admin | December 25, 2019
Sign Up for Our free email newsletters Once a minor holiday for observant Jews, Hanukkah has become a major celebration in the U.S. Why? Here's everything you need to know: What is Hanukkah?Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after a successful Jewish revolt against the Seleucid Empire in 160 BCE
admin | December 25, 2019
by Asa Winstanley You have to hand it toDonald Trump, he knows which side his bread is buttered. Spewing out disgusting remarks that some of the commentariatdeemed onlycontroversial at worst,Trump attendedthe Israeli-American Councils (AIC) national summit earlier this month. A major pro-Israel lobby group, the IAC, is bankrolled by anti-Palestinian casino billionaire, Sheldon Adelson.
admin | December 25, 2019
The reports, both in Israel and abroad, about the resolution passed by the French National Assembly on December 3 on combating antisemitism in Europe in general and France in particular were an example of sloppy reporting.Some reports declared that what was passed by the National Assembly, by a vote of 154 deputies in favor and 72 against, was a law rather than a resolution.
admin | December 25, 2019
Of their quest to refashion India as a Hindu state, Hindutva extremists have positioned themselves on a collision course with the nations secular structure. Their objective is a minimum of the reformation of India as an ethno-religious state affording particular