Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 11, 2024
Washington University is being recognized as one of a few American colleges to receive a high grade in combatting antisemitism and protecting Jewish students, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). On Thursday, April 11, the ADL released its inaugural...
(JTA) — Alex Edelman’s acclaimed comedy special “Just For Us,” about his experience as a Jew attending a white supremacist meeting in New York City, first premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in the summer of 2018.
Months...
WYNNEWOOD, Pennsylvania (JTA) — On Saturday night, I watched an episode of “We Were the Lucky Ones,” Hulu’s new Holocaust series. On Sunday morning, I woke up to a traumatic scene in my own community: a red swastika painted on the banner that...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 1, 2024
Since Oct. 7, the Jewish Light has been closely following the stories of local teens grappling with the pressing need for guidance in navigating the surge of antisemitism. These young adults are not only seeking education on effectively addressing bigotry...
By Arno Rosenfeld, The Forward
• Published March 31, 2024
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As reports of antisemitism on college campuses — and lawsuits about it — have skyrocketed since the onset of the war...
A Totenkopf—the skull and crossbones symbol used by the Nazi SS-Totenkopfverbände division that administered concentration camps during World War II—has shown up on the back of a helmet worn by a National Guardsman in the U.S. South.
The 20th Special...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Seven major Jewish organizations that lobbied for federal security grants have decried $30.5 million in cuts to the program.
The cut from last year’s $305 million budgeted for the nonprofit security grant program, run through...
(JTA) – For years, Candance Owens and Ben Shapiro traveled parallel paths.
Both are millennial right-wing culture warriors with social media followings in the millions. And both depart from broader communities that have historically voted Democratic ...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 19, 2024
New billboards with strong messages against antisemitism are now up along two major roadways around St. Louis, with a third to be added this week. The billboards' messaging is intentionally powerful and designed to make drivers look twice.
The group...
The Jewish News Syndicate
• Published March 18, 2024
Rolling Stone magazine published a story on March 14 about campaign advertising for former President Donald Trump being featured before videos calling Adolf Hitler a hero.
The ad appeared on Rumble—a video-streaming platform akin to YouTube with looser...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 18, 2024
Since Oct. 7, The Jewish Light has published umpteen stories about college students having to confront the rising tide of antisemitism on college campuses. Now B'nai Brith is hoping some of those students are ready to address antisemitism...
(JTA) — When the conservative website Campus Reform published what it said, in all-caps, was an “EXCLUSIVE” about a new federal antisemitism investigation at Arizona State University, it had the rare distinction of being able to cite the complaint...
