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News Jewish Groups Struggle to Both Criticize and Honor Black Lives Matter
Jewish responses spanned the political spectrum following scathing criticism of Israel by a group affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement. But strikingly, even statements by some centrist groups strove to strike a balance — reflecting their apparent recognition of the broader movement’s impact as an emerging force in American life. The wide range of…
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News How Did Black Lives Matter Come To Charge Israel With ‘Genocide’?
Amid the nearly 40,000 words that make up the recent manifesto issued by a large coalition affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement, two have raised an outcry among mainstream Jewish organizations and leaders. Those two words, in a brief section about Israel, are “apartheid” and “genocide.” The August 1 manifesto, penned by a coalition…
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News When NATO’s Man in Poland Ran Anti-Semitic Paper
The recent NATO summit, held for the first time ever in Warsaw, was a triumph for Poland’s defense minister, Antoni Macierewicz. The United States promised it would deploy American soldiers on Polish soil, near Russia’s border. Macierewicz shook hands with world leaders, including President Obama, who graced him with a smile. He won praise from…
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News Auschwitz Game Highlights Serious Holes in Google’s Review Process
Controversy raged this week over news that the Google Play store had allowed a free mobile game that promised players could “live like a real Jew” at Auschwitz. For the second time in a month, Google’s review process was brought into serious question. But now, the game’s creators have come forward to say that was…
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Fast Forward Anti-Defamation League Finds Rise in Anti-Semtic Assaults but Drop in Total Incidents
While anti-Semitic incidents in the US are still low compared to previous decades, the number of violent assaults jumped dramatically in the last year. In its annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, the Anti-Defamation League found a total of 941 anti-Semitic incidents in 39 states and the District of Columbia in 2015, compared to 912 in…
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News ADL’s Stance on Anti-BDS Bills: Highly Nuanced
When it comes to moves against BDS and the Anti-Defamation League, it’s complicated. Like most of the mainstream Jewish community, the ADL views the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel as deplorable. In fact, said the group’s national director, Jonathan Greenblatt in May, “At its core BDS is an anti-Semitic movement. It is…
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News Anti-Defamation League Stands Almost Alone Against Communal Push for Anti-BDS Measures
As many Jewish groups jump on board a push for laws to penalize businesses and groups boycotting Israel, the Anti-Defamation League, long considered a pillar of the Jewish establishment, is not just standing back — it has been opposing the tide. And now, it’s taking flack for this. In a press release calling ADL’s opposition…
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News Meet the One Jewish Group that Can Attack Donald Trump
Donald Trump poses a particular challenge to most Jewish organizations. His message stands in stark contrast to their groups’s positions on immigration, race or welfare, but the organizations can’t call him out on it due to federal tax rules limiting not-for-profits’s political speech. Bend the Arc has the answer. Join the anti-Trump mobilization its operating…
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