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Opinion How to lie with statistics, antisemitism edition
If 174,000 American Jews had been physically attacked in the past year, you’d think we’d all have heard about it. That’s roughly five times the number of Jews who were assaulted, had their businesses vandalized or were sent to concentration camps during Kristallnacht, the worst pogrom of the 20th century. Yet that’s the tsunami of…
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Opinion I was taught the ‘opposing perspective’ of the Holocaust in middle school. I’ll never forget it
In the fallout from NBC News’ revelations that teachers in Texas were told to teach “opposing perspectives” about the Holocaust, many people are asking what teaching “opposing perspectives” of the Holocaust looks like. I know from personal experience, since I attended a Holocaust class that invited us to consider the Nazi perspective in middle school….
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Yiddish World Being pro-Israel is taboo among my fellow students on Instagram
Teenagers today, like many adults, seem to have become obsessed with Israel and Israeli politics. Last May, when a ceasefire was called after 11 days of fighting in Israel, my fellow students at Columbia Secondary School in Manhattan, who had never posted anything about Israel on Instagram, were suddenly spokespeople for the “anti-Israel movement.” As…
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Fast Forward A new glossary includes “el lobby judio” and other antisemitic Spanish terms to avoid
An English-language glossary of antisemitic terms has been translated to help combat anti-Jewish rhetoric in the Spanish-speaking world. Recently released by the American Jewish Committee,Traduciendo el Odio, or Translate Hate, is a digital glossary of 40 words and phrases. It explains how each term is used antisemitically, and gives real life examples from tweets to…
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Culture German hotel requires rock star to hide Star of David
Gil Ofarim has been a professional musician since 1997, when his song “Round ‘n’ Round (It Goes)” made the Top 40 charts in his native Germany. While his teen heartthrob days may have waned, he’s still well-known, particularly in Germany. Yet despite his fame, a concierge told the 39-year-old rocker Tuesday that he could not…
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Opinion Stop comparing everything you hate to the Holocaust
A flier circulating in my home state this week depicts a Jewish politician seated at a table stacked high with gold coins. This incident is the third time in two months that candidates for the Virginia State Legislature have exploited antisemitic imagery for political purposes. In the first case, the candidate compared being a teacher…
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Books After the Tree of Life massacre, an inspiring story of a community coming together
Mark Oppenheimer tells the story of how the Pittsburgh Jewish community rebounded after tragedy
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Fast Forward Jews face discrimination across the globe, new report finds
Jews experience a disproportionate rate of discrimination in countries around the globe, with 89 governments engaging in some kind of harassment against Jews or restrictions on the practice of Judaism, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. By this measure, that is the most discrimination faced by any religious group other than…
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