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EVENT US Holocaust Memorial Museum Chicago Virtual Event

Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for a moving experience with special guests, inspiring stories, and important messages about the institution’s role in these difficult times. 2020 Risa K. Lambert CHICAGO VIRTUAL EVENT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, NOON CDT To … Continue reading

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“They portray themselves as kindly types who bring their detractors tea and wish them a nice day, while they espouse Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic global conspiracy theories”

MLIVE MICHIGAN ‘They fill our sidewalks with hate speech,’ Ann Arbor rabbi says in response to court ruling by Ryan Stanton August 22, 2020 While a federal judge has concluded protests outside an Ann Arbor synagogue amount to free speech, … Continue reading

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“Criticizing a person for actions that have nothing to do with being Jewish – without attacking the person for being Jewish or connected to Jews, and without attacking Jews as a group – is not anti-Semitism”

REAL CLEAR POLITICS This Jew Stands With John Kass Against Anti-Semitic Hit by David M. Simon August 16, 2020 The Anti-Defamation League, Chicago 47th Ward Alderman Matt Martin, and the Chicago Tribune Guild Executive Board recently attacked Chicago Tribune columnist … Continue reading

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NYT redefines antisemitism “conveniently allowing them to promote the antisemitic BDS Movement against Israel”

CLARION PROJECT NY Times Decides Int’l Accepted Definition of Antisemitism is ‘Disputed’ by Meira Svirsky August 12, 2020 To promote its tacit support of the antisemitic Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) Movement against the state of Israel, The New York … Continue reading

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“His failure to acknowledge Israeli efforts at peace is coupled with a blindness toward the threats facing the Jewish state”

STANDWITHUS CCA Concerned by UN’s New Envoy To Monitor Antisemitism Miguel Moratinos August 4, 2020 The StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism (CCA) was encouraged to learn that the United Nations has decided to appoint an envoy for the specific purpose … Continue reading

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Knesset member: “Wow. Twitter just admitted that tweets calling genocide against Jews by Iranian leaders DON’T violate its policy! This is a double standard. This is anti-Semitism”

CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS Knesset makes effort to confront anti-Israel, anti-Jewish posts, hate speech online by Israel Kasnett August 1, 2020 …On July 29, the Israeli Knesset held a hearing concerning the growing concern of anti-Semitism found on social media….At the … Continue reading

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Next to the image of a hook-nosed caricatured Jew, “a quote falsely attributed to French philosopher Voltaire: “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize”

BILLY PENN Philly NAACP president shares anti-Semitic meme with misattributed neo-Nazi quote by Max Marin and Nina Feldman July 24, 2020 Philadelphia NAACP president Rodney Muhammad shared a meme that depicted an anti-Semitic cartoon next to photos of Black celebrities … Continue reading

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar “calls out the hateful outbursts against Jews by Ice Cube, DeSean Jackson and others”

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Where Is the Outrage Over Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood? by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar July 14, 2020 Recent incidents of anti-Semitic tweets and posts from sports and entertainment celebrities are a very troubling omen for the future of the … Continue reading

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“It’s time for URJ members to speak up and ask Rick Jacobs some hard questions”

WORLD ISRAEL NEWS Liberal Jewish leaders attack Jews who point out BLM’s anti-Semitism by Daniel Greenfield July 12, 2020 …Black Lives Matter is anti-Semitic. Its leaders declare that they’re Marxists. Portions of the movement are openly aligned with Farrakhan and … Continue reading

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“Not long after “#JewishPrivilege” went viral on Twitter, Jewish Twitter users flipped the hashtag and used it to tell their personal stories about facing antisemitism”

ALGEMEINER Jewish Celebs Share Experiences With Antisemitism in ‘#JewishPrivilege’ Push Back on Twitter by Shiryn Ghermezian July 13, 2020 After antisemitic Twitter accounts began posting tweets on Sunday with the hashtag “JewishPrivilege,” comedian Sarah Silverman and other Jewish social media … Continue reading

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