, when someone dances around a topic or avoids it the way the Times is treating Judaism in these articles, it’s sometimes because of a concern that raising it might be somehow embarrassing, or even insulting. If that’s how Times journalists feel about Judaism, it’s too bad."

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A new Dutch play about Anne Frank doesn’t mention Jews or Nazis - Diaspora - Jerusalem Post

The play, which is slated to premiere on Nov. 11 in the Netherlands, is set in modern times and mentions neither the Nazis nor why they murdered Anne Frank.

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Alan Dershowitz: Berkeley’s hard-left stunningly silent over anti-Semitic caricature of me

I was recently invited to present the liberal case for Israel at Berkeley. In my remarks I advocated the establishment of a Palestinian state and a negotiated end of the conflict.

Don't be intellectually lazy and dismiss this simply because it appears on Fox News. This was written by Alan Dershowitz-a life long democrat. The points he makes here are not only valid, but crucial to understanding the hypocrisy and nuances of today's left. Most liberals see themselves, rightly or wrongly, as a bulwark against racism, and as defenders of minorities, yet real antisemitism, very serious manifestations of bigotry disguised as mere political differences with Israel, is rampant on the left and people, perhaps in denial, are totally silent. Thie hypocrisy needs to end.

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How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets - The New York Times

Exploiting the popular Kaspersky antivirus software, Russian hackers searched millions of computers for American intelligence keywords. Israeli intelligence tipped off American officials.

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A Sydney suburb bans construction of a synagogue because of terrorism fears

Jewish leaders said the decision, “effectively placed in jeopardy the future of Jewish life in Australia."

This is truly sickening. The cowards and the terrorists win in cases like this. How can the Australians be this pathetic?

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Company selling swastika apparel as progressive symbol of peace

Before being used by Hitler’s Nazi regime, swastikas were commonly known as an ancient sign used by Hindus and Buddhists carrying positive associations such as auspiciousness and good fortune.

The far left these days is doing all it can to diminish the horror of the Holocaust. Part of the reason for that is that they, wrongly, believe that diminishing the Holocaust diminishes Israel's legitimacy. I

s anyone else sick and tired of re inherent arrogance of doing something THIS offensive by claiming that it is "pushing boundaries"? This is a boundary that people have no right to push. How wonderful that some egotistical hipster can virtue project this symbol of horror. They are so completely consumed with their egos they don't even care what kind of an effect this would have on a survivor.

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Progressive Groups’ Banning of Star of David Flags Isn’t Anti-Zionism. It’s Anti-Semitism.

Why are some American progressives embracing overt anti-Semitism?

"in practice, intersectionality functions as a kind of caste system ."

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Trump’s State Department Blames Israel For Palestinian Terrorism | Daily Wire

“Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank, settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, the perception that the Israeli government was changing the status quo on the Haram Al Sharif/Temple Mount, and IDF tactics that the Palestinians

Trump's apologists will, and already are, claim that this isn't Trump's fault, it's just holdovers from the Obama administration. That idea is, of course, pathetic, childish, and delusional. The buck stops with the president. Period. He is in charge of the Executive. He will not be moving the embassy, as he has stated, will not reverse the Iran deal (the ONLY GOP candidate who held that position even during the campaign), and has no significant record being an advocate for Israel. The idea that he was "pro-Israel" was always wishful thinking at best.

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Director of Colorado Jewish Cemetery Promised $100,000 by BDS Activist Linda Sarsour in March 2017 Says Money Still Hasn’t Arrived

A Jewish cemetery in Colorado that has fallen into severe disrepair has yet to receive a check for some $100,000 from...

There's a shocker. The woman is a bigot & no different than someone like David Duke. End of story.

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Roger Waters’ Jewish Problem Catches Eye of Award-Winning Filmmaker

His so-called activism will be the subject of a new documentary.

Anyone who supports Roger Waters is supporting bigotry. It's that simple. He is exactly like someone like David Duke.

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Division at the Western Wall is no path to unity - Opinion - Jerusalem Post

Over 60% of American Jews are totally unaffiliated, and have little or no interest in Judaism, Israel, Jerusalem or the Western Wall.

