Hate
Our hate crime reporting system is broken
In the first hours of 2020, I called the NYPD to confirm that a Jewish 15 year-old had been held up at knifepoint on a public bus.
Have social media giants been censoring posts about Israel and Gaza?
Facebook, which shares a moderation team with Instagram, has updated its technology to help identify “new forms of inflammatory speech.
A look inside NYC’s 2019 antisemitic hate crime reports
“Yarmulke” is sometimes rendered as “yamaka” and “yamica,” but also the just plain wrong “yakama.”
The FBI says hate crime rose again in 2019. But the reality is even worse than their report.
“This is a big problem.”
The personal is political on Tisha B’Av
We often think of hatred as based on religion or nationality. But it is just as damaging when it begins in individual disputes.
NYC cuts funding for hate crime prevention initiative
“Right now things may seem like they’re quiet, but you never know when it will rear its ugly head again.”
Students said their yearbook contains a hate symbol. The district won’t remove it.
“This is the yearbook they’ll have for the rest of their lives.”
Facebook ad boycott sees little participation from Jewish groups
“We have long seen how Facebook has allowed some of the worst elements of society into our homes and our lives.”
Jewish groups offer $5K reward for info on Althea Bernstein attack
The money is being put up by Mizel Family Foundation and the Center for Combating Antisemitism, which is part of the pro-Israel group StandWithUs.
Jewish groups condemn attack on Althea Bernstein
An organization for Jews of color called on the Jewish community to “make good on their many calls in recent weeks for racial justice and healing.”