As photos and videos of the insurrection at the Capitol trickled out of Washington, D.C., a pattern emerged — well-known antisemites and their symbols were at the uprising or cheering it on from afar. That guy’s hoodie says “Camp Auschwitz.” https://t.co/I2hwHZ1MsD — Matt Ford (@fordm) January 6, 2021 Here’s a guide to some of the…
They compared the scene at the Capitol to the violent regimes their parents fled. They condemned President Trump’s half-hearted response as his supporters stormed congressional offices. They posted jarring photographs of Confederate flags flying in the halls of America’s most important government building, concluding grimly that “the Civil War isn’t over.” Jewish leaders, writers and…
Updated: 4:59 pm EST. This is a breaking news story and will be updated as the situation develops. The violent storming of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday by far-right protesters came after 36 hours of protests in D.C. that centered on antisemitic conspiracy theories, including QAnon, and claims that George Soros and other prominent Jewish Americans…
During Sen. Chuck Schumer’s first Senate run for a New York seat in 1998, in a private meeting with Jewish supporters, Republican Sen. Al D’Amato called his upstart competitor a “putzhead,” literally meaning “penis-head.” Schumer has come a long way. Now, after victories for Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in competitive Senate runoffs in Georgia,…
(JTA) — The chief suspect in a New York City bomb hoax is a 22-year-old far-right activist who once served as a leader of a Jewish youth group. Louis Shenker, who surrendered to police on Tuesday, according to NBC News, was a BBYO regional vice president five years ago while in high school. Campus provocations…
A Jewish father is dead and his two young children presumed drowned after a sneaker wave, a surge that appears with tremendous force and no warning, dragged them into the ocean at a Sonoma County beach last weekend. The tragedy occurred on Sunday, Jan. 3, when Petaluma resident Michael Wyman, 40, his wife, Sarah, and…
This wasn’t Jon Ossoff’s first race. If his name sounded familiar last year, when he challenged Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue before heading into Nov. 5’s closely watched Georgia runoff, there’s a reason. In 2017, Ossoff ran to represent Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District. He then achieved the curious distinction of being one of the first…
Democrats appeared on the cusp of taking control of Congress early Wednesday morning, as the Rev. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in one of two Georgia Senate runoffs and Jon Ossoff was locked in a narrow race again incumbent David Perdue in the other. If he prevails, Ossoff will become the first Jewish…
Democrats appeared on the cusp of taking control of Congress early Wednesday morning, as the Rev. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in one of two Georgia Senate runoffs and Jon Ossoff was locked in a narrow race again incumbent David Perdue in the other. If he prevails, Ossoff will become the first Jewish…
The Forward has been closely watching the two Senate races in Georgia since the summer, when Republican Sen. David Perdue ran an online ad that enlarged the nose of his Jewish opponent Jon Ossoff. The contest hasn’t gotten any prettier since then — but the stakes have increased. Both Senate races advanced to runoffs after…
(JTA) — Tuesday’s two runoff elections in Georgia won’t just decide control of the U.S. Senate. They’ll also be significant symbolic wins for one or both of the polarized sides of the American Jewish community. Thanks to several dramatic developments, including an infamous campaign ad, a year-old letter about a trip to Israel and a…
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