I know that this article will be controversial to many people, and is not what those same people want to hear. I would be interested in hearing a commons sense, FACT driven response that would refute any of the logic here. I do not believe that that is possible. From the article:

"Gender-separate prayer services are no “ultra-Orthodox” invention; they are part of our universal Jewish heritage. Descendants of refugees from Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Algeria pray at the Western Wall, alongside those whose grandparents were born in Israel and those who immigrated to escape Soviet oppression and antisemitism in France – joined by immigrants and students from America and around the globe. Despite millennia of dispersion, Jews everywhere follow the same basic prayer service. In our common Jewish practice, we find unity."

I agree. We should NOT be basing decisions about the Kotel on emotions.

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Opinion | I’m Glad the Dyke March Banned Jewish Stars

his weekend, at a lesbian march in Chicago, three women carrying Jewish pride flags — rainbow flags embossed with a Star of David — were kicked out of the celebration on the grounds that their flags were a “trigger.

Yes, yes and yes again. This is the best opinion piece I have read in years concerning the quickly growing mutual exclusivity of being a proud Jew and a progressive liberal in the current American form of liberalism (which is not what many people refer to as classical liberalism). As the author of the article states "Since when did a politics that celebrates choice — and choices — devolve into a requirement of being forced to choose?" It is very sad that American Jews are being forced to choose, like their ancestors in Europe, between their identities and "fitting in." For me the choice is very simple: fitting in will ALWAYS lose.

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Honor a Holocaust Victim by Tattooing Her Number?

My teenage daughter would like to honor my mother by getting a tattoo of her Auschwitz number. We are quite divided on this issue. Can you please help?

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Game of Thrones star: ‘Thanks to my grandparents, I’m here today’

Laura Pradelska, who played Quaithe in hit HBO series, reveals incredible tale of survival ahead of Yom HaShoah event

This is yet another amazing story of surviving the Shoah (Holocaust).

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Passed over by Nazis and Communists, remnants of Ukraine's last shtetl prepare to celebrate | The Times of Israel

Numbering just 50 today, the Jews of Bershad have managed to protect their 200-year-old clay synagogue through successive despotic regimes

It has never occurred to me that any shtetls survived the Holocaust. This is amazing. I am sure that this is exactly the kind of place that some of my ancestors came from.

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'Scandal' Co-Star Called 'Jew Rat,' 'Kike' on Social Media After Cursing Oscar-Winning Director Mel Gibson, Infamous for

The Jewish actor who plays David Rosen in the hit ABC series “Scandal” was called a “Jew rat,” “Kike” and “Jew fa**ot”...

Antisemitism is alive and well. If you think that it started after Trump took office, you haven't been paying attention.

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Anti-Semites Praise Trump For Berating Jewish Reporter And Refusing To Condemn Anti-Semitism In Press Conference

Anti-Semitic writers are thrilled that President Donald Trump denounced a Jewish reporter at a press conference and told him to be quiet after he asked the president to condemn anti-Semitism. They said Trump’s performance was “amazing” and “one of the greatest things I’ve ever witnessed in my life” because he criticized “the Jews” and showed that the press is “totally part of the Jewish deep state.”

Not only are people defending Trump's behavior, which was bizarre throughout, at his press conference, many of them seem completely unaware that it's not just what Trump says, but the repercussions of what he says that are the problem.

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The White House Holocaust Horror

The White House's depraved logic for omitting the Jews from their Holocaust remembrance statement.

The abhorrent thing is that the omission of the Jews from the White House statements was purposeful, and not only was it not and accident, but these disgusting people are "proud" of their revisionist history.

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Will American Jews wake up after 28 bomb threats?

All may come and go. It’s the Jewish tradition of “welcome the stranger.” But this practice, this ageold, honored Jewish value may now very well change in Jewish facilities throughout the United States.

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Some thoughts on being Jewish in contemporary polite society

A famous screenwriter/director and I were having lunch, doing our interview, and I asked him this one thing, and he answered this other thing, but that other thing didn’t make sense, and I followed up, and he once again said the other thing. And again,

I don't agree with all of this. I do agree that the idea of "Jewish privilege" is absurd. The argument that we are able to "blend in," and therefore don't experience genuine bigotry is not only illogical, it defies history. Plus, WHY should we have to "blend in"?

"It is my Jewish privilege to have very few blood relatives because the rest of them were murdered in the Holocaust. It’s my privilege to have to keep my mouth shut at casually racist remarks, because “you know what I mean, like a JAP, everyone says it.”

