Among the many inversions of the Trump presidency, perhaps none is weirder than the spectacle of Naftali Bennett, the ultranationalist Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister, downplaying anti-Semitism. Up until now, Bennett seemed to see anti-Semitism rising everywhere around him: in Poland, to which he cancelled a trip in February; in the BDS movement, which he called…
I spent Saturday morning glued to the news, watching as the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh was devastated by a single white supremacist, fueled by both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. As an American Muslim interfaith activist, I’ve spent years forming relationships with the Jewish communities locally and across the country, so my heart swelled to…
In the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue tragedy Jews and non-Jews alike have taken to social media to express their outrage over the senseless anti-Semitic act. Some blamed the Trump administration’s anti-immigration rhetoric and lawmaking, while others, like celebrities Lena Dunham and Gal Gadot, flooded their twitter with touching words of heartbreak and solace. Comedian…
Some religious communities in Iowa have come together against Rep. Steve King, after a gunman killed 11 at prayer in a Pittsburgh synagogue over the weekend. The Des Moines Register published a letter on Wednesday by two Jewish leaders in King’s district, where they say the Republican is “an enthusiastic crusader for the same types…
Pharrell Williams is not “Happy” with President Trump right now. The President incongruously played the Williams’ song “Happy” at a rally that occurred shortly after the tragic and deadly shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday. Though this is not the first time the producer’s music has been used at Trump events, this was apparently…
(JTA) — Joyce Fienberg was a dedicated worshipper at the Tree of Life Congregation, the Pittsburgh synagogue where she was among 11 killed Saturday by a lone gunman. “My mom would be very angry that her funeral wasn’t able to be at Tree of Life, and that her friends lost Saturday couldn’t be here,” her…
A Brooklyn street was found vandalized with swastikas on Wednesday morning. Sandy Maltzman, senior producer at CNBC, tweeted a photo of a home on her block in Brooklyn Heights, which was defaced with five sloppily drawn swastikas. “Today was the day I woke up to swastikas on my beautiful block in Brooklyn Heights,” she wrote….
Days after 11 were killed in a mass shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue, identified as a hate crime, the National Rifle Association returned to its dog-whistling tactics that many consider to be anti-Semitic. The NRA’s official Twitter account wrote, posted an NBC article speculating that Jewish megadonor George Soros will spend more money on the…
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