There’s an intense debate in Germany now about whether to create a post for a federal commissioner to deal with the growing problem of anti-Semitism.
The proposal—originally floated by …
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By Ben Cohen
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12/28/17
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Twenty-two years after a Palestinian suicide bomber devastated the Sbarro pizza restaurant in downtown Jerusalem, the 16th victim of that massacre succumbed to her injuries.
Chana Nachenberg, an …
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By Ben Cohen
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6/7/23
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How should Yeshiva University respond when a prominent faculty member takes public positions—against Israel—that directly contradict what the university espouses? Does the principle of …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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12/28/17
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Though Naisha Couamin walks through a heavily Jewish neighborhood near her home in the East Flatbush most days, she had never actually talked to a Jewish person until recently.
The 17-year-old had …
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By Josefin Dolsten, JTA
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1/15/20
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In the weeks leading up to Chanukah last year, my then-10-year-old son told me that he thought he wanted a Jewish star necklace. It was a rather soft ask, so I quietly let it go.
To be honest, …
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By Dana Bash, CNN
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8/24/22
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The Riverdale Press, the community newspaper in the heavily-Jewish Riverdale area of the Bronx, continues to prominently feature anti-Israel columns by a writer whose overriding long-term theme …
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By Ed Weintrob, Editor & Publisher
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9/20/23
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In response to anti-Semitic incidents throughout the University of California (UC) system’s 10 campuses, its Regents have released a draft Statement of Principles Against Intolerance.
Last …
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By Kenneth L. Marcus
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3/23/16
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The two candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for Nassau County executive each said this week that they support the county’s anti-BDS law.
George Maragos and Laura Curran made their …
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By The Jewish Star
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8/30/17
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alice Walker said critics of her endorsing an anti-Semitic book mean to silence her advocacy for Palestinians. …
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JTA
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1/3/19
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Just the facts
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ADL
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9/20/23
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