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Fast Forward On Charlottesville Anniversary, Trump Condemns ‘All Types Of Racism’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump marked the anniversary of the deadly neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Virginia with a tweet that did not single out white supremacists as responsible, while his Jewish daughter named the racist ideology and condemned it. “The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division,” Trump said Saturday…
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Fast Forward Let’s Troll Unite The Right Planner Kessler By Pointing Out His Jewish Surname
There are a lot of Jewish and non-Jewish Kesslers out there — it’s one of those tricky last names. In the days before the year anniversary of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., one name in particular keeps getting tossed around: Jason Kessler. The last name Kessler has German and Ashkenzai Jewish…
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Opinion One Year After Charlottesville, We Cannot Lean Into Fear
On Friday, August 11, one year ago this weekend, hundreds of white men (and some white women) marched in Charlottesville, VA for the white nationalist Unite The Right rally. They surrounded a synagogue where a Jewish community was holding Kabbalat Shabbat services. They shouted Nazi and Ku Klux Klan slogans. They assaulted counter-protestors. The next…
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Community On The Anniversary Of Charlottesville, Don’t Forget That Nazis Hate More Than Just Jews
On August 6, the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington issued a joint “Community Advisory” on upcoming protests in the District of Columbia. The advisory speaks of “the current rise in bigotry, racism, and anti-Semitism” and says “we must stand together and draw strength from our diversity in order to…
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Fast Forward More Than 3,000 Incidents Of Extremism In 2018, Seen In ADL’s Interactive Map
Nearly a year after the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, the Anti-Defamation League launched an interactive map that details extremist and anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S., the organization announced Thursday. Hovering above the ADL H.E.A.T. (Hate, Extremism, Anti-Semitism, Terrorism) Map, which is black and features color-code dots over a white-outlined map of the…
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Fast Forward ADL’s New Interactive Map Highlights Anti-Semitic Data and Trends
The Anti-Defamation League launched an interactive map that details extremist and anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, the organization announced Thursday. The ADL H.E.A.T. Map was developed by ADL experts in its Center on Extremism. The map allows users to see the tactics extremists use, read details on specific incidents, compare activity by type or…
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Fast Forward Singer Pink Talks Emotional Visit To Berlin Holocaust Memorial
Singer-songwriter Pink opened up on her pal Reese Witherspoon’s show about her family’s emotional visit to the Berlin Holocaust memorial last year, The Jerusalem Post reports. On Witherspoon’s web series “Hello Sunshine,” Pink discussed her daughter’s reaction to viewing the memorial. “She was like, ‘Wait, so [grandma’s] Jewish… my mom’s Jewish, well then I’m Jewish,’”…
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Fast Forward Jason Kessler Stops Seeking Permit To Hold Charlottesville Anniversary Rally
Jason Kessler is no longer seeking a permit to hold a Unite the Right anniversary rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 11 and 12, CBS19 News reported. In federal court on Tuesday, he withdrew his motion to overturn the city’s denial of his permit. Kessler, who planned last year’s rally, arrived to the hearing nearly 45…
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