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Antisemitism

Jerry Seinfeld said that network sitcoms lost their sizzle. Photo by Jeffery Neira/ NETFLIX

Seinfeld roasts anti-Israel heckler

Published June 17, 2024

(JNS) -- An Australian audience on Sunday cheered comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s response to a heckler who interrupted his stand-up show with shouts of “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” “We have a genius, ladies and gentlemen....

U.S. filmmaker Quentin Tarantino at the opening night of the Jerusalem Film Festival at the Cinematheque near the Old City of Jerusalem, on July 7, 2016. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

‘Crackhead Barney’ harasses Quentin Tarantino in New York

JNSPublished June 17, 2024

(JNS) -- Not long after her confrontation with veteran actor Alec Baldwin, the provocative anti-Israel activist who goes by the name “Crackhead Barney” has found a new target: the acclaimed director Quentin Tarantino, who lives in Tel Aviv and...

Protesters outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Prosecutors move to dismiss hate crimes charges against woman who hit Israeli Columbia student with a stick

Luke Tress, JTAPublished June 10, 2024

Prosecutors are moving to dismiss hate crimes charges against a woman charged with attacking an Israeli student on Columbia University’s campus in the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion of Israel. The suspect, Maxwell Friedman, who also goes by...

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a news conference at the 'Get Out the Vote' rally on In San Antonio, Feb. 12, 2022.

AOC decries discrimination against Jews, ‘weaponization’ of antisemitism in talk with Jewish leaders

Published June 10, 2024

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned antisemitism but accused her critics of “weaponizing” the term in a rare public discussion with two Jewish activists who have shined a spotlight on bigotry against Jews in the pro-Palestinian movement.  “Antisemitism,...

(Clockwise from top left) High school yearbooks in East Brunswick, New Jersey; Bellaire, Texas; St. Louis Park, Minnesota; and Glenview, Illinois went to press during the 2023-24 school year with material that Jews said was antisemitic or insensitive, ranging from the swapping out of a Jewish student group photo with a Muslim group, to descriptions of the Israel-Hamas war that avoided the Oct. 7 attacks. (Collage by JTA)

Yearbook antisemitism chaos erupting around nation sparking several school controversies

Andrew LapinPublished June 7, 2024

(JTA) -- A New Jersey district recalled its yearbooks after a photo of a Jewish student group was mysteriously swapped out for a Muslim student group. A suburban Chicago high school launched an investigation after its yearbook went to print with...

Hitler and the Nazis makes use of colorized archival footage — some from Leni Riefenstahl — as well as reenactments.

Is this a Hitler documentary worth watching?

By PJ Grisar, The ForwardPublished June 5, 2024

There is no documentary subject more urgent and more overexposed than Hitler and the Nazis. So great is the glut of TV shows devoted to the Third Reich that you can take your pick of subgenres — a pop psychological profile of Hitler, National Geographic’s...

A rally in New York City against antisemitism. Credit: Christopher Penler/Shutterstock.

60 Jewish groups, from left to right, back bill creating national coordinator to fight antisemitism

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished May 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (JTA) — More than 60 Jewish organizations across the political spectrum are lining up behind a bill that would establish a coordinator of government efforts to fight antisemitism.  The joint effort is an expression of American Jewish...

Hitler as a baby (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Middle school teacher who showed photo of ‘cute’ baby Hitler under investigation

Published May 15, 2024

(JTA) — A middle school teacher in Connecticut was reportedly suspended following a lesson on the Holocaust in which they asked students to draw a swastika in their notebooks, list positive things Adolf Hitler did for Germany and comment on a baby photo...

The rappers Drake, left, and Kendrick Lamar have been trading insults in a series of songs that have aroused commentary far beyond the music world.

Understanding the Jewishness of the pop culture phenomenon known as the ‘Great Rap War’

Jonathan Branfman, JTAPublished May 15, 2024

(JTA) — Breathless headlines have tracked the recent “Great Rap War” between Drake, a biracial Jewish Canadian rap superstar, and Kendrick Lamar, a Black non-Jewish American rap superstar. Over the past few weeks, Drake and Lamar have bashed...

Emma Platt (L) and Lila Steinbach (R), together on campus. 

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At Washington University, 2 Jewish seniors differ on Israel, but share a sense of loss

By Andrew Silverstein, The ForwardPublished May 12, 2024

Both young Jewish women graduated from Jewish day school, attended Jewish summer camps and wear Star of David necklaces. Both believe Israelis and Palestinians have a right to self-determination. Both are about to graduate from Washington University...

Delegates at work at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (UN Photo/Manuel Elias)

U.N. General Assembly elevates status of Palestine delegation

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished May 10, 2024

(JTA) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to elevate the status of the Palestine delegation, a mostly symbolic action that nonetheless underscored Israel’s isolation as its war with Hamas enters its seventh month. The resolution, introduced...

The inaugural JetBlue flight touched down in Tallahassee on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. The airline will now offer direct flights to and from Tallahassee.

JetBlue bans flight attendants from wearing Palestinian flag pins after incident with Jewish passenger

By Benyamin Cohen, The ForwardPublished May 9, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. JetBlue Airways is banning its in-flight crew members from wearing political pins after an incident involving a flight...

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