Kenneth Stern
By Kenneth Stern
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Opinion What Will It Take For Donald Trump To Condemn Anti-Semitism?
I take Donald Trump at his word that he is not an anti-Semite. But he is a serial enabler of anti-Semitism. During the presidential campaign, he hesitated before condemning neo-Nazi and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. He retweeted white supremacist postings. He hired the head of Breitbart News (a vehicle for “alt-right” white…
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Opinion Making King’s Dream a Reality
The morning after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, my high school history teacher asked, “How many of you think Dr. King’s work for civil rights was important?” Most of us raised our hands. “If you really believe that, then why weren’t you working with him yesterday?” he challenged. I had no answer….
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News Elizabeth Rickey, Derailed David Duke
One of the perks of fighting antisemitism for a living is the occasional opportunity to meet a genuine hero. On September 12, one of those heroes — a largely unsung one — died at age 53 alone in a motel room in Santa Fe, N.M., after a long battle with Crohn’s disease that had left…
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Fast Forward Suspect in Michigan synagogue attack dead after ramming car into temple, police say
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