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WATCH: Vandals twist Arizona family’s garden menorah into swastika

Seth and Naomi Ellis horrified to discover hideous display outside their house; supporters later gather to help fix and relight the festive candelabrum

I continually hear the absurd claim that antisemitism isn't a serious problem. It's very obviously a serious problem.

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The Anti-Semitic Stench of Pink Floyd

I’ve read some heavy-duty attacks on Israel and Jews in my time, but they pale beside the anti-Semitic diatribe offered by Pink Floyd songwriter Roger Waters.

Roger Waters is a truly abhorrent human being. Millions of Jews over centuries have been nurdered because of the kind of absolute garbage that this bigoted piece of refuse peddles to gullible people and fellow bigots.

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Trump Mouthpiece Breitbart News Publishes Anti-Semitic Attack on Prominent Columnist

Last month, Donald Trump tapped Stephen Bannon, the chairman of Breitbart News, to be his campaign's new CEO. Today, Breitbart published an anti-Semitic screed against Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum. Titled

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Modern Technology Unlocks Secrets of a Damaged Biblical Scroll - The New York Times

Experts using a computer imaging program have virtually unwrapped a charred ancient scroll and recovered a fragment of the authoritative text of the Hebrew Bible.

This is truly amazing. The text is almost 2,000 years old and is identical, in every way, to the Torah - even down to the vowels. This blows away the theory that it was finalized at a later date. Which means that is reasonable to assume that it was identical thousands of years before that (which is what Jewish tradition teaches). This technology is also amazing. It will be interesting to see what else they find because of it.

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9/11 — The Day Israel Lost Her Future Prime Minister

Fifteen years ago today, my friend Danny Lewin was murdered by Jihadi terrorists aboard American Airlines Flight......

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A Response to Yesterday’s Anti-Semitic Hate Crime from a “Whiny Brat Jew”

By now you’ve probably already heard that on Tuesday night students discovered swastikas graffitied in McCabe. I’m not sure what’s

Antisemitism is never going to fully go away. We all know that. But it must be recognized, acknowledged and confronted. That means confronting it both on the right and on the left. The left has been getting a free pass for many years. It shouldn't (and obviously neither should it on the right).

"The apathy and, at times, antipathy of many on the left when it comes to anti-Semitism is a deep betrayal of the Jewish people. We see it when Stanford students argue that propagating the Nazi conspiracy theory of “Jews controlling the media, economy, government, and other societal institutions” is not anti-Semitic. We see it when the Vice-President of the UC Santa Cruz Jewish Student Union, a member of student government, is asked to abstain on a vote relating to Israel because of his “Jewish agenda.” And we see it most virulently on anonymous forums, when students on our own campus’s Yik-Yak assert that Jews should view their ethnic heritage as akin to being “descended from a Confederate officer” and that anti-Semitism itself is a conspiracy invented by the Rothschild banking family to let Jews oppress people of color."

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Bob Dylan’s forgotten pro-Israel song, revisited | Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Jewish folk rocker released the surprisingly strong defense of Israel in the '80s.

Er, this song is great, but NOT forgotten. I play it all the time when I DJ and most Dylan fans know it! Check it out if you haven't head it! I was always proud of Dylan for doing this!

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Facebook and Israel: What’s Not to ‘Like’? Lots, It Seems - WSJ

Sheila Kugel writes about Facebook and Israel: What’s not to “like”? Lots, it seems, given a recent experiment with making one anti-Israel page and one anti-Palestinian page, then waiting to see what happens.

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The Jewish Press » » Survey: More than 70% Of UC Jews Touched by Anti-Semitism

I heard my friend get called a 'Zionist Kike' by SJP. Today, I was called a 'Kike' on campus by SJP.

I am putting this in Israel because support for Israel is the excuse that antisemites use to spread their disgusting propaganda. I will also say that this is NOT only a problem at UC schools. I was a once proud alum of USC (just take a look at my "Fight On" category on this page). NO LONGER. Not only do students at USC routinely experience antisemitism, but the school employs at least one professor who publicly encourages holocaust denial. USC's reaction to the alumni, including me, who were concerned about this was a complete non-reaction. My family and I had supported USC for decades. At this point, I won't support the school in any way. I attempted to contact the administration several times to repair the damage and SC, with all of its much promoted concern for its alumni, chose to ignore my requests. They obviously have no interest in dealing with the problem. What is clear , in SC's case, Holocaust denial and the false revision of history, is no big deal. The alumni only matter if they are major donors and the the infection of antisemitism that is rampant at the SC schools is just as embedded at USC.

