On December 6th, Jews For Racial & Economic Justice, where I work, honored Linda Sarsour with the Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Risk Taker Award, alongside Rabbi Ellen Lippmann and the National Domestic Workers Alliance’s We Dream In Black. And we did so with unabashed pride. The honor JFREJ has bestowed is called the “Risk Taker”…
On Tuesday afternoon, Laura Loomer was busy prepping her Halloween costume while tweeting about how the FBI had mishandled the Las Vegas shooting investigation. But as soon as she saw news of a vehicular terror attack in New York City, she sprung into action. Responding to reports that the driver had yelled “Allahu akhbar” upon…
A 57-year-old Jewish woman and her adult daughter were beaten at a Rego Park, Queens subway station on Wednesday — after they were mistaken for Muslims. “Get out of my country, you dirty Muslim!” the 40-year-old suspect, Dimitrious Zias, allegedly said, according to the Daily News. Zias punched both the mother and her daughter in…
Updated, 12:06 p.m. Two Muslim American activists have raised more than $110,000 to help repair a vandalized Jewish cemetery in Missouri. It’s a high-profile gesture headlined by Linda Sarsour, a prominent Palestinian-American critic of Israel. Now, Jewish groups are grateful — but pondering what it means. “This is another way for us to publicly defy…
2016 is almost behind us — and what a year it’s been for Scribe, the Forward’s contributor network. Since launching in July, nearly 250 contributors from 6 continents have shared their insightful, inspirational, and impactful stories, providing a 360 degree view of the world around us. Our Scribes not only come from all over the…
As we enter unchartered political waters, American Jews are asking ourselves and our communal leaders hard questions. How can we make a real difference individually and collectively? Who in our community is poised to stand up for core Jewish and American values that we previously took for granted? Which advocacy organizations should we get involved…
Frank Gaffney, whom the Southern Poverty Law Center calls “one of America’s most notorious Islamophobes” is reportedly being eyed for a spot on Donald Trump’s transition team on national security issues. Gaffney is a former Reagan administration official and the founder of the Center for Security Policy, an anti-Muslim think-tank. In a March 2016 profile…
In a German Prisoner of War (POW) camp in 1944, the American Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds called upon all of the captured soldiers to stand with the Jews of the camp despite Nazi orders to separate. Edmonds, a Christian, feared for the fate of the Jewish soldiers if the Nazis were able to identify them,…
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