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Are the Proud Boys anti-Semitic? Your primer on the far-right group

Ben Sales
Published September 29, 2020

A Google search for ‘Jewish baby strollers’ yields anti-Semitic images. An extremist campaign may be to blame.

Ben Sales
Published September 25, 2020

Michael Oren published a book of short stories. He’s more worried about the future of literature than democracy.

Ben Sales
Published September 25, 2020

How Judaism animated Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life

Ben Sales
Published September 21, 2020

One-third of Netanyahu’s voters believe COVID-19 was sent by God

Ben Sales
Published September 17, 2020

Democratic super PAC mailers show Jewish GOP House candidate clutching dollar bills

Ben Sales
Published September 16, 2020

Study: More than one in 10 Americans under 40 thinks Jews caused the Holocaust

Ben Sales
Published September 15, 2020

Florida Latinos are being flooded with anti-Semitic conspiracy theories ahead of the election

Ben Sales
Published September 14, 2020

This map shows the 20 congressional districts with the most Jews

Ben Sales
Published September 10, 2020

A California state senator is facing anti-Semitic and homophobic attacks — as well as death threats

Ben Sales
Published September 9, 2020

George Soros is a leading target of anti-Semitism. These Jews openly criticize him anyway.

Ben Sales
Published September 8, 2020

Orthodox youth group removes name from Jewish Black Lives Matter statement, citing politics

Ben Sales
Published September 2, 2020

An expert analyst breaks down the ‘militia movement’ and other groups involved in the Kenosha and Portland shootings

Ben Sales
Published August 31, 2020

10-page summary of new Movement for Black Lives platform contains no mention of Israel, 4 years after divisive condemnation

Ben Sales
Published August 28, 2020

Kenosha’s rabbi on graffiti at her synagogue: ‘What’s happened these last few days is not about us’

Ben Sales
Published August 27, 2020

Liberal Jewish groups defend ADL after renewed attack from progressive coalition

Ben Sales
Published August 18, 2020

‘Sad, disappointed, worried’: Madison Cawthorn’s visit to Hitler’s vacation home alarms his NC district’s Jews

Ben Sales
Published August 12, 2020

Facebook announces new policy combating anti-Jewish stereotypes

Ben Sales
Published August 12, 2020

17% of American Jews attended a virtual prayer service last month, compared to half of Christians

Ben Sales
Published August 7, 2020

Jewish woman released from ICE custody following national advocacy campaign

Ben Sales
Published August 5, 2020

‘Does he remember me?’: For some Israelis, COVID-19 has meant being separated from their families

Ben Sales
Published August 4, 2020

Oregon’s attorney general, Ellen Rosenblum, says she won’t stand for authoritarianism in Portland

Ben Sales
Published July 30, 2020

The pandemic’s first High Holiday season has synagogues wondering: Will people pay dues?

Ben Sales
Published July 30, 2020

Who would sell Holocaust-themed face masks? This guy.

Ben Sales
Published July 29, 2020

New York’s Tenement Museum lays off 76 employees amid indefinite closure

Ben Sales
Published July 22, 2020

Camp Modin, Jewish camp that opened this summer, tests 100% negative for COVID-19

Ben Sales
Published July 20, 2020

Jewish day camp in Texas closes following COVID-19 outbreak

Ben Sales
Published July 15, 2020

1,000 Jewish groups received at least $500 million in government loans. Some laid off staff anyway.

Ben Sales
Published July 8, 2020

Jewish camp delays start date after counselor tests positive for coronavirus

Ben Sales
Published July 3, 2020

How the ADL went from working with Facebook to leading a boycott against it

Ben Sales
Published July 1, 2020

What is Fox Soul TV? And is it broadcasting a speech by Louis Farrakhan?

Ben Sales
Published June 29, 2020

A Jewish camp is opening — on the video game Minecraft

Ben Sales
Published June 29, 2020

Catholic archdiocese defends statue of King Louis IX, the namesake of St. Louis, who persecuted Jews

Ben Sales
Published June 29, 2020

Should St. Louis take down the statue of its anti-Semitic namesake? Activists say yes.

