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Antisemitism

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Doug Emhoff argues Trump is “an agent of chaos and cruelty”

By Arno Rosenfeld, The ForwardPublished October 30, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Second gentleman Doug Emhoff recently delivered a major address on antisemitism in Pittsburgh, trying to convince Jewish...

Former president Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Madison Square Garden, New York, Oct. 27, 2024. (Peter W. Stevenson /The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Former ADL chief Abe Foxman slams group for muted response to Trump’s MSG rally

Asaf Elia-Shalev, Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 30, 2024

When Jonathan Greenblatt used his platform as the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League on Monday to condemn a certain act of bigotry, his longtime predecessor atop the ADL, Abe Foxman, took notice — not just of what Greenblatt said but also of what he...

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

Admirers of the Führer abound, and not always from the fringe

Published October 23, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Donald Trump told his chief of staff John Kelly that “Hitler did some good things,” including rebuilding the German...

Jewish passengers were greeted by the police once they arrived in Frankfurt. (Courtesy)

Lufthansa ordered to pay $4M penalty for denying boarding to 128 Jewish passengers in 2022

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished October 15, 2024

The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered Lufthansa to pay a $4 million Lufthansa discrimination fine for denying boarding to 128 Jewish passengers in 2022. The incident, which occurred in May 2022, affected passengers wearing traditionally...

Ta-Nehisi Coates, an author and journalist, answered questions from Tiece Ruffin, director of Africana studies and professor of Africana studies and education at UNC Asheville, February 28, 2023.

‘CBS’ boss backs reporter after network says his Ta-Nehisi Coates interview didn’t meet standards

JNS StaffPublished October 9, 2024

Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of CBS parent company Paramount Global and daughter of the late Jewish billionaire Sumner Redstone, backed reporter Tony Dokoupil over his handling of a controversial interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates about...

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

Columbia pro-Palestinian group endorses violence, retracts apology for ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’ remark

Luke Tress, JTAPublished October 8, 2024

The most prominent pro-Palestinian student group at Columbia University walked back an apology it had issued for a student who said “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”  The statement on Tuesday from Columbia University Apartheid Divest also included...

Hank Greenberg hit 331 home runs with a batting average of .313 during his career. Sporting News via Getty Images

How, up against Hank Greenberg, antisemitism struck out

Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State UniversityPublished October 7, 2024

Hank Greenberg might be the best baseball player you’ve never heard of. Greenberg was the first baseman for the Detroit Tigers during the 1930s and 1940s. His career was relatively short – 13 years – and interrupted by two stints of service...

Temple Israel in Minneapolis (Wikimedia Commons)

Minneapolis police arrest man for ‘terroristic threats’ made to synagogue on Rosh Hashanah 

Jacob Gurvis, JTAPublished October 7, 2024

The Minneapolis Police Department on Friday arrested a 21-year-old man for making “terroristic threats” against a local synagogue on Rosh Hashanah, three weeks after the man allegedly threatened to “shoot up” the synagogue. Jaden LeBlanc’s...

Dictionary definition of antisemitism.

Antisemitism hits record high in the U.S.; new report shows most-ever incidents in single year

Benyamin Cohen, The ForwardPublished October 6, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. There have been more than 10,000 antisemitic incidents in the U.S. since Oct 7, the highest number ever recorded by the...

Masked men wave Nazi flags over Town and Country overpass

Masked men wave Nazi flags over Town and Country overpass

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 5, 2024

On Saturday, Oct. 5, a group of about a dozen masked men gathered on an overpass in Town and Country, displaying Nazi symbols. Dressed in black and carrying flags emblazoned with swastikas and other white supremacist imagery, they held banners over Highway...

Laura Loomer arrives at Philadelphia International Airport on The Trump Organization's Boeing 757 ahead of The ABC News Presidential Debate, Philadelphia, Sept. 10, 2024.

Laura Loomer: “I don’t know why Jewish people are negative towards me. I’m an ally.”

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 26, 2024

WASHINGTON — Laura Loomer, the far-right Jewish activist who has grown close to Donald Trump, portrays herself as a courageous voice willing to speak out against those who wish harm to the Jewish people. She has also, in recent years, been embraced...

Businessman Mike Lindell speaks at a rally featuring U.S. Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota, July 27, 2024. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Mike Lindell says he did not intend Nazi symbolism by selling pillows for $14.88

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 26, 2024

(JTA) — Mike Lindell, the outspoken CEO of MyPillow claims he was unaware that the number $14.88, advertised as the price for one of his pillow products, is a neo-Nazi symbol, sparking controversy and backlash online. Mike Lindell responds to 14.88...

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