In one post from May 20, a Facebook user quoted Nazi mastermind Joseph Goebbels saying Jews are “masters at manipulating public opinion.” In another, from May 19, a user posted a photo of a person holding a sign saying “Hitler Was Right.” Another, from last year, spewed theories about “child-trafficking Jewish supremacists.” These are some…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Approval numbers among American Jewish voters for President Joe Biden are 70%, an American Jewish Committee poll found, while 26% of Jewish voters disapprove of his job performance. The survey published Wednesday, the first in Biden’s presidency to measure his ratings among Jewish voters, is commensurate with past Jewish support for Democratic…
Updated 6/3 1:00 ET Google said Wednesday night it had reassigned the company’s diversity lead, whose 2007 blog post suggested Jewish people have an “insatiable appetite for war.” “These writings are unquestionably hurtful,” the company’s press office said in a statement. “The author acknowledges this and has apologized. He will no longer be part of…
(JTA) — When Eric Lander was sworn in today as the White House’s first-ever Cabinet-level science advisor, the geneticist also made Jewish history — by taking his oath of office on a 500-year-old copy of a Jewish text filled with ethical precepts. Lander chose a 1492 edition of Pirkei Avot from the Library of Congress’…
(JTA) — Sen. Cory Booker is leading a group of U.S. Jewish and Black senators in establishing a coalition to fight antisemitism and racism. The so-called Black-Jewish coalition will also include Booker’s fellow Democrats Sens. Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, as well as Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican from across…
Isaac Herzog is set to become Israel’s 11th president after winning Wednesday’s election against Miriam Peretz, in a secret ballot among the country’s 120 lawmakers. Eighty-seven lawmakers voted for Herzog, while 27 voted for Peretz. He will officially replace outgoing President Reuven Rivlin next month, with his seven-year term beginning on July 9. “I plan…
Isaac Herzog is set to become Israel’s 11th president after winning Wednesday’s election against Miriam Peretz, in a secret ballot among the country’s 120 lawmakers. Eighty-seven lawmakers voted for Herzog, while 27 voted for Peretz. He will officially replace outgoing President Reuven Rivlin next month, with his seven-year term beginning on July 9. “I plan…
(JTA) — As soon as next week, Benjamin Netanyahu may no longer be prime minister of Israel. So who will be the next person to lead the Jewish state? The answer may be Naftali Bennett, a former Netanyahu ally who supports many of his right-wing policies and is a longtime, staunch advocate for Israel’s West…
As many Americans settle back into the workweek, one motorcyclist is going a step further to burn off long weekend celebrations: Tuesday marks the start of Steve Goode’s “Great American Deli Schlep” around the country. Goode is partnering with the Jewish national advocacy group MAZON to raise money and awareness for the fight against hunger…
In a push to restart its execution program, the state of Arizona is dusting off its gas chamber and stocking up on hydrogen cyanide gas, a compound better known by the name the Nazis called it when they used it at Auschwitz — Zyklon B. According to documents found by the UK-based Guardian, the state…
(JTA) — (Detroit Jewish News via JTA) — On his way home for a surprise visit to see family and friends, Jewish journalist Danny Fenster was detained Monday in Myanmar, where he works for a news site in the country’s largest city of Yangon. Fenster is among the many journalists who have been detained, imprisoned…
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