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No, It’s Not The Occupation, Stupid

The entire history of the Arab-Israeli conflict is a history of Arabs putting Israel in a position from which it must defend itself, and then blaming Israel for the way it defends itself.

It's obviously not what Israel's opponents like to call the "occupation." Because the media is so poor at reporting on Israel truthfully, most people have no idea what the facts are behind the ongoing violence in Israel. This is a good, well written, concise, overview.

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'The New York Times' Goes Truther on the Temple Mount – Tablet Magazine

Was the White House ever in Washington, D.C.? Can we ever really know for sure? Not unless we dig under the existing structure and find indisputable archaeological evidence of the original structure, which British general Robert Ross is said—by some sou

To say the least, this is aggravating. The New York Times is shilling here for the idea that everything is relative and that truth is never objective. OF COURSE the Second (and First) Temple stood. The archaeological records and contemporaneous accounts demonstrate that fact. The Arabs have repeatedly attempted to destroy as much of the archaeological record as possible. It is DISGUSTING that the New York Times would help carry out this charade. On the other hand, Islam is a relative newcomer to the area. Jews predate Muslims by 2,000 years. The New York Times is no longer a credible source for news.

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Israel Hayom | El Al pilot who fought terrorists in 1970 Munich attack dies at 90

Former Irgun member threw himself on terrorist who was poised to toss a grenade into a bus carrying Israeli passengers to their aircraft at Munich Airport • Attack left one dead, several wounded • El Al praises Cohen's "courage and determination."

This man was a true hero.

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Matisyahu: Appalling and offensive festival tried to coerce me into political statements - Diaspora - Jerusalem Post

Rapper and reggae star Matisyahu, who was axed over the weekend from a festival line up near Valencia, Spain, because he would not sign a statement saying he supported a Palestinian state, made a statement on Monday saying that he was offended and appalled that the organizers were trying to coerce him into political statements.

Here we see more proof that the anti-Israel movement known as "BDS" is about antisemitism and not about, as they claim, opposing Israeli policies with which they disagree. Matisyahu is apolitical, but beyond that, he is an American and has ZERO to do with Israeli policy. He was also the most high profile Jewish performer at this festival. The organizers, under pressure from the BDS movement, attempted to coerce him into making a statement denouncing Israel. To his eternal credit, he declined and has been banned from this festival.

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Israel losing Democrats, 'can't claim bipartisan US support,' top pollster warns | The Times of Israel

New survey by Frank Luntz shows almost half of Democratic 'opinion elites' think Israel is racist, barely half believe it wants peace, and three quarters feel it has too much influence on US policy

Democrats have taken the Jewish vote for granted for many years. That may change.

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Why Is Pakistan More Legitimate than Israel? - The Dennis Prager Show The Dennis Prager Show

Whenever I have received a call from a listener to my radio show challenging Israel’s legitimacy, I have asked these people if they ever called a radio show to challenge any other country’s legitimacy. In particular, I ask, have they ever questioned t

Yes, yes and yes. I have been saying this for YEARS. Pakistan and Israel came about during the same era, under very similar circumstances, with very different results. Yet, one is vilified and the other remains unchallenged in terms of its right to exist. Dennis Prager explains why.

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Hamas Social Media Campaign Backfires Hilariously

Yesterday, Hamas announced that it would be launching a five-day social media campaign, with the aim of softening the internationally recognized terrorist group's image. Using the hashtag #AskHamas, the organization's media coordinator Taher al-Nounou pro

#Fail. #Again.

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Elie Wiesel to attend Netanyahu speech to Congress | The Times of Israel

In full-page ad, Nobel Prize winner expresses firm support for 'keeping weapons from those who preach death to Israel and America'

Good. We should be doing ANYTHING possible to prevent Iran from getting Nukes. Having Eli Wiesel give his seal of approval to this speech automatically confers an extra level of credibility (one that I don't believe it needed, but this will change the views of some who oppose it).

