In the latest comprehensive study of American Jews, there’s a single deep truth that’s hidden in plain sight, like matzah in a matzah ball. And yes, it is about food. The Pew Research Center’s report, “Jewish Americans in 2020,” asked respondents what “Jewish practices and activities” they engage in, and for people worried about the…
The Combat Anti-Semitism is part of a fleet of new groups fueling the politicization of a cause that long united Jews
The actor Nick Cannon, who said he is “atoning” for anti-Semitic comments made on his podcast, revealed on Monday that he has Jewish ancestry — a Sephardic great-grandfather who was a rabbi. Cannon was talking to Rabbi Noam Marans, director of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations at the American Jewish Committee, about the process of making…
The American Jewish Committee has demanded an apology over an editorial cartoon that depicts a crowded airline flight as a “cattle car.” The artwork, drawn by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Michael Ramirez, depicts a passenger inside a plane/cattle car saying “I can’t understand why people don’t want to fly.” This cartoon is offensive and a…
Updated August 22 President Trump’s remarks from the Oval Office on Tuesday, in which he claimed that Jews who voted for Democrats showed “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” were condemned by a variety of Jewish figures and organizations. But in some cases, their initial reactions were different from their responses after…
Donald Trump’s vulgar racism is not incidental to his political character. It’s not a latent undercurrent revealed in some unguarded moment, but rather the force through which his political career was launched and continues to perpetuate his hold over the Republican Party. This has been obvious for quite some time, indeed since he announced his…
Congress has hundreds of caucuses, collections of politicians with common interests in everything under the sun –- the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Medicare for All Caucus, the Chicken Caucus. On Monday, a new, bipartisan caucus was announced, one that hopes to rebuild a historic alliance that has lately seen some tensions: the Congressional Caucus on…
BERLIN (JTA) — Anti-Semitism among Muslim refugees is rampant and requires urgent attention, a new study suggests. But the study commissioned by the American Jewish Committee’s Ramer Institute for German-Jewish Relations in Berlin also suggests that refugees from persecuted minority communities are more likely to take a stand against anti-Semitism and for Israel. Titled “Attitudes…
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