The ADL offers Sean Spicer a personal Holocaust history lesson
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer April 13 at 7:45 PM White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologized during “The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the […]
How Jews became ‘people of the books’
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)According to Jewish tradition, God is, among other things, a writer. The Talmud says that, on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, […]
Israel’s proposed international Jewish database raises red flags abroad
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | 1 min ago JERUSALEM (RNS) News that Israel’s religious establishment is compiling an international Jewish database will exacerbate ongoing tensions between Diaspora […]
Majorities of Americans concerned about violence against Jews, Muslims
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) For the first time, a majority of Americans has voiced concern about violence against Jews, polling by the Anti-Defamation League shows.While […]
Sadiq Khan tells Labour not to ‘faff around’ over Ken Livingstone
Source: The Guardian By Peter Walker and Decca Aitkenhead Jeremy Corbyn and senior Labour figures around him must not “faff around” and should unreservedly condemn Ken Livingstone for his comments linking […]
On Passover, fearing the Four Questions
Source: Religion News Service By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Jonathan Berman was 3 years old when he first regaled his extended family with the Four Questions at their seder, the ritual meal […]
Muhammad Ali’s former wife champions religious understanding, criticizes Donald Trump
Source: Sun Sentinel By Anthony Man Contact Reporter Sun Sentinel Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the former wife of the late heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, is pursuing a broad effort to combat discrimination […]
The High Price of Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Life
Source: The New York Times By TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNERMARCH 30, 2017 On Thursdays, the nonprofit organization Footsteps hosts a drop-in group for its membership of formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews, who mostly refer […]
Trump has vowed to eradicate ‘radical Islamic terrorism.’ But what about ‘Islamism’?
Source: The Washington Post By Shadi Hamid and Rashid Dar In conservative political circles in the United States, Islamism has become interchangeable with “radical Islamic terrorism,” which President Trump has vowed to […]
Israeli lawmakers reach out to US Jews on anti-Semitism
Source: Associated Press By BOB SALSBERG BOSTON (AP) — A group of lawmakers representing a cross-section of Israel’s political spectrum is reaching out to American Jews at a time when […]
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis protest military draft
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrated in Jerusalem on Tuesday over military service in one of several protests following the recent detention of a rabbi’s […]
US Muslims and Jews strengthen bonds amid acts of bigotry
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL ZOLL NEW YORK (AP) — They sat on either end of the congressmen’s couch, one a Jewish healthcare executive whose parents fled Germany in 1936, […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray, sing as plane sends out mayday call, makes emergency landing
Source: Times of Israel The Titan Airways flight was en route from Stansted London to Rzeszow in Poland when the cabin lost pressure and the plane sent out a mayday call, landing safely Sunday morning at Schipol Airport in the Dutch capital, according to British media. The passengers were seen in […]
USA: Prayers, love, solidarity from Connecticut Ahmadi Muslim to Jews
Source: http://www.middletownpress.com/opinion/20170302/letter-prayers-love-solidarity-from-connecticut-ahmadi-muslim-to-jews As an Ahmadiyya Muslim American, I wholeheartedly extend my prayers, condolences, solidarity and support to my Jewish brothers and sisters amid rising anti-Semitism and another condemnable attack. The despicable onslaught on the Jewish community has this time come in the heartbreaking form of destruction and vandalism of over 100 […]
Threats and Vandalism Leave American Jews on Edge in Trump Era
Source: The New York Times By ALAN BLINDER, SERGE F. KOVALESKI and ADAM GOLDMANFEB. 28, 2017 A toppled headstone at Mount Carmel, a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia. CreditJacqueline Larma/Associated Press […]
Wave Of Bomb Threats Against Jewish Centers Soars To 100 This Year
Source: BuzzFeed News “The level of threats and incidents is astounding, and must not stand,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt said. BY Mike Hayes BuzzFeed News Reporter and Claudia Koerner BuzzFeed […]
A fifth wave of bomb threats targets Jews. Here’s why it’s hard for the FBI to solve.
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer February 27 at 3:42 PM This story was originally published Friday and has been updated after additional Jewish community centers and schools were […]
France Jews: Two brothers attacked in Paris street
Source: BBC French police are investigating an assault on two Jewish brothers in a Paris suburb, in which the attackers allegedly shouted anti-Semitic abuse. The eldest, 29, and his brother, 17, say one of the attackers was armed with a hacksaw and they both suffered cuts during the struggle. They […]
Vandals damage 100 headstones at Jewish cemetery, police say
Source: CNN Tensions remain high in Jewish communities across the United States as police in Missouri are investigating vandalism at a historic Jewish cemetery. Vandals toppled and damaged about 100 headstones at the St. Louis area’s Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in the past week, police said Monday. University City […]
Americans Rate Jews Highest, Muslims Lowest On ‘Feeling Thermometer’
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg A new survey asked Americans to rate different religious groups on a “feeling thermometer” from zero to 100. The results revealed that Americans are […]