Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was frequently accused of publishing anti-Semitic dog whistles when he ran Breitbart News, which he bragged in 2016 was “the platform for the alt-right.” Now some are seeing one of his latest interview as yet another call-out to Jew-haters. Asked by the Daily Beast about his thoughts on…
Rabbi Barat Ellman was wearing her kippah and tallit when she stood up in the middle of a packed room during Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination hearing Wednesday morning and shouted, “It’s a shonda!” Guards immediately grabbed the 59-year-old Brooklyn teacher and activist and forcibly removed her from the Senate hearing. Ellman was one…
When Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg testified to Congress Wednesday about online propaganda and voter manipulation, she didn’t fully answer a question about whether the social media giant was profiting off hate, Slate reported. California Sen. Kamala Harris pointed out that the more users engage, the more revenue Facebook takes in. Hateful and conspiratorial…
Was it, or was it not a white power sign? Prominent anti-Trump Twitter figure Dr. Eugene Gu pointed out Tuesday the strange position in which Supreme Court hopeful Brett Kavanaugh’s former clerk rested her hand during the confirmation hearing. He claimed that longtime Republican legal operative Zina Bash was flashing a “white power sign.” Kavanaugh’s…
The insurgent challenging rogue Democrat Simcha Felder says he is counting on support from “secret” Orthodox voters to make the difference in a heated Brooklyn state senate primary battle. Blake Morris, who is a secular Jew, says he has met up to 100 Orthodox voters who are fed up with Felder, who is running for…
Invitations to the annual pre-Rosh Hashanah call the president holds with rabbis went out with less than a week’s notice, the Religion News Service reported. The White House sent a save-the-date invitation to rabbis late Friday afternoon, according to an email forwarded to RNS. “You are invited to join President Donald J. Trump and members…
(JTA) — Posters stating “Israel is a racist endeavor” appeared on bus stops in London a day after Britain’s opposition Labour Party voted to accept the international definition of anti-Semitism, but with a free speech clause on criticizing Israel. A section of the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, or IHRA, definition of anti-Semitism states that…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A memorial ceremony was held in Jerusalem for victims of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. The annual ceremony was hosted by Keren Kayemet LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF) and the U.S. Embassy in Israel. The ceremony held at the 9/11 Living Memorial Monument in the Jerusalem neighborhood…
The “alt-right” Jewish activist and self-proclaimed “citizen journalist” Laura Loomer interrupted Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s congressional testimony to protest losing her verification as part of the social media platform’s purge of hate figures. “You are a liar, Jack Dorsey,” she shouted, holding up her phone with a pink selfie stick as she called on President…
It was the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi’s “scumbag of the week” tradition that led to the hospitalization of a student at Florida State University, the Tallahassee Democrat reported. Investigators say members of the now-suspended fraternity were participating in a game called “scumbag of the week,” in which a member is singled out in the…
(JTA) — Jose Pekerman has stepped down as the coach of the Colombia national soccer team after leading the South American country back to international prominence, including two World Cup appearances, during his nearly seven-year run. Pekerman, 69, an Argentine who was the only Jewish coach or player participating in the 2018 World Cup, decided not…
וואָלט דער אָפּרוף געווען אַנדערש, ווען דער ציל פֿון די טעראָריסטן וואָלט ניט געווען ייִדן, נאָר אַן אַנדער גרופּע?
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