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  The Silence Surrounding Violence Against Us Orthodox Jews Is Deafening

  Yesterday was one of those days Jews are becoming more and more familiar with. It was a day we wish we could forget, but we know we will remember forever. With two murderers deliberately targeting a Jewish store in Jersey City, killing three innocent people, two of them Jews, the confidence we can have in…

  By Eli Steinberg

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  The Lesson Of Trump’s Executive Order That Wasn’t

  Two things happened to Jewish Americans on Tuesday. Only one of them was real. A Jewish grocery store in Jersey City really was attacked in a murderous rampage. There really was a synagogue and yeshiva in the same building, with real children who sat huddled in terror for hours who were then evacuated lest they…

  By Ari Hoffman Dec 11, 2019 | 3 min read
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  I’m A College Student Battling Anti-Semitism. Trump Is Making It Worse.

  As a college student who regularly encounters anti-Semitism on campus, you might think I’d be happy to see President Trump plan to sign an executive order to protect Jewish students, especially after a misreported rumor was cleared up about the executive order classifying Judaism as a nationality. You would be wrong. This executive order is…

  By Blake Flayton Dec 11, 2019 | 4 min read

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  Trump’s Executive Order Shows Again That He Thinks American Jews Are Displaced Israelis

  Over the past week, President Trump took two decisive actions related to American Jews. At first glance, one of these actions seems to be anti-Semitic, while the other appears to be supportive of American Jews. Yet taken together, both reinforce the same impression — that President Trump does not quite believe that American Jews are…

  By Joel Swanson Dec 11, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Trump’s Executive Order Against College Campuses Is Bad For The Jews

  On Tuesday, the New York Times revealed that the Trump Administration plans a new executive order that aims to crack down on college campus anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, penalizing universities for failing to protect Jewish students. You may feel as I do that college campuses have gotten increasingly — and inexcusably — anti-Semitic in recent years….

  By Howard Lovy Dec 11, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Rep Eric Swalwell | We Must Hold Trump Accountable For Embracing Anti-Semitism

  Hate is on the rise in America, oozing like poison into our national dialogue — and even into our government’s official business. It’s on all of us to call it out, and tone it down. FBI data shows hate crimes reached a 16-year high in 2018. Even California, which has some of the strongest hate…

  By Eric Swalwell Dec 10, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Labour Voters: There’s No Excuse.

  “The Labour Party is no longer a safe space for Jewish people.” So reads the damning opening line of the Jewish Labour Movement’s thoroughly-depressing submission to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s investigation into Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis, made public just one week before British voters go to the polls on Thursday. The Jewish Labour Movement…

  By Liam Hoare Dec 10, 2019 | 4 min read
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  I Am A Rohingya Refugee. Today, We Seek Justice

  Today, Myanmar will at last have to answer for genocide — one of the worst crimes known to humankind — at the International Court of Justice. This is a crucial step toward making amends to the families of men, women and children who were raped, tortured, murdered or displaced. A victory at this prestigious court…

  By Yasmin Ullah Dec 10, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Progressives Need To Face The Truth: Jeremy Corbyn’s Record On Anti-Semitism Is Bad.

  When it comes to the furor surrounding British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s supposed anti-Semitism, three unsettling things are true. First, Corbyn is not the major party candidate most complicit in bigotry. That ugly distinction goes to Britain’s current prime minister, Boris Johnson. Second, the British Jewish establishment has largely given Johnson a pass, which…

  By Peter Beinart Dec 9, 2019 | 12 min read
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  Thank You, Tiffany Haddish, For Reminding Us How Precious Our Heritage Is

  Something of great significance for the Jewish community happened last week. We must recognize and embrace it as such. Some folks — myself included — will have to get out, if just for the moment, of the lane we have long been traveling in. And we should be grateful for that opportunity. I refer not…

  By Deborah E. Lipstadt Dec 9, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Trump Is Right: I Don’t Love Israel Enough To Enable His Bigotry

  This past weekend, President Trump delivered a speech to the Israeli American Council invoking several anti-Semitic tropes. These included a “dual-loyalty” accusation, when he said that many Jewish Americans “don’t love Israel enough.” What Trump is talking about isn’t love; it’s hostage-taking. Trump, speaking to the Israeli American Council: “You’re not nice people at all,…

  By Carly Pildis Dec 9, 2019 | 3 min read