admin | April 28, 2017
February 27, 2017 file photo showstoppled and damaged headstones on ground at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia; the Anti-Defamation League found an increase in cases of anti-Semitic intimidation and vandalism in 2016, evidence that anti-Jewish bias intensified during the election Jacqueline Larma, AP NEW YORK -- The Anti-Defamation League found an increase in cases of anti-Semitic intimidation and vandalism last year, evidence that anti-Jewish bias intensified during the election. The Jewish civil rights group found 1,266 cases of anti-Semitic harassment last year, compared to 941 in 2015 and 912 in 2014. The increase continued into the first three months of this year, with reports of 541 incidents compared to 291 in the same period the year before, according to the ADL data released Monday
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simmons | April 28, 2017
The Anti-Defamation League will host its inaugural WALK Against Hate, an event designed to promote diversity and inclusion in the Las Vegas Valley, from 9 to 11 a.m.
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simmons | April 28, 2017
Its officialthe election of Donald Trump to the White House has precipitated a marked increase in anti-Semitism in the United States. A new report published by the Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based civil-rights organization that monitors anti-Semitic activity across the country, finds that such incidents (vandalism, harassment, or assault) were up one-third in 2016, and have spiked 86% in the first quarter of 2017the fledgling months of the Trump administration. Of the 1,266 acts targeting Jews and Jewish institutions in 2016, nearly 30% occurred after Trump defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in November.
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admin | April 25, 2017
Zionism in the age of Trump: it is becoming increasingly clear to more people that the Israeli states officially defined ideology is, at its very core, an anti-Jewish one.
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simmons | April 25, 2017
Students played an integral role in seeing that the Texas House passed a bill last week barring the state from engaging in business with companies involved with the anti-Israel BDS movement. HB 89, sponsored by Representative Phil King, passed unanimously, 131-0.
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admin | April 25, 2017
Sarah Costello, Staff Writer April 25, 2017 Share on Facebook Share on Google Plus Share on Pinterest Share on Tumblr Share via Email On April 19, 2017, several University students, faculty and friends gathered for the 14th Annual Order of Service for Holocaust Remembrance Day at Bucknall Theater. Crowds, young and old, came together for a time of remembrance and reflection of those who were lost to dark times of the Nazi Party and the genocide of over 6 million Jews, in addition to the millions of homosexuals, handicapped people, gypsies, and others who did not fit the Nazi Partys criteria. The service was a dedication to the Jews who had been persecuted and killed, as well as a reflection on those who had survived and are still here.
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admin | April 25, 2017
Anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. increased more than one-third in 2016 and surged by more than 86 percent in the first quarter of 2017, a report by the Anti-Defamation League found. "There has been a massive increase in the amount of harassment of American Jews, particularly since November, and a doubling in the amount of anti-Semitic bullying and vandalism at non-denominational K-12 grade schools," the ADL said in its report
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simmons | April 25, 2017
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) this week reported an increase in anti-Semitic incidents during the first quarter of 2017, compared to both 2016 and 2015 records. Within the ADLs Connecticut Region, which covers the entire state of Connecticut, recorded anti-Semitic incidents increased to 10 in the first quarter of 2017 from a total of 3 in the same period of 2016. Of the 38 total incidents in 2016, 25 were categorized as harassment or threats, 12 were acts of vandalism and one was an assault.
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admin | April 24, 2017
Film director Eric Axelman said part of growing up Jewish in central Maine meant believing that the state of Israel represented Jewish hope, strength and perseverance.
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simmons | April 24, 2017
one of the reasons we make so many mistakes in politics is that so few politicians study history. Ken Livingstone (Independent, 2016) The crisis surrounding antisemitism in the Labour Party refuses to die down
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