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Fast Forward Neo-Nazis Cover Seattle Synagogues With Racist Flyers
(JTA) — Neo-Nazis affiliated with the anti-Semitic Daily Stormer Book Club plastered racist fliers on three Seattle synagogues. The fliers were posted over the weekend by a masked man and featured an illustration of Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts biting…
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Opinion Bad Holocaust Analogies Ironically Show The Stunning Success Of Holocaust Education
When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez referred to detention centers for asylum seekers in the U.S. as “concentration camps”, a controversy rightfully erupted. Some decried AOC for trivializing the Holocaust; others defended her statement as a legitimate image to draw attention to suffering and inhumanity. Others argued the fine points of terminology (she said “concentration camps,” not…
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Opinion Letter | No, AOC’s Support For IfNotNow Isn’t ‘Fringe.’ Most American Jews Oppose The Occupation.
In a recent piece titled “Why Is AOC Tokenizing A Fringe Jewish Group?” Seffi Kogen, the Global Director of Young Leadership for the American Jewish Committee, argued that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez committed the “cardinal sin of progressivism” when she voiced support for IfNotNow, the anti-occupation group; the group is not “representative of American Jews,” wrote…
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Opinion Why Is AOC Tokenizing A Fringe Jewish Group?
For the most part, American Jews aren’t very religiously observant. Per the 2013 Pew study of American Jews, the single most widely adhered to Jewish practice in this country is the Passover seder. 70% of Jews reported taking part in the year the study focused on. That old saw about two Jews having three different…
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News AOC Has A Lot To Say About Israel, Antisemitism And Her Possible Sephardic Roots
(JTA) — Despite the president calling her an anti-Israel Jew-hater, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hasn’t actually said a ton about Israel and the Jews. Until now, that is. In a lengthy radio interview Tuesday, AOC expounded on a huge range of Jewish topics — from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to anti-Semitism to Jewish social justice activism to…
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Fast Forward Ocasio-Cortez Signs On As Co-Sponsor Of Omar’s BDS Resolution
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has signed on as a co-sponsor of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s resolution defending boycotts, a document that is widely understood as a specific show of support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The resolution does not specifically mention Israel, but Omar told Al-Monitor before filing the resolution that the…
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Fast Forward Here Are The 17 Members Of Congress Who Voted Against Condemning BDS
Some Democrats argued that the resolution, which has no force in law, impinged on the First Amendment
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Fast Forward Beto Compares Trump Crowds Chanting ‘Send Her Back’ To Nazi Rallies At Nuremberg
Beto O’Rourke compared a recent Donald Trump rally, at which supporters chanted “Send her back!” in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar, to the Nazi party rallies at Nuremberg. “Yes, President Trump is a racist,” O’Rourke told a reporter for ABC News in response to a question asking whether Trump is racist. “What we saw in…
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