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Opinion Don’t Fall For ‘Both-Siderism’ Trap On Anti-Semitism
In the aftermath of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh, the argument over the source of danger to American Jews — the social justice left or the right’s white nationalist movement — is over. Right-wing anti-Semitism and white nationalism pose the single greatest threat to the safety of the American Jewish community. Our response…
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Fast Forward ‘F—- Jew Thieve’ Spray Painted Outside Jewish Homes In Seattle
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic vandalism was discovered outside the homes of Jewish residents of West Seattle. The red spray-painted words were discovered on Monday. Residents believe it was painted there overnight, the West Seattle Blog reported. The word “JEW” was spray painted on a garage and “F—- JEW THEIVE” [sic] on the pavement. The residents of…
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Fast Forward Driver Arrested For Trying To Run Over Jews Leaving Los Angeles Synagogue
(JTA) — Los Angeles police arrested a man who allegedly attempted to run over two people outside of a synagogue. The incident occurred on Friday night. Police are investigating it as a possible hate crime, the NBC Los Angeles affiliate reported. A security camera video shows the driver trying to run down the two visibly…
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Fast Forward ADL Report On Hate-Filled Saudi Textbooks Buzzkill For New Pal Israel
Saudi school textbooks for the 2018-19 academic year instigate hatred or violence against Jews, Christians, women and homosexual men, according to an analysis by the Anti-Defamation League. Newly released textbooks were translated, and several passages were documented in the ADL’s “Teaching Hate and Violence: Problematic Passages from Saudi State Textbooks for the 2018–19 School Year.”…
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Fast Forward Young Boy Punched In The Eye In Anti-Semitic Attack On Bus In Wales
(JTA) — A young boy was assaulted in an attack with anti-Semitic motivation on a bus in Wales in the United Kingdom. The boy was punched in the eye and grabbed by the mouth after his mother told a man and a woman on the bus that she was born in Israel, the WalesOnline news…
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Opinion If You’re Only Calling Out Anti-Semitism On One Side, You’re Enabling It.
On Friday, November 16, Linda Sarsour accused American Jewry of dual loyalty, thereby inscribing herself into the registry of vicious anti-Semitic discourse. I write these words with hesitation and with little joy, for Sarsour has an impressive resumé of activism when it comes to laudable domestic causes. She has contributed much to the chipping away…
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Opinion No, BDS Is Not Anti-Semitic, And Neither Is Ilhan Omar.
It turns out that Ilhan Omar, who this month became the first Somali American and the first Muslim refugee ever elected to Congress, modulates her views to fit her audience. In other words, she’s a politician. In February of last year, before she launched her congressional campaign, Omar praised the movement to boycott, divest from…
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Fast Forward Man Arrested In Brooklyn For Shouting ‘Heil Hitler’ At Jewish Car Owner
(JTA) — A man was arrested in Brooklyn for shouting “Heil Hitler” at a Jewish man as he sat in his car. The man who was identifiably Jewish was sitting in his parked car and preparing to go to a meeting in a nearby building on Thursday morning when the young African American man shouted…
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Opinion A Holocaust perpetrator was just celebrated on US soil. I think I know why no one objected.
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