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Fast Forward Kentucky becomes first US state to adopt IHRA anti-Semitism definition
(JTA) — For the first time, a U.S. state has officially adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that has ignited debates worldwide over the extent to which criticism of Israel should be considered anti-Semitic. Lawmakers in Kentucky voted to adopt the definition developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Association, known as IHRA, on Wednesday as part…
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News Trump’s antisemitism envoy leaves a polarizing legacy as Biden prepares new pick
At the height of the debate over Israel’s possible annexation of the West Bank last summer, J Street, the liberal pro-Israel group, was urging followers on social media to write to Senators opposing the move. Elan Carr, the State Department’s envoy to combat antisemitism, jumped in to take exception to J Street’s use in a…
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Fast Forward Congressman who was upside down on Zoom is also on the wrong side of Jews
Rep. Thomas Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, was the subject of social media mockery on Wednesday as he got stuck upside down during a virtual House Financial Services meeting on the COVID-19 relief bill. “I don’t know how to fix that,” Emmer said when a colleague informed him his face was seen upside down on the…
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News Every antisemitic thing Marjorie Taylor Greene has said and done (so far)
Editor’s Note: This story will be updated as necessary. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Jewish space laser post shot her into the Jewish press; there was just too much there, comedic and serious, to give it up. While the statement was made before her election, she has refused to apologize for her comments, according to CNN. Antisemitism…
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Fast Forward Biden official says administration accepts international Holocaust group’s definition of antisemitism
(JTA) — A State Department official said the Biden administration embraces a definition of anti-Semitism that has sparked controversy because it includes some forms of harsh criticism of Israel. ‘We must educate ourselves and our communities to recognize anti-Semitism in its many forms so that we can call hate by its proper name and take…
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The Schmooze Happy birthday to Virginia Woolf, who hated the sound of Jewish laughter
Today marks the birth date of brilliant novelist and thinker Virginia Woolf, whose writings are a staple of modernist literature and whose feminist philosophy laid out some of the blueprints for the feminist movement we enjoy today. Sadly, Virginia Woolf hated Jews a lot. Jewish characters in her novels were written as ugly stereotypes, and…
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Culture Did antisemitism forge the bagel we know and love?
For a humble circle of bread, the bagel is divisive. Even that statement would probably set someone off on a rant (bagels are not just circular bread!). People could go to war over whether gimmicky styles like chocolate chip or rainbow bagels are delicious or disgraceful. But everyone agrees that boiling the bagel, which creates…
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News Is Gab’s leadership as antisemitic as its users?
After the Anti-Defamation League published an open letter asking the federal government to investigate the self-described “free speech” social media platform Gab — which hosted the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter — for its possible role in the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, Gab’s response letter included an unusual sign-off. “We will never bend to their demands and…
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