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Scientists map brains of the blind to solve mysteries of human brain specialization | האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים | The Hebrew University

Studying the brain activity of blind people, scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are challenging the standard view of how the human brain specializes to perform different kinds of tasks, and shedding new light on how our brains can adapt to t

This is amazing. It is also proof that we have barely scratchet the surface in understanding how the brain works.

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After Paris, Whither the BDS Movement?

Let’s say, just for the sake of argument, that you belong to a group committed to ending the Israeli presence in the West Bank and erecting a Palestinian state. In the face of repeated criticism, you’ve insisted that you have no problem with Jews, tha

If the BDS movement, and all of the other usual suspects, only care about creating a Palestinian state, where is their outrage and compassion for the Jews murdered in Paris? The answer, which has been obvious to some of us since, uh, always, is that all of this is about bigotry, not human rights.

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'Miss Hitler 2014' contest seeks the most anti-Semitic of them all

A Nazi-inspired beauty pageant dubbed "Miss Hitler 2014" is calling for attractive women to participate in the contest held on the Russian equivalent to Facebook.

This is sickening. There was a time when things like this would have been widely condemned. But now this kind of sickness is fully supported by the portion of the world community that has lessened the impact of the Shoah (Holocaust) through their attempts to de-legitimatize Israel.

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A Black South African on Israel and Apartheid - Prager University

Is Israel an apartheid state, as its enemies claim? Who better to answer that charge than a Black South African who lived through apartheid? Kenneth Meshoe, a member of the South African parliament, fits that bill. He examines the evidence against Israel

This is an amazing video. Anyone who believes that Israel is an "apartheid" state should watch video by a black man who lived under actual apartheid and is now a member of the South African parliament.

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3-year Study Charges UCLA Department With 'Antisemitic Activity and Anti-Israel Bias' (VIDEO) | Jewish & Israel News

A consortium of American Jewish and civil rights groups are concerned that federal funds are underwriting “one-sided, antisemitic programming that masquerades as scholarship,” at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), according to statement

Why does this not surprise me? This is a very serious issue, butt he continuing coddling of the BDS movement by the UC system is taking its toll. People should not be surprised.

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Pro-Islamic State gathering on Temple Mount filmed by Israeli TV | The Times of Israel

Channel 10 shows footage of event attended by thousands on a recent Friday in Jerusalem's Old City

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Should Americans Feel Guilt For “Disproportionate” Casualties in WWII? - The Michael Medved Show

Of all the stupid and malicious arguments against Israel’s self-defense war in Gaza the most ridiculous of them all involves the purportedly “disproportion

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Should Americans Feel Guilt For “Disproportionate” Casualties in WWII? - The Michael Medved Show

Of all the stupid and malicious arguments against Israel’s self-defense war in Gaza the most ridiculous of them all involves the purportedly “disproportion

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The rocket that spelled the end of the two-state solution? | The Times of Israel

A single missile that landed near Tel Aviv last month led three-quarters of foreign airlines to briefly abandon Ben Gurion Airport. Does that mean Israel can never leave the West Bank?

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14 Inexcusable Events Targeting Jews As A Result Of Israel’s Fight Against Hamas

Israel’s operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has ignited a firestorm of persecution, targeting Jews.

Much of this maltreatment is happening in Europe. But it’s not limited to just Europe. It is also taking place in other countries, including right here in the United States. Considering the fact that the persecution of Jews is still raging at this very moment, here are 14 of the most recently recorded – and inexcusable – events:

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At 2:30 A.M., Jews Blast Shema Prayer at Muslim Neighborhood

Tired of waking up to muezzin calls on loudspeakers in the middle of the night, Jews mount an aural counterattack.

Well...if you're going to wake the neighbors up every day...you have to assume that one day the neighbors will respond!

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Death knell for J Street?

J Street has whined about being excluded from the mainstream Jewish community, but it is J Street that has excluded itself from joining in community activities such as a solidarity rally for Israel.

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Two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza grew up in Texas and California

A man from Texas was one of at least two Israeli soldiers from the United States to be killed in Gaza this weekend as fighting between Israelis and Palestinians intensified.

Ending this means ending Hamas. It's time to end this.

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Haters gonna hate? So expose them!

Today, the British Jewish community turned out in force at a rally opposite the Israeli Embassy in London, demonstrating......