In an appearance on the “alt-right” radio show Radical Agenda, neo-Nazi publisher Andrew Anglin laid out his editorial strategy — appeal to the kids because they’re easier to indoctrinate. “My site is mainly designed to target children,” Anglin said of his website the Daily Stormer. Much “alt-right” culture and recruitment is focused on sparking an…
To the applauds of many members of Israel’s Knesset, Vice President Mike Pence promised Monday a prompt relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel, from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. “In the weeks ahead, our administration will advance its plan to open the United States embassy in Jerusalem — and that United States embassy will open before…
Matt Lauer has been kicked out of his house in the Hamptons by his wife, Page Six reported. The disgraced Today Show anchor was fired in late November after it was reported that he had sexually harassed multiple women while at NBC. A “well-placed source” told Page Six that Annette Roque, Lauer’s wife, forced him…
(JTA) — The head of the Jewish Labour Movement in Britain accused the Labour Party leadership of failing to deal with “a vast backlog” of complaints about anti-Semitism in the party ranks. Jeremy Newmark, the national chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, on Saturday night also accused the party of letting a second investigation into…
Paul Nehlen, a Wisconsin businessman hoping to unseat Rep. Paul Ryan in a primary election, is tapping into hardcore elements of the “alt-right” — appearing on white nationalist podcasts and proudly promoting anti-Semitic books on his Twitter feed. After President Trump shortened the prison sentence of kosher meatpacking magnate Sholom Rubashkin, Nehlen urged the president…
(JTA) — A public broadcaster in France is being criticized for airing a Belgian comedienne’s joke about the Holocaust. France 2 aired the joke by Laura Laune, 31, on Friday in its 8 p.m. news journal. A winner of the 2017 season of the French counterpart of the America’s Got Talent show, she was seen…
The high school classmate suspected of murdering Blaze Bernstein reportedly recreated a famed neo-Nazi attack from the big screen on social media. Samuel Woodward, who posted white nationalist screeds on fringe sites, posted a photo of himself pretending to crush a friend’s skull against a concrete parking barrier, the New York Post reported. It was…
(JTA) — In a survey conducted online among hundreds of respondents who identified as Jews, 27 percent of Europeans and 11 percent of Americans said they felt unsafe. In the World Zionist Organization survey, which was conducted last year among a total of 1,361 respondents, 51 percent of those in Europe said that wearing Jewish…
ROME (JTA) – Italy has conferred one of its highest honors on one of the few Italian Jews who survived Auschwitz. In a decree issued Friday, Italian President Sergio Mattarella named Liliana Segre, 87, a Senator for Life – and he personally phoned her to tell her the news. The recognition was announced in the run-up…
Murders committed by American white supremacists more than doubled in 2017 over the previous year, according to a new Anti-Defamation League report. White supremacists were responsible for 18 of the total 34 extremist-related killings in the country, the ADL repoted. The report, “Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2017,” was released Wednesday by…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Anti-corruption protesters accosted Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit as he said Kaddish for his deceased mother. The incident occurred on Saturday night outside of a synagogue in Petah Tikvah near Mandelblit’s home. The worshippers had stepped outside of the synagogue to participate in the prayers that bless the new moon and Mandelblit…
