Lea Michele apologized publicly after a former “Glee” co-star, Samantha Ware, accused her of racist behavior on set. Trouble began when Michele condemned police violence after George Floyd’s death. “This is not an isolated incident and it must end,” she tweeted on Friday, expressing support for the Black Lives Matter Movement. On Monday Ware, who…
The Anti-Defamation League released a report Wednesday on the increase in white supremacist propaganda in the United States during 2019. Here’s what you should know: 2019 saw a doubling in propaganda activity since 2018. The ADL said last year’s 2,713 reported cases made up the highest number of incidents they’ve ever recorded. There were 630…
The high holidays are a great time for reflection, community, spirituality, and celebration. But for many Jews of color, parents and partners from other faith traditions and those experiencing Judaism for the first time, it is also a time to stay on high alert. Many will have had their Rosh Hashanahs marred by shattering experiences…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli kindergarten was ordered closed after segregating students by race. The children of Ethiopian descent in the southern town of Kiryat Gat met in an auxiliary room with a separate entrance, The Times of Israel reported. They were spread out to kindergartens and day cares throughout the town, with transportation provided…
(JTA)- The New York Times demoted Jonathan Weisman, the paper’s deputy Washington editor, after social media users complained that the Jewish journalist posted multiple racist tweets. “Jonathan Weisman met with [Executive Editor Dean Baquet] today and apologized for his recent serious lapses in judgement,” the Times said in a statement. “As a consequence of his…
A former American University student government president was awarded more than $700,000 on Friday in a case against the founder of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, The Washington Post reported. Taylor Dumpson, the university’s first black female student government president, sued Andrew Anglin of the Daily Stormer in 2017, accusing him of commanding his…
White supremacist Richard Spencer said on CNN on Tuesday that he didn’t think President Trump’s racist tweets went far enough. CNN reporter Sara Sidner interviewed Spencer for “The Lead with Jake Tapper” for a segment about white nationalists’ reactions to Trump’s statements telling Democratic congresswomen of color to “go back” to their ancestral countries. Spencer,…
The Anti-Defamation League on Monday criticized President Trump for his Twitter tirade that they and other observers categorized as racist. Trump wrote on Sunday that progressive Democratic congresswomen should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Trump’s words were widely believed to refer to the “Squad”…
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