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Community All Jews Should Register as Muslims: Because We Know the Horrors Of Religious Registration All Too Well
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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Fast Forward Is Donald Trump Win Emboldening European Anti-Semites?
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A founder of Human Rights Watch warned that Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president is encouraging anti-Semitism in Europe. Aryeh Neier, an American Jew who was born in Nazi Germany, addressed the issue on Sunday at a talk about philanthropy and anti-Semitism during an event organized by the Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund,…
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News Will Trump Bring Jews and Muslims Together To Fight Back Against Bigotry?
Jews and Muslims have sometimes encountered difficulty working together due to splits over issues like Israel-Palestine. But after the election of Donald Trump, the American Jewish Committee and the Islamic Society of North America have announced a new advisory council to fight both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. “We have to show the administration that as American…
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Community From Freedom Riders to Safety Pins
People are wearing safety pins as a way to protest the recent election of Donald Trump. “Wearing my #safetypin because I am a queer, Jewish woman and I stand with all of my fellow humans,” wrote Miranda Day on Twitter. “For my Hispanic great-nephew, my Jewish great-niece and my African-American 2nd cousins I wear my…
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News Steve Bannon in the White House? Some Jews Fear Speaking Out Might Cost Precious Access
Steve Bannon’s appointment to a top position in the Trump White House is putting the Jewish community’s red lines to a test. Struggling to balance a need to speak out against bigotry and anti-Semitism, which many believe Bannon has endorsed, and the wish to maintain open doors to the future administration, some Jewish groups and…
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News ADL Starts #ExposeHate Hashtag to Showcase Post-Trump Attacks
In the days since Trump became president-elect, the United States has seen a rise in racist and anti-Semitic crimes. More post-election depravity at Indiana church vandalized w/ “Heil Trump,” swastika, & gay slur graffiti https://t.co/PaHrVidC5t #ExposeHate pic.twitter.com/98EKdl7owj — Oren Segal (@orensegal) November 14, 2016 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has responded by starting a hashtag to…
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Fast Forward Steve Bannon Didn’t Want Children Going to School With ‘Whiny’ Jews
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s newly appointed top White House aide, once objected to his twin daughters going to school with “whiny brat” Jews, court documents revealed. The incoming president’s future right hand man complained that there were too many Jewish students at the Archer School for Girls, an elite private school in Los Angeles because…
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News Saying Donald Trump Is ‘Not Our President,’ Jews Join Protests Rolling Across Country
Thousands gathered across the country to march, shut down roadways and shout slogans against the election of Donald Trump as president. Some carried signs reading: “Jews Reject Trump.” Members of activist Jewish groups were in the streets in New York, California and Oregon, protesting a president-elect they fear has fueled the flames of racism and…
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