When Boruch Gorin, a well-known rabbi in Moscow, traveled for the first time from Russia to the United States, a U.S. Customs officer asked him whether he was Russian.
“I said, ‘No, …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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3/14/18
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On the eve of the anniversary of one of the worst terrorist attacks in Israel’s history, advocates for terror victims are turning up the heat on Palestinian universities that host a group named …
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By Rafael Medoff, JNS
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3/6/18
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I interviewed Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister of Poland, during his September visit to New York. The public-relations maven who arranged the meeting pitched Morawiecki — then …
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By Ben Cohen
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2/28/18
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Representatives of Polish Jews have complained to the state media watchdog about a public broadcaster airing an interview with a priest who said Jews have a unique understanding of the concept of …
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2/28/18
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A recently released Israeli government report shows that the international community needs a “principled policy” as well as a comprehensive education system to address Jew-hatred, said a …
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By Eliana Rudee, JNS
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2/22/18
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Is it just me, or has the use, or rather misuse, of the word “Nazi” and Nazi implications, or tampering in other ways with memory of the Holocaust, gone off the rails?
I can’t …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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2/14/18
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Just one week after passing a controversial law criminalizing phrases indicating Polish responsibility for heinous crimes against Jews during the Holocaust, Poland’s ruling party has sponsored …
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JNS
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2/14/18
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Recently, I’ve been nursing some concerns about the way the Israeli government is handling its response to the BDS campaign against the Jewish state, and with it the wider challenges of …
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By Ben Cohen
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1/31/18
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In an “intersectionality” powerplay meant to further ostracise Jews from the progressive movement, Palestinian advocates boycotted last weekend’s Women’s March Los Angeles …
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1/24/18
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It’s better here than there: That was the message of a panel of experts considering the rise of anti-Semitism in the United States and Europe.
“It’s far from perfect,” said …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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1/24/18
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