On the morning of May 25, a new strategy for combating anti-Semitism, developed by the US presidential administration, was published. The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) actively advocated for the creation of an interagency task force to combat anti-Semitism, which prepared this strategy, and also regularly advised the White House administration ...
“You are not obligated to complete the work, but you must not stop trying,” says Jewish wisdom from the Mishnah. On April 19, 1943, an uprising broke out in the Warsaw ghetto. Its residents tried to stop the German army and police who entered the ghetto to...
Disgraced rapper and designer Kanye West, who recently renamed himself "Ye", has said he plans to run for president in 2024 amid a series of anti-Semitic tirades and new far-right statements, according to TheGuardian. The announcement of his candidacy mentioned several political…
After a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic, more than 1200 leaders of Jewish communities in North America gathered on October 30 in Chicago, Illinois for a three-day General Assembly of Jewish Federations. The conference will determine the unified agenda of the Jewish community for the coming year, and will also host…
An employee of Watkins Elementary School forced third graders in a library classroom to reproduce scenes from the Holocaust, advising them to dig mass graves for their classmates and simulate shooting at victims, TheWashingtonPost reported. The employee was sent on vacation on December 17. Her name was not disclosed. She…
A hat store in Nashville, Tennessee, advertised a yellow star patch that read “Not Vaccinated,” similar to the one Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany. This caused outrage and protests, writes BBC. The Hatwrks store posted on its Instagram account...
Ukrainian police are investigating a request by a high-ranking official for a list of Jews living in a city in Western Ukraine, following accusations of anti-Semitism, writes Fox News. Mass media of many countries of the world wrote about this incident, and the Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine condemned it as an act of anti-Semitism. ...
2019 was the worst year in terms of anti-Semitic attacks, according to the Anti-Defamation League's record. Statistics showed a huge surge in violent attacks, writes DW. According to the latest report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), one of the oldest and largest Jewish non-governmental organizations in the United States, anti-Semitic incidents in ...
An Israeli student filed a complaint against Columbia University, claiming that he was subjected to anti-Semitic attacks, writes Fox News. The student believes that the university is violating Section VI of the executive order of US President Donald Trump to combat discrimination against Jews. In the complaint, Jonathan Karten, an undergraduate student at Columbia University, ...
Another anti-Semitic attack took place in the New York subway. An aggressive woman verbally attacked a harmless elderly Jew. A young Israeli woman, who witnessed this, began filming the incident with her smartphone. A fight broke out between the women. He told about how it all ended on his page in ...