WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department’s report on religious freedom described a “global increase” in anti-Semitism and said the “rising tide of anti-Semitism” was among the key trends of last year. The executive summary of the report for...
By Gidon Van Emden, JTA
• Published April 19, 2012
WASHINGTON -- How much homophobia is there? And how much anti-Semitism? How many Muslims are beaten up because of who they are? The only accurate answer today is, “We don’t know.” Organizations that combat hate and bigotry do not know how many crimes...
By Morton A. Klein and Susan B. Tuchman, JTA
• Published April 16, 2012
Imagine if the NAACP responded with skepticism to the passage of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and urged African Americans to exercise their civil rights cautiously under this law. Title VI was landmark legislation when it was passed in 1964 to remedy...
NEW YORK -- A new Anti-Defamation League poll found that anti-Semitic attitudes in several European countries have increased marginally since 2009. The poll, which was released Tuesday, reported slight increases in overall anti-Semitic attitudes in a...
Polish police are investigating the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in northeastern Poland. Monika Krawczyk, the CEO of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, said vandals spray-painted swastikas and anti-Semitic images and...
SYDNEY, Australia – Australian Jewry’s umbrella body slammed a national broadcaster for screening a controversial TV series that “endorses and reinforces demeaning stereotypes about Jews.” The Executive Council of Australian Jewry submitted a...
Swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti were painted in three spots in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Swastikas and the words "Die Jews" were painted on a driveway in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn on Saturday night. Swastikas were...
Israel's complexity, and the nature of the world's response to it, is in danger of defeating us as a community.How can we say when a fiery piece of theater is "anti-Semitic," and when it is simply "courageous and challenging"? How do we know when a documentary...
