The largest body of Orthodox rabbis in the United States released a statement on Wednesday condemning President Trump’s continued comparisons between white supremacist marchers and counter-protestors in Charlottesville, Va. “There is no moral comparison,” the president of the Rabbinical Council of America, Rabbi Elazar Muskin, said in a statement. “Failure to unequivocally reject hatred and…
(JTA) — Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush issued a joint statement rejecting “racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred in all forms.” “As we pray for Charlottesville, we are reminded by the fundamental truths recorded by that city’s most prominent citizen in the Declaration of Independence: we are all created equal and endowed…
Richard Spencer, the “alt-right” leader at the center of the weekend’s Charlottesville crisis, may speak on the University of Florida’s campus in September, thanks to rules that allow outside groups to hold events at the public college. “For many in our community, including myself, this speaker’s presence would be deeply disturbing. What we’ve watched happen…
President Donald Trump announced in a tweet on Wednesday that he was shuttering two of his business advisory councils after numerous CEOs on those bodies resigned due to their opposition to the president’s continued comparisons between white supremacist marchers and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va. “Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council…
After neo-Nazis took to the streets in Charlottesville over the weekend, North Carolina resident Paige Braswell confronted a man in the town of Mount Holly over his flying of a swastika flag in front of his home. The man, identified as Joe Love, spewed hatred at her after she drove up to his property and…
The March for Racial Justice, scheduled for Yom Kippur, is looking to adjust its schedule to accommodate Jewish marchers. The date of the march will not be changed, but related events may be held on that Saturday night or the next day. In a statement Wednesday, organizers of the civil rights march said that scheduling…
Pushed off social media sites, “alt-right” white nationalists have found havens in their own network of apps and sites. Discord, a group chat app, was one of them. The app became very popular with far-right activists, who used it to organize and spread their messages. “They posted swastikas and praised Hitler in chat rooms with…
(JTA) – The son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed President Trump by suggesting that far-left thugs are just as dangerous as neo-Nazis — or maybe even worse. Yair Netanyahu was commenting on events Saturday in which a white supremacist rammed his car into counterprotesters of a far-right rally, killing one and injuring some…
Vice News usually sends its staff to cover foreign hot-spots, but over the weekend it embedded a reporter on the domestic battleground of Charlottesville, as journalist Elle Reeve followed the every move and statement of white supremacist Christopher Cantwell. Reeve caught up-close footage of the torch-lit rally on Friday night, when the white supremacists shouted…
Eric Cantor denounced President Trump’s Tuesday comments on Charlottesville, with the former House majority leader dismissing the idea of “equal blames” between both sides during the weekend violence. “There needs to be outspoken rejection of neo-Nazis, of white supremacists, and KKK, and there should be absolutely no equivocation,” Cantor told the conservative Washington Examiner. “When…
Just a day after the Daily Stormer was booted from two domain registrars, including Google, the neo-Nazi website is back — with a Russian domain name. As first reported by the website arstechnica, the Daily Stormer is back online under the name “dailystormer.ru.” In a post announcing his return, publisher Andrew Anglin said his partner…
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