Ben Sales
Published June 26, 2020

For the few Jewish camps that are opening, finding willing families hasn’t been hard

Ben Sales
Published June 24, 2020

The new head of a synagogue security agency wants to start training Jews in college

Ben Sales
Published June 19, 2020

Protesting hate speech, ADL and NAACP call on companies to stop running Facebook ads in July

Ben Sales
Published June 17, 2020

Calls to defund the police put Jewish institutions in a tough position

Ben Sales
Published June 12, 2020

Responding to a petition, new leader of major Jewish coalition condemns sexual misconduct but stops short of policy barring harassers

Ben Sales
Published June 11, 2020

Meet the Boogaloo Bois, the violent right-wing extremists who (mostly) don’t hate the Jews

Ben Sales
Published June 5, 2020

A black pastor organized an interfaith rally in Chicago to protest systemic racism. He and 5 rabbis share their experiences.

Ben Sales
Published June 3, 2020

There are now 500,000 negative tweets about George Soros every day. Many claim he’s funding George Floyd protests.

Ben Sales
Published June 3, 2020

Amid George Floyd protests, Trump called Antifa a terror organization. Here’s what you need to know about the anti-fascist group.

Ben Sales
Published June 1, 2020

How some Jewish summer camps are going virtual this year

Ben Sales
Published May 28, 2020

A Florida JCC survived the pandemic with no layoffs. Now it’s reopening.

Ben Sales
Published May 22, 2020

How summer camp has become an American Jewish institution

Ben Sales
Published May 22, 2020

A global virtual color war for Jewish millennials could be a model for camp in the COVID-19 era

Ben Sales
Published May 21, 2020

With a woman taking charge of the Conference of Presidents, 250 Jewish leaders press for sexual harassers to be barred

Ben Sales
Published May 20, 2020

A Jewish camp in Maine is actually opening. Here’s how it plans to keep COVID-19 away.

Ben Sales
Published May 18, 2020

Ramah camps anticipate a total budget shortfall of $27 million this year, but don’t expect to fold

Ben Sales
Published May 14, 2020

Conservative Jewish youth group USY cancels summer travel programs due to COVID-19

Ben Sales
Published May 14, 2020

With hope fading and regulations tightening, more Jewish camps set to cancel

Ben Sales
Published May 13, 2020

The biggest Jewish coronavirus relief fund will soon start giving out loans

Ben Sales
Published May 12, 2020

2019 saw the most anti-Semitic incidents in at least 40 years, ADL says

Ben Sales
Published May 12, 2020

From cabins to bungalows: Some Jewish overnight camps may become socially distanced family retreats this summer

Ben Sales
Published May 5, 2020

‘The Big Lebowski’ is a perfect watch for our crazy times. It’s also surprisingly Jewish.

Ben Sales
Published May 1, 2020

5 key takeaways about the Gantz-Netanyahu deal and Israel’s new government

Ben Sales
Published April 24, 2020

From prayers to puppets: This new group is a one-stop shop for Jewish livestreams

Ben Sales
Published April 24, 2020

Half of Jewish groups that applied got government loans totaling $264 million, survey finds

Ben Sales
Published April 22, 2020

More than half of American Jews have seen or experienced anti-Semitism in recent years, ADL finds

Ben Sales
Published April 21, 2020

Jewish nonprofits are struggling. How should donors try to rescue them?

Ben Sales
Published April 20, 2020

Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods see spike in at-home deaths during coronavirus crisis

Ben Sales
Published April 17, 2020

Brooklyn’s Orthodox neighborhoods have especially high rates of the coronavirus

Ben Sales
Published April 2, 2020

‘I would have canceled’: 3 weeks after Purim celebrations, coronavirus is hitting Jewish communities hard

Ben Sales
Published April 2, 2020

In a possible sign of what’s to come, this JCC has already laid off 176 people because of the coronavirus

Ben Sales
Published March 27, 2020

Israel is going through a constitutional crisis

Ben Sales
Published March 24, 2020

‘Painful and deep’: Jewish nonprofits face dire economic prospects during and after coronavirus

Ben Sales
Published March 23, 2020

Saying Kaddish from balconies and fasting: How Hasidic Jews are responding to the coronavirus

Ben Sales
Published March 19, 2020

100 people test positive for coronavirus in Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhood

Ben Sales
Published March 17, 2020

Passover in a pandemic: Families on Zoom, solo seders and broken traditions

Ben Sales
Published March 17, 2020

No visitors, no group dinners: How Jewish nursing homes are trying to keep seniors safe from the coronavirus

Ben Sales
Published March 13, 2020

Jewish summer camps are already preparing for the coronavirus

Ben Sales
Published March 12, 2020

In the new Daf Yomi cycle, daily Talmud study is reaching new populations

Ben Sales
Published March 9, 2020

Purim is a holiday for partying. This year, coronavirus makes things different.

Ben Sales
Published March 4, 2020

A Syrian Muslim donated a tree in Israel for an Italian boy whose bar mitzvah party was canceled due to coronavirus

Ben Sales
Published March 3, 2020

This Italian Jewish kid was supposed to have a 600-person bar mitzvah party. Then coronavirus hit.

Ben Sales
Published February 27, 2020

2 months after deadly shooting, Jersey City’s kosher supermarket is starting to reopen

Ben Sales
Published February 26, 2020

United by hatred of Jews and immigrants, white supremacists are increasingly working together across borders

Ben Sales
Published February 20, 2020

Teenage Orthodox pingpong phenom may have to skip Olympics because trials are on Shabbat

Ben Sales
Published February 14, 2020

New documentary examines anti-Semitism in US and Europe

Ben Sales
Published February 14, 2020

White supremacists distributed more propaganda in 2019 but held fewer events, ADL says

Ben Sales
Published February 12, 2020

An unpopular Palestinian president and a disgraced former Israeli prime minister make the case for peace

Ben Sales
Published February 11, 2020

Meet Lior Schleien, Israel’s Jon Stewart

Ben Sales
Published February 7, 2020

ADL poll: Anti-Semitic violence is on the rise in America — but anti-Semitic attitudes are not

Ben Sales
Published January 29, 2020

William Barr meets with Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn over anti-Semitism and places blame on the left

Ben Sales
Published January 28, 2020

She has 6 employees and less than $2 million. The mission: Stop anti-Semitism in New York City.

Ben Sales
Published January 27, 2020

Bus carrying Hasidic boys to weekend retreat in the Catskills flips over, injuring 18

Ben Sales
Published January 24, 2020

Most American adults don’t know 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds

Ben Sales
Published January 22, 2020

On patrol with a Monsey Hasidic security force

Ben Sales
Published January 21, 2020

Young people are responsible for most of New York City’s anti-Semitic attacks. Will Holocaust education help?

Ben Sales
Published January 15, 2020

Fieldston School fires teacher who posted anti-Zionist tweets

Ben Sales
Published January 9, 2020

NAACP and ADL announce partnership to educate public officials against hate in New Jersey

Ben Sales
Published January 9, 2020

Monsey rabbi who survived stabbing attack gives invocation at New York State of the State address

Ben Sales
Published January 8, 2020

NAACP suspends official who said ‘the Hasidics are generally not too friendly’

Ben Sales
Published January 8, 2020

As anti-Semitism rises, a new NY bail law comes under attack

Ben Sales
Published January 7, 2020

Why the Jersey City official who called local Jews ‘brutes’ has not resigned

Ben Sales
Published January 7, 2020

4 ways New York’s government is trying to fight rising anti-Semitism

Ben Sales
Published January 7, 2020

25,000 march against anti-Semitism in New York City

Ben Sales
Published January 5, 2020

After machete attack, Monsey’s Orthodox Jews are defiant but searching for answers

Ben Sales
Published December 29, 2019

Netanyahu easily wins Likud party primary to remain prime minister candidate

Ben Sales
Published December 26, 2019