Fighting Anti-Semitism

December 8, 2020

Why do many Jews try to undermine fight against Jew-hatred?

Supporters of Americans for Peace Now in Israel. Source: Americans for Peace Now/Facebook. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — A group of 122 Palestinian academics, journalists, writers and filmmakers signed a letter last month taking issue with the widespread adoption of […]
November 25, 2020

Antisemites fighting Antisemitism? Looking at an Orwellian Farce

by Ruthie Blum (JNS) — If George Orwell is spinning in his grave these days, he’s likely rolling so hard with laughter that it’s bringing him and the rest of us to tears. An upcoming webinar on Jew-hatred is but […]
November 17, 2020

Beware Of “Anti-Zionism Is Not Anti-Semitism” From The Left

by Micha Danzig “When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You are talking anti-Semitism!” — Martin Luther King Jr. For years now, it has been open season on Jewish students at many college campuses in the United States and in […]
November 17, 2020

Fighting racism, antisemitism in conversation between “Anne and Emmett”

Student actors Allyn Hackman, left, and Cameron Mayers. (Photos by J. Hun-En Joswick) by Richard Friedman It was a trip Cameron Mayers had to make, driving 90 miles and 65 years back into history. Mayers, an 18-year-old Mississippi State University freshman, […]
November 1, 2020

New initiatives join forces to battle antisemitism, anti-Israel activities on campus

A panel of experts from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) discuss anti-Semitism in the media, campus and public life. Photo by Kineret Rifkind. (JNS) — The Academic […]
October 30, 2020

World’s largest NGO of Imams adopts international definition of antisemitism

by Jackson Richman (JNS) — The largest nongovernmental organization of imams in the world, the Global Imams Council, has adopted the widely accepted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism. The council’s governing board, senior imams committee and advisory committee unanimous voted […]
October 22, 2020

Can one criticize George Soros without being considered an antisemite?

George Soros at the 47th Munich Security Conference in 2011. Credit: Harald Dettenborn via Wikimedia Commons. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — It happened again last weekend. Someone said the word “Soros” and triggered an avalanche of criticism from much of […]
September 15, 2020

“Systemic” also describes antisemitism on college campuses

by Sarah Stern (JNS) — The summer of 2020 is officially over. It will always be remembered as the summer of COVID-19 and of a painful period of national introspection about whether or not there is a problem of systemic […]
September 11, 2020

Tulane Webinar: When is Criticism of Israel Antisemitic?

Antisemitic French cartoon depicting Israeli soldiers as bloodthirsty and Zionism as a murderous ideology. (ADL) by Richard Friedman  Not all criticism of Israel is antisemitic. But some of it is. Recognizing the difference is crucial in this day and age to […]
September 10, 2020

CUFI: Not Silent and Not Still Regarding Antisemitism

by Shari Dollinger (JNS) — This week’s Torah portion is Deuteronomy 29:20-30:9, which calls upon Israel to be faithful to the covenant in the land God has given them. God promises that even if Israel is scattered among the nations […]
September 5, 2020

Takes one: CAIR’s criticism of Nation of Islam’s antisemitism rings hollow

by Leonard Getz (JNS) — In a rare move, the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) joined a chorus of criticism aimed at a local black Muslim leader who posted anti-Semitic tropes to his social media. Rodney […]