(JTA) — Rob Reiner, best known for his acting role in the 1970s sitcom “All in the Family” and for directing a series of beloved comedies — including “This is Spinal Tap,” “The Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally”...
Menachem Wecker, Jewish News Syndicate
• Published February 14, 2024
The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously, 418-0, to condemn Hamas terrorists for rape and sexual violence on Oct. 7. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a progressive member of the “Squad” who has a long history of antisemitic comments, voted...
Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
• Published February 13, 2024
WASHINGTON (JTA) — On its second try, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached the Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a single vote, in a process some Jewish groups said was tainted by antisemitic rhetoric.
The impeachment...
After more than 100 days of fighting since the Oct. 7 massacre, Hamas issued an official document, in Arabic and English, to appeal to international public opinion and try to correct its negative image.
A survey conducted by Dr. Irwin J. Mansdorf of...
(JTA) — An icon of Black history took center stage in an ad placed by the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism on Sunday night’s Super Bowl LVIII, viewed by an estimated 100 million people.
Robert Kraft’s foundation launched the “#StandUptoJewishHate”...
The man who helped Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. write the “I Have a Dream” speech will appear in a Super Bowl commercial from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS).
The organization, founded by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, purchased...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 1, 2024
In response to the overwhelming increase of antisemitic incidents in the United States since the Hamas attack in Israel on Oct. 7, the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is launching a year-long workshop on fighting antisemitism called...
(JTA) – A suburban Minneapolis school district is facing a federal investigation for Islamophobic discrimination after suspending two Muslim students who chanted “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
The case at Edina Public Schools...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 25, 2024
As Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches on Jan. 27, a cross-section of Missouri schools are using a new framework for Holocaust education. The pilot program of up to 25 school districts is the result of legislation signed into law by Governor Mike Parson...
KRAKOW, Poland (JTA) — Gavriel Rosenfeld, president of the Center for Jewish History in New York City, specializes in Nazi Germany and counterfactual history — or the study of what might have happened, but didn’t.
So when Elon Musk claimed this...
KRAKOW, Poland (JTA) — Elon Musk said that X, his social media platform, could have saved Jews from the Holocaust after visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Monday.
Musk made the comment during a conversation with Jewish right-wing pundit...
Molly Levine, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published January 18, 2024
An ocean away from the atrocities occurring in Gaza, college campuses across the United States act as a hotspot for debate, protest and to many Jewish students’ dismay, antisemitism.
After the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, outrage and concern...
