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Antisemitism

Pictures of Ku Klux Klan members in from ADL archives. (Luke Tress)

How hate and the fight against it have evolved

Luke Tress, JTAPublished August 18, 2024

(New York Jewish Week) — Rifling through stacks of dusty cardboard boxes, Sarah Hopley opened one and found a faded manilla folder that looked promising. Its label read “KKK, 1983 JUN-1989.” “Here we go. Klan from the ’80s,” she said. “We’ll...

How ‘antisemitic morons’ tried to create a Jew-free world in Paraguay

By Benjamin Ivry, The ForwardPublished August 15, 2024

A country without Jews is like blintzes without sour cream. That’s the conclusion one draws from People and Identities in Nueva Germania, a  new book by anthropologist Jonatan Kurzwelly about a 19th Century model for a Jew-free world. Nueva Germania,...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (right) says he has no 'personal relationship' with Imam Asad Zaman (left) who praised Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and shared a link to a pro-Hitler video. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via Getty Images. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Tim Walz says he has no personal relationship with imam who shared pro-Hitler video

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished August 14, 2024

For days, Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has been dogged by criticism — including from the Republican Jewish Coalition — about his ties to a Minnesota imam who praised Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and once shared a link to a pro-Hitler...

Are neo-Nazi terms really the only way to criticize U.S. support for Israel

Are neo-Nazi terms really the only way to criticize U.S. support for Israel

By Mira FoxPublished August 12, 2024

If you hadn’t heard the term before, “zog” might sound like a strange piece of internet slang or perhaps a video game character. But the term, it turns out, is shorthand for Zionist Occupied Government, and it’s a 1970s variation on the age-old...

St. Louis Jewish leaders condemn antisemitic social media posts

St. Louis Jewish leaders condemn antisemitic social media posts

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished August 12, 2024

In the aftermath of Cori Bush's primary loss last Tuesday, tensions surrounding the St. Louis political landscape have intensified, especially concerning issues of antisemitism. Last week, the ADL Heartland office reacted on social media to a post...

Nick Fuentes during a livestream on May 23, 2023.

JD Vance calls Holocaust denier a ‘total loser’

By Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished August 11, 2024

Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, on Sunday downplayed former President Donald Trump’s dinner in 2022 with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. Nonetheless, he said that white supremacy “doesn’t have any room in the MAGA movement,”...

Rep. Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, gestures to the crowd prior to delivering her concession speech during a primary election watch party at Chevre Events, St. Louis, Aug. 6, 2024. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

White House slams Cori Bush’s threat to AIPAC to ‘tear your kingdom down’

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished August 8, 2024

(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...

Then-President Donald Trump met with Kanye West in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 11, 2018. (Calla Kessler/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump says Ye (Kanye West) “Has a good heart” in interview with Jewish influencer

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished August 6, 2024

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...

A protester holds up a Hamas flag and a sign invoking the "final solution" at Union Station near the U.S. Capitol, July 24, 2024. (ADL on X)

Kamala Harris condemns antisemitic, anti-American protesters of Netanyahu’s speech

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished July 25, 2024

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...

Author Gabrielle Zevin speaks about her bestseller "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" during the 28th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California on Saturday, April 22, 2023 in Los Angeles.

Chicago bookstore sparks outrage by banning bestselling author’s novel

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished July 23, 2024

“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...

Bella Hadid in an ad for the re-released Adidas SL72 sneaker. The company said it would revise the marketing campaign after backlash.

Another Adidas flub: Bella Hadid campaign sparks outrage over Munich Olympics shoe

By Louis Keene, The ForwardPublished 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...

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a campaign rally in the Bronx, June 22, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Far-left group pulls endorsement of Ocasio-Cortez after she hosts panel on antisemitism

Luke Tress, JTAPublished July 11, 2024

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...

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