A petition is calling for the removal of a video game, where gamers play as figures such as Jesus Christ, Adolf Hitler and President Trump — and has them kill minorities. “Jesus Strikes Back: Judgement Day” was released online in January. A Change.org petition has received about 3,000 of the 5,000 signatures it’s asking for. The…
Members of the Manhattan synagogue Congregation Beit Simchat Torah gathered Friday afternoon to show support for Muslims going into New York University’s Islamic center in the wake of the massacres at two New Zealand mosques. A tweet from a Muslim activist about their welcome path into the mosque garnered over 90,000 likes. Jews created a…
In the days after the latest controversial statements about Israel made by Rep. Ilhan Omar, Jewish and Muslim lawmakers held a late-night, secretive meeting near Capitol Hill to try and ease tensions and create understanding. The previously unreported meeting was described in an article from the Washington Post. At the meeting, about a dozen lawmakers…
Representative Ilhan Omar recently explained in an op-ed that her support of the two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict comes from her belief in an inclusive foreign policy. Let’s break down her thoughts. She said we need to emphasize the value of all human rights. Omar brought up the fight for human rights in various…
The Jewish community ravaged by a white supremacist massacre late last year is raising money for the Christchurch, New Zealand victims of the latest episode of white supremacist violence. The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, which serves the community where a white supremacist killed 11 Jews in a synagogue in October, created an emergency relief…
(JTA) — Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat turned Independent who ran for vice president in 2000, said during a radio interview that the Democratic Party is not anti-Jewish, but individual members have problems with Jews. “The Democratic Party is not an anti-Jewish party, but there are some people in the party now, including in…
(JTA) — A Palestinian activist and an American-Israeli activist confronted Chelsea Clinton at a vigil for the 50 Muslims killed in an attack on a New Zealand mosque and accused her of being a cause of the massacre due to her criticism of an anti-Semitic tweet by New York Rep. Ilhan Omar. The vigil was…
(JTA) — Jewish groups from New Zealand and beyond expressed their horror at the slaying of at least 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch Friday. The New Zealand Jewish Council is ”sickened and devastated” by the attacks, in which at least one armed individual killed dozens of people by shooting them at close distance…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Australian charged with participating in the killing 49 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques said his main inspiration was Oswald Mosley, the British fascist anti-Semite who was close to the Nazis. Brenton Tarrant, 28, posted a 73-page manifesto on social media before the attacks Friday in Christchurch. His overriding motive in…
(JTA) — Israeli security services reportedly believe Iran hacked the smartphone of Benny Gantz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rival in the April 9 election. The Israel Security Agency informed Gantz, a former chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, of the hack five weeks ago, Channel 12 reported Thursday. Gantz’s centrist Blue and…
For the second time in a week, President Trump has tweeted about an all-but-unknown right-wing group that says it represents Jews who are abandoning the Democratic Party. In his Friday morning tweet, Trump wrote that the Jexodus organization “encourages Jewish people to leave the Democrat Party,” and that “Republicans are waiting with open arms.” He…
