Deborah E. Lipstadt, President Biden’s nominee as antisemitism envoy, told a crowd at Shabbat services in Manhattan that antisemitism is spiraling across the political spectrum and regions of the world, warning that “less than eight decades” after the Holocaust, “we’re facing these problems once again.” “Jews may seem very well situated, but things can change…
(JTA) – After some 45 years occupying an iconic piece of real estate in Los Angeles, American Jewish University plans to sell “all or part” of its 35-acre campus. The campus in the Bel-Air neighborhood is home to the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, a seminary that ordains rabbis for Judaism’s Conservative movement. American Jewish…
(JTA) — A British soccer team that had previously defended its fans’ self-designation as “yids” has for the first time asked they stop. Tottenham Hotspur, a prominent London team with a sizable Jewish fanbase and a reputation of being Jewish among fans of rival teams, made the request in a statement on its website Thursday….
(JTA) – Demonstrators in McMinn County, Tennessee, on Thursday called on the local school board to reverse its recent decision to remove “Maus,” Art Spiegelman’s 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoir on the Holocaust, from the middle school curriculum, adding to complaints by Jews around the country over the past few weeks. The board, however, rebuffed…
(JTA) — In the first season of Netflix’s “My Unorthodox Life,” Julia Haart had a loving husband, a thriving career and a family that seemed to deftly navigate varying levels of Jewish observance. Season 2 will tell a different story. Over the last 48 hours, Haart was fired from Elite World Group, the fashion company where…
(JTA) — At the behest of a pro-Palestinian organization whose critics say is antisemitic, administrators at more than a dozen Dutch universities are instructing their staff to list their interactions with Israeli and Jewish organizations. The order followed a request sent last month by The Rights Forum, a pro-Palestinian advocacy group, to the offices of…
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — On the surface, there is nothing explicitly Jewish about Super Bowl LVI. Unlike recent years, there are no Jewish players in the big game. There will be no Ali Marpet blocking for Tom Brady, no Julian Edelman reeling in a remarkable catch from Tom Brady. (It won’t even feature Tom Brady,…
(JTA) — Over 100 students at a West Virginia public high school staged a walkout Wednesday to protest what they said was their forced attendance at a Christian prayer assembly during the school day. Bethany Felinton told the Associated Press that her Jewish son was told he could not leave the assembly, held at Huntington…
(JTA) — Some Muslim groups in Indonesia are demanding the closure of the country’s first permanent Holocaust exhibition, charging that it is part of an effort to normalize Indonesia’s relations with Israel. The exhibit launched timed to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27 and is located at Indonesia’s only synagogue, Shaar HaShamayim, located in…
(JTA) — British Jews and authorities have recorded 2,255 antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom in 2021 — the highest total in recent years anywhere in Europe. It is also the highest total ever reported in a single calendar year by the Community Security Trust, British Jewry’s antisemitism watchdog. The CST report published Wednesday found an…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A defensive tackle for the NFL’s Washington team said that if he had his druthers he’d break bread with Adolf Hitler. Jonathan Allen removed his offending tweet on Wednesday after Twitter blew up with outrage. Allen, who was drafted by the newly renamed Washington Commanders in 2017, opened up in an “ask me…
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