Category Archives: Jewish

Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity’ explores the the relationship between the band and Jewish fans

JTA What’s Jewish about the jam band Phish? Many things, according to a new book Stephen Silver September 9, 2023 Those who are Jewish, or Phish fans — or both — have likely noticed at one point: Jews really seem … Continue reading

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McKinney recently said that “we know that the Jews represented by AIPAC and ADL have a problem with strongly opinionated Black men” and that “Zionists run Washington”

ALGEMEINER Jews Are The Problem’: Former US Congresswoman Promotes Antisemitic-Black Nationalist Crossover Event Andrew Bernard September 11, 2023 Cynthia McKinney, a former US congresswoman and 2008 presidential nominee for the Green Party, on Monday promoted a livestream event featuring notorious … Continue reading

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German tennis player Alexander Zverev told the match umpire that a spectator had chanted “Deutschland über alles.” The man was promptly removed from the rest of the US Open match.

DEUTSCHE WELLE Tennis fan kicked out of US Open for singing Nazi-era anthem September 5, 2023 A tennis fan was ejected from the US Open in New York on Monday after German tennis player Alexander Zverev protested that the man … Continue reading

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The distinction between hating Jews and hating Israel is bogus

JNS Israelophobia is the newest form of the oldest hatred Melanie Phillips August 31, 2023 Antisemitism is a rotten term for the “longest hatred” that targets the Jewish people. For a start, there is no such thing as “semitism” to … Continue reading

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The settlement comes after years in which officials around Jackson have been accused of trying to push out Orthodox residents

JTA NJ township will pay $575,000 to settle lawsuit alleging discrimination against Orthodox Jews Jackie Hajdenberg August 29, 2023 New Jersey’s Jackson Township has settled a state lawsuit alleging that it used local ordinances to discriminate against Orthodox Jews, after … Continue reading

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In one of the movie’s memorable scenes, Meir and Kissinger engage in a battle of wills over the Israeli prime minister’s kitchen table, with Meir forcing the exhausted diplomat to eat borscht

WASHINGTON EXAMINER Helen Mirren plays Golda Meir in a new biopic about the Israeli prime minister Sean Durns August 25, 2023 A decade before the rise of U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Israel had its own “Iron Lady,” Golda Meir, a 75-year-old grandmother … Continue reading

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ADL has no moral standing to dictate appropriate speech

THE FEDERALIST Elon Musk’s Legal Threats Aside, The ADL Doesn’t Speak For Jews David Harsanyi September 6, 2023 Elon Musk has threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League for some $22 billion over its slandering of him as an antisemite, which … Continue reading

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Obama evaded the Nation of Islam leader’s core antisemitic ideology.

JNS Obama’s non-responses to black antisemitism Eunice G. Pollack August 27, 2023 In his 2017 book Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama and a Tablet interview this month, historian David Garrow revealed that Obama refused to take a stand … Continue reading

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Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem say that Minister Ben-Gvir’s comments on restricting Arab movement inflict major damage on Israel’s public diplomacy efforts after American model Bella Hadid accuses him of racism

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Officials concerned Ben-Gvir’s spat with Bella Hadid ‘gift for BDS’ Eran Swissa and Shirit Avitan Cohen August 25, 2023 …Ben-Gvir shot back on Friday, in a tweet attacking the pro-Palestinian advocate. “Good morning to … Continue reading

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Hatred of the Middle East’s only democracy threatens us all, not just Britain’s Jews

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE There’s a word for how the world judges the Jewish state: Israelophobia Jake Wallis Simons August 26, 2023 …Contrary to common perception, in 2022 an American insurance firm named Israel the fifth-safest tourist destination on Earth, behind … Continue reading

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