The College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts is setting up a commission to consider whether to change its sports teams’ name—the Crusaders. School president Rev. Philip Boroughs announced last week that a working group of students, faculty, staff and alumni would hold at least two campus events to hear thoughts about changing the name…
The Gaza-based leader of the Palestinian terror group Hamas publicly rejected demands from Israel and the United States that it disarm and recognize the Jewish state, saying that the organization is only debating “when to wipe out Israel.” “Over is the time Hamas spent discussing recognizing Israel. Now Hamas will discuss when we will wipe…
(JTA) — Jewish leaders in Canada are debating a measure meant to prevent intolerance aimed at Muslims and other minorities. Earlier this month, the head of B’nai Brith Canada outlined his objections to M-103, a parliamentary motion passed earlier this year that “condemns Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination.” The Standing Committee on…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli airstrike hit a Syrian army post near the border in retaliation for a rocket that struck Israeli territory in the Golan Heights. The rocket that fell in Israel on Thursday afternoon is believed to be spillover from Syria’s long running civil war and did not cause any injuries or damage….
Houston’s plan to rebuild after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey includes a proposal that may break up the city’s tight-knit Jewish community. Stephen Costello, the city’s “flood czar” responsible for planning how to rebuild and mitigate future storm damage, is weighing a proposal to buy out thousands of damaged homes in flood-prone areas and replace…
Richard Spencer, one of the country’s most prominent white nationalist, struggled to begin a much-hyped and controversial talk at the University of Florida amidst chants and boos from the crowd on Thursday afternoon. “I am speaking to you reasonably and rationally,” he said amidst hand claps and chanting. “You are not speaking. You are screaming……
Columbia University is formally investigating students who disrupted a far-right speaker at a College Republicans event last week. Tommy Robinson, a prominent British anti-Islam activist who has called the Quran a “violent and cursed book,” was scheduled to Skype into an event on October 10th, but more than 30 protesters inside the auditorium interrupted his…
(JTA) — A Hungarian printer who helped Jews flee the Nazis during the Holocaust was honored with a plaque in Budapest. Emil Wiesmeyer’s printing company printed 4,000 blank passports to assist Swedish ambassador Raoul Wallenberg in saving Jews from deportation to Nazi death camps. He then printed another 20,000 to help more Hungarian Jews. Wiesmeyer’s…
The newest Supreme Court justice, Neil Gorsuch, has repeatedly stepped on the other justices’ toes since he joined the bench earlier this year—so much so that Justice Elena Kagan is reportedly breaking the chamber’s tradition of decorum to admonish him behind closed doors. Veteran NPR court reporter Nina Totenberg made the claim in an appearance…
The Neo-Nazi site the Daily Stormer is encouraging flash mobs at minority and Jewish institutions near University of Florida to coincide with a scheduled speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer later today. Among the addresses posted by the neo-Nazi site were the local Chabad Center and the Institute of Black Culture. Neo-Nazi site the Daily…
JERUSALEM (JTA) – The Israeli political scene has always been one of stark contrasts between the two most iconic, if not always most successful, parties: dovish Labor vs. hawkish Likud. While Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu drew huge numbers of settlers in his most recent election as prime minister, uprooting Jewish homes in the West Bank…
