Sen. Lindsey Graham clapped back at New York Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday, after she compared members of the migrant caravan trying to enter the United States to Jews fleeing Germany during the Holocaust. In a tweet Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez cited Nazi Germany, along with other refugee crises, as an example of how “asking to…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces will demolish the home of the Palestinian teen who stabbed and killed American-Israeli activist Ari Fuld outside a West Bank shopping mall. The IDF announced Tuesday that it would destroy the third floor apartment of the family of the assailant, Khalil Jabarin, 17, located in the West Bank…
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic vandalism was discovered outside the homes of Jewish residents of West Seattle. The red spray-painted words were discovered on Monday. Residents believe it was painted there overnight, the West Seattle Blog reported. The word “JEW” was spray painted on a garage and “F—- JEW THEIVE” [sic] on the pavement. The residents of…
The Facebook executive who ordered a PR firm to paint George Soros as the secret hand behind attacks on the company serves on the board that oversees the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Facebook is facing allegations that its efforts to link critics to the billionaire Jewish financier, revealed in a New York Times story…
Several groups and public figures have called for a boycott of Airbnb after it stopped listing Jewish-owned properties located in the West Bank. The Coalition for Jewish Values created a petition for people to pledge not to use the home-renting platform, condemning the decision as anti-Semitic. Airbnb made the announcement last week, following pressure from…
New York Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared in a tweet Sunday members of the migrant caravan trying to enter the United States to Jews leaving Germany during the Holocaust. She made the comparison to illustrate her point that “asking to be considered a refugee & applying for status isn’t a crime.” She used three examples,…
(JTA) — Los Angeles police arrested a man who allegedly attempted to run over two people outside of a synagogue. The incident occurred on Friday night. Police are investigating it as a possible hate crime, the NBC Los Angeles affiliate reported. A security camera video shows the driver trying to run down the two visibly…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — El Al will compensate the 400 passengers on Flight 002, from New York to Tel Aviv, which was forced to divert in order to allow Sabbath-observant passengers to get off the plane. The flight which left New York more than 5 hours late on Thursday, Nov. 15, was diverted mid-flight to Athens,…
The Wisconsin high school students who appeared to have posed in a Nazi salute may not be punished because of free speech, the school district said in response to the photo that caused outrage online. Baraboo School District Administrator Lori Mueller sent out a letter last week, explaining that the district finished part of its…
Linda Sarsour released a statement apologizing on behalf of the Women’s March for causing harm to the movement’s Jewish members and for being too slow to show its commitment to fighting anti-Semitism. “We should have been faster and clearer in helping people understand our values and our commitment to fighting anti-semitism. We regret that,” said…
Hours after police released a neo-Nazi arrested at a murder scene in 2017, he was caught in a car with an arsenal of weapons headed to what police suspected was an intended mass shooting, according to a major investigation from ProPublica and Frontline published on Tuesday. The investigation reveals how officials failed to investigate a…
נאָך איר מאַנס טויט אין 2003 האָט זי געהאָלפֿן אַרויסגעבן זײַן לעקסיקאָן פֿון די ייִדישע שרײַבער אין ראַטן־פֿאַרבאַנד.
