Lawyers hired by the City University of New York to investigate alleged instances of anti-Semitism by campus pro-Palestinian activists have found that most of the activists’ conduct was protected under the First Amendment. The lawyers’ report comes six months after a letter by the Zionist Organization of America alleged that local CUNY chapters of the…
Protests erupted during a New York City Council hearing on an anti-BDS bill — so much so that City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal called for the crowd to take a “deep yoga breath.” Dozens of people were forced out of the hearing on a resolution to condemn “all efforts to delegitimize the state of Israel and…
A well-known neo-Nazi activist in Oregon is taking his message on the road — literally. Jimmy Marr, who the Anti-Defamation League calls an anti-Semitic white supremacist activist, recently posted online pictures of his latest efforts — a truck emblazoned with signs reading “Jew Lies Matter,” accompanied by a swastika. The slogan is an anti-Semitic twist…
At a trendy community space in Brooklyn, a controversial 9/11 conspiracy theorist spoke Wednesday to a group of around two dozen listeners about the “Zionist war agenda” that he says was behind the attack 15 years ago that killed 3,000. The crowd filed past a sleek bar serving drinks, some carrying Palestinian flags and flyers…
Federal prosecutors announced the arrest Wednesday evening of two members of the Satmar Hasidic group accused of planning to kidnap and murder a man who had refused to grant his wife a religious divorce. Shimen Liebowitz, 25, and Aharon Goldberg, 55, planned to pay $55,000 to a private investigator to arrange the kidnapping, according to…
Brooklyn Commons is a neighborhood gathering space. It says its purpose is “movement building,” but the organization dedicated to fostering connection found itself attacked by its own allies days before the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Groups affiliated with the Commons, including Jewish organizations, wanted the space to cancel a scheduled talk by Christopher…
Prosecutors played dramatic recordings of 911 calls at the criminal trial of Mayer Herscovic, the 24-year-old Hasidic man who stands accused of participating in the December 2013 beating of Brooklyn man Taj Patterson. The recordings of passerby desperate to help Patterson appear to describe a mob attack by Jewish men on the young black man….
The granddaughter of one of Brooklyn’s most influential Hasidic rebbes, or rabbis, died of a reported drug overdose early this week, according to an Israeli newspaper, sending the tight-knit ultra-Orthodox community into mourning and raising alarms among advocates who warn of a crisis among young people on its margins. Feige Greenwald’s death, first reported in…
In a move to boost his national security credibility, Donald Trump released an endorsement letter signed by 88 retired military figures. Now some are questioning if there is a hidden anti-Semitic message behind the statement — since the number 88 is a well-known code for ‘Heil Hitler.’ In the open letter, the former generals and…
(JTA) — Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer stepped up to an 800-pound gjallarhorn and exhaled with all he had to launch the festivities that officially inaugurated the team’s $1.1 billion stadium. Music lovers would have found the deep, uneven sound revolting, but the Nordic instrument is plenty melodic in inspiring Vikings’ partisans. The team’s…
So far, Sheldon Adelson is showing Donald Trump his face — but not his money. The Las Vegas Jewish billionaire and the Republican presidential nominee have met twice in recent weeks, first in New York and again in Las Vegas in late August. Adelson also hosted Trump at his suite during the Republican convention in…
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