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Fast Forward Jewish Congress Chief Pushes Europe To Adopt Definition for Anti-Semitism
(JTA) – The absence of a European Union definition for anti-Semitism is an “absurd” situation that needs correcting, which also would honor Holocaust victims, the president of the European Jewish Congress told European lawmakers. During his address Wednesday at the European Parliament ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, EJC president Moshe Kantor referenced the 2013 removal…
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News What About Anti-Semitism?
Recent news spotlighting plans by neo-Nazis to stage a march in nearby Whitefish, Montana, not far from the Idaho panhandle, may raise an obvious question: Is it safe to be Jewish in Idaho? Rabbi Dan Fink of Ahavath Beth Israel, in Boise, stressed that, contrary to some stories, his town is not crawling with anti-Semitic…
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Fast Forward Far Right Slams Palestinian March Organizer Linda Sarsour as Anti-Semite
Linda Sarsour, a Muslim civil rights activist, is facing charges of anti-Semitism after she helped organize the Women’s March on Washington. “The anti-Semite who organized the ‘Women’s March on Washington,’” screamed a headline from David Horowitz’s Front Page Magazine. The piece cited her opposition to Zionism, connection to family members who are supposedly imprisoned in…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism Spikes in Poland — Stoked by Populist Surge Against Refugees
Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Poland, a country with almost no Jews. A new national study conducted by the Center for Research on Prejudice at the University of Warsaw finds a significant increase in negative attitudes toward Jews since 2014. The research, covering the years 2014-2016, shows that anti-Semitic hate speech is becoming increasingly…
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Fast Forward Playwright Jon Robin Baitz Set Upon by ‘Sieg Heil’ Thug
(JTA) — Jewish playwright Jon Robin Baitz said he was assaulted in Washington, D.C., by a man who went “Sieg Heil” and shouted anti-Semitic invective. Baitz told Vanity Fair that he and his husband were attacked Friday night outside the Kimpton Carlyle Hotel. He said they were approached by a group the playwright described as “exhilarated…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Vandalism Wave Hits London
A series of five anti-Semitic hate crimes hit London over the weekend, according to the Jewish Chronicle. In the most egregious case, Jews walking home from Friday night Shabbat services were pelted with eggs. In another, a brick was tossed threw a window, with swastikas drawn onto it. One homeowner left the house to find…
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Opinion Thanks, Donald Trump. You Actually Brought Jews and Muslims Together.
At 1:30 p.m. on the day of the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., I huddled with my group of students from the University of Pennsylvania alongside thousands upon thousands of other protesters. Our group tried to find a route around the gridlock, to no avail, when a Muslim freshman realized that the time for afternoon…
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Opinion What a 12-Year-old Boy in Whitefish, Montana Taught a Rabbi
Recently, Richard Spencer, a white supremacist who has garnered a lot of attention, inspired a campaign of intimidation and harassment against the Jewish community of Whitefish, Mont. a resort community where he and his family live. Racist web sites published the names and addresses of local Jews. Jewish children there were singled out for attack…
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