L’Oréal made history last week when it became the first major cosmetics firm to feature a Muslim woman wearing a head covering in a mainstream international ad campaign for hair …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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1/24/18
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The term “blacklist” brings up memories of McCarthysim. But those on a new Israeli “blacklist,” who are to be blocked from entry to that country for promoting boycotts, are …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/19/18
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“Israel is a colonial project that has nothing to do with Jews,” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in a blistering two-hour speech on Sunday that included a virtual …
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By Combined Sources
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1/17/18
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Jews were "undesirable."
They were "of low physical and mental standards." They were "filthy." They were "often dangerous in their habits." They were "un-American."
So read a report …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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1/12/18
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They may live thousands of miles apart, but student activists from around the world identify various shared challenges living as Jews in their respective countries …
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By Eliana Rudee, JNS
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1/10/18
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It wasn’t long after Nahum Amir began working for Delta Airlines as a mechanic that he says his manager started calling him “the Jewish guy.” Then Amir says the manager accused him …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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1/10/18
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The New Zealand Jewish community is defending home-grown pop star Lorde from accusations in a full-page ad that she is a bigot and anti-Semite for canceling a performance in Israel, despite its …
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JTA
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1/3/18
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Pop star Lorde’s decision to cancel her scheduled concert in Israel has sparked some fierce reactions, even if most of them were expected.
The 21-year-old New Zealand native’s move …
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By Josefin Dolsten, JTA
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1/3/18
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The ancient and so-far uncured disease of anti-Semitism is reflected in this week’s parsha, Shemot. Pharaoh tells his people: “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many …
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By Rabbi Marc D. Angel
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1/3/18
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Pop star Lorde’s decision to cancel her scheduled concert in Israel has sparked some fierce reactions, even if most of them were expected.
The 21-year-old New Zealand …
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By Josefin Dolsten, JTA
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12/28/17
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