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Antisemitism

(L) U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and (R) U.S. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs

GOP lawmaker to Jewish Dem: ‘Get your nose done’ — sparks antisemitism backlash

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished September 14, 2025

(JTA) — A Republican member of Congress who has been a vocal opponent of campus antisemitism told a progressive Jewish Democrat on Wednesday to “get your nose done.” Rep. Sara Jacobs and multiple progressive watchdogs denounced Rep. Nancy...

Jewish students form radical new front against Zionism on campus

Jewish students form radical new front against Zionism on campus

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished September 14, 2025

(JTA) — An anonymous group of Jewish student activists has broken away from Jewish Voice for Peace to form a new national organization, the Anti-Zionist Jewish Student Front, that pledges to escalate campaigns against Zionism on college campuses. In...

Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, puts on a MAGA hat during the AmericaFest 2024 conference sponsored by conservative group Turning Point in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. December 19, 2024.  REUTERS/Cheney Orr

Israel conspiracy theories explode online after Charlie Kirk’s assassination

By Arno Rosenfeld, The ForwardPublished September 11, 2025

Less than two hours after Charlie Kirk was killed by a gunman in Utah, Maram Susli began suggesting to her 500,000 followers on X that Israel was to blame. “Charlie Kirk was attacked by Israel supporters last month and labeled an anti-Semite...

Inside the railcar: New Holocaust Museum exhibit shows what words can’t

Inside the railcar: New Holocaust Museum exhibit shows what words can’t

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished September 9, 2025

A powerful visual and physical display begins a four-day residency on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. The Holocaust Museum cattle car exhibit, “Hate Ends Now,” shares the stories of two survivors, Nate Leipeige...

Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks during the 15th Annual Holocaust Museum LA Gala at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Nov. 6, 2023. The museum's statement about its retracted social media post of Sept. 5, 2025, is inset. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

L.A. Holocaust museum sparks outrage with now deleted post

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished September 8, 2025

(JTA) — Amid sharp criticism, Los Angeles’ Holocaust museum deleted an Instagram post over the weekend that proclaimed, ”’Never again’ can’t only mean never again for Jews.” The museum apologized for the post and shot down speculation...

Michael Schill, President of Northwestern University, testifies at a hearing called "Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos" before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Capitol Hill on May 23, 2024 in Washington, DC. University leaders are being asked to testify by House Republicans about how colleges have responded to pro-Palestinian protests and allegations of antisemitism on their campuses. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images)

Northwestern’s Jewish president resigns amid pressures over handling of campus antisemitism

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished September 4, 2025

(JTA) — After more than a year of strife over his handling of campus antisemitism, the Jewish president of Northwestern University says he is stepping down weeks before the start of the school’s fall semester. Michael Schill’s resignation...

AEPi brothers at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., painted the campus rock on Yom Hashoah. Credit: Courtesy.

AEPi builds out toolkit to help fix campus antisemitism

Rob Derdiger (JNS)Published September 3, 2025

The AEPi antisemitism toolkit is the fraternity’s latest effort to prepare Jewish students and administrators for the new academic year, aiming to protect campuses from rising hate and strengthen student leadership. Recently, several Jewish organizations,...

A vigil organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Maryland campus took place under court order on Oct. 7, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Judge lifts Pitt ban, reinstates SJP chapter amid campus protests

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished September 3, 2025

(JTA) — The Pitt SJP chapter was reinstated by a federal judge, who ordered the University of Pittsburgh to lift its suspension, saying the school unfairly restricted the pro-Palestinian group’s ability to recruit students as the new school year...

Masked mob attacks Israeli man at crowded California pier

Masked mob attacks Israeli man at crowded California pier

Aaron Bandler, JNS StaffPublished September 2, 2025

An Israeli man was assaulted by protesters in the Los Angeles area on Sunday. A video that has circulated on social media shows a group of pro-Palestinian protesters surrounding the man and punching him repeatedly at the Santa Monica Pier, a popular...

A display of copies of Adolf Hitler's book “Mein Kampf.” Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Lawyer who praised ‘Mein Kampf’ now accuses Harvard of antisemitism

By Arno Rosenfeld, The ForwardPublished September 2, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. A Justice Department attorney who has defended the Trump administration’s crackdown on Harvard over allegations...

A tear falls down Linnea Opsahl’s cheek as she joins her mother Laura during a vigil at Lynnhurst Park following a shooting earlier in the day at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025.  REUTERS/Tim Evans

From Jews in Minneapolis: This is Not About Us

Libby Parker and Ethan RobertsPublished August 28, 2025

Summer in Minnesota began with unspeakable violence: the murder of Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, the attempted assassination of Senator John Hoffman, his wife Yvette, and several other elected officials. It is ending with yet...

Families and loved ones reunite outside the police barricades after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to a an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025.  REUTERS/Ben Brewer

FBI: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting tied to antisemitic hate

By Benyamin Cohen, The ForwardPublished August 27, 2025

The first Mass of the school year turned into a massacre Wednesday morning at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, when a gunman opened fire, killing two children, ages 8 and 10. Seventeen others were injured, including 14 children — with two in critical...

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