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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Antisemitism

In Germany, Kristallnacht goes by a different name. Here’s why.

Toby Axelrod, JTAPublished November 8, 2022

(JTA) – This week, Jewish communities across the United States are commemorating the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the anti-Jewish riots that marked a brutal turning point in the Nazi campaign of persecution. In Germany, cities and towns also will...

Mastriano’s campaign ends with ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ parody performed by Messianic Jew

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished November 8, 2022

(JTA) — Douglas Mastriano as Tevye would be an odd casting choice for a Republican candidate whose ties to a prominent antisemite have dogged his campaign. But Jaymie Bellet, who serenaded a crowd of Mastriano supporters on the last day of his bid...

Local governments are losing the fight against antisemitism. Here’s how to win

Joel Rubin, The ForwardPublished November 7, 2022
Twice in the past five years, neo-Nazis and KKK members have come here to spew their hatred in my town, writes a local Jewish politician

ADL, BBYO youth group initiative to help youth tackle antisemitism

JNSPublished November 7, 2022
The League will train teenagers on how to respond to hate.

Sales of antisemitic film promoted by Kyrie Irving skyrocket, Amazon under pressure to remove it

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished November 7, 2022

(JTA) — As the antisemitic book and film that NBA star Kyrie Irving promoted on social media continues to occupy best-seller lists on Amazon, the e-commerce giant has come under pressure from Jewish groups to remove the titles from its website.  The...

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni appoints minister once pictured wearing Nazi armband

Caleb Guedes-Reed, JTAPublished November 7, 2022

(JTA) — Italy’s newly-appointed undersecretary at the infrastructure ministry, Galeazzo Bignami, is causing controversy after a photograph of him wearing a Nazi swastika armband was published in an Italian newspaper. The scandal has come in the...

‘F— antisemitism,’ John Mellencamp says as his Jewish lawyer is inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished November 7, 2022

(JTA) — As Kanye West extended his antisemitic spree by tweeting about Jewish agents in Hollywood, the rocker John Mellencamp took the stage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and said this about his longtime lawyer: “Allen is Jewish.” The line...

Barack Obama denounces antisemitic conspiracy theories and the celebrities who post them online

Published November 6, 2022

(JTA) — Former President Barack Obama called out celebrities who post antisemitic conspiracy theories online. calling them “dangerous” while campaigning in Pittsburgh, the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Stumping for Democrats...

As antisemitism spikes following Elon Musk takeover, ADL calls for Twitter ad boycott

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished November 6, 2022

(JTA) — Jewish groups thought Elon Musk was listening to them about antisemitism on Twitter. Then Kanye West came back. In the week after the rapper who now goes by Ye lost most of his endorsements due to his antisemitic rants, and amid an apparent...

The Kyrie case isn’t about ‘Blacks vs. Jews.’ It’s about bigotry.

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished November 6, 2022

(JTA) — A powerful revival of “Parade,” the 1998 Broadway musical about the 1915 lynching of the Jewish factory manager Leo Frank by a Georgia mob, is wrapping up a short-term engagement at New York’s City Center. The show is stirring and moving...

New Jersey synagogue threat ‘no longer considered active,’ local Jews are told

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished November 4, 2022

This is a developing story. (JTA) — The morning after the FBI announced a “broad threat” to synagogues in New Jersey, local Jews are being told they no longer need to worry. Public communication by representatives of the Orthodox Union in...

Kyrie Irving was asked if he’s antisemitic. He didn’t say no.

Published November 3, 2022

(JTA) — Less than a day after agreeing to donate $500,000 to anti-hate groups, Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving would not directly answer “yes” or “no” when asked if he holds antisemitic beliefs. “I cannot be antisemitic if I know where I...

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