(JTA) — WASHINGTON — The White House condemned as “inflammatory” a pledge by Missouri Rep. Cori Bush to AIPAC that she would “tear your kingdom down,” implying that heated rhetoric like hers could inspire political violence.
Bush, a member...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that Ye, the rapper whose antisemitic tirades prompted international furor and led to the collapse of his career, is “a really nice guy” with a “good heart.”
Trump made the comments Monday during...
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris condemned antisemitic and anti-American displays during protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, joining a growing number of politicians from both parties.
“I...
“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,” Gabrielle Zevin’s novel about video game designers, has dominated the bestseller list for two years and was recently chosen as one of the New York Times’ best 100 books of the 21st century. But for months...
By Louis Keene, The Forward
• Published July 18, 2024
For a company whose founder was a literal Nazi, you would think Adidas might tread lightly launching a shoe referencing the 1972 Munich Olympics, when 11 members of the Israeli delegation were killed after being taken hostage by a Palestinian terrorist...
The Democratic Socialists of America dropped its endorsement of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she hosted a panel discussion on antisemitism.
The DSA said in a Tuesday statement that it was rescinding its conditional endorsement of Ocasio-Cortez’s...
Far-right political commentator and talk-show host Candace Owens, who was let go from The Daily Wire in March over anti-Jewish rhetoric, dipped her toe into antisemitic waters once again.
She called the torturous “experiments” on Jewish and other...
A statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam was defaced Tuesday, with the word “Gaza” painted in red on the base.
The statue sits in a public park near the famous annex where Frank and her family hid from the Nazis, and where they were later discovered.
Mayor...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published July 9, 2024
Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley made waves this week with a bold endorsement of Christian nationalism during his speech at the National Conservatism Conference on Monday. Speaking to a crowd of conservative thinkers and activists,...
(JTA) — Vandals in Cincinnati damaged or knocked over 176 gravestones at two historic Jewish cemeteries over the course of the past week.
A joint statement from the local Jewish federation, Jewish Community Relations Council and Jewish Cemeteries...
South by Southwest (SXSW), the more than 35-year-old annual conference and music festival held in Austin, Texas, announced recently that it is revising its sponsorship model “after careful consideration.”
“The U.S. Army, and companies who engage...
More than one in 10 American Jewish adults say they were frequently “treated poorly or harassed” due to their religion over the past year, according to a new Gallup poll.
An additional 25% said such treatment happened occasionally. A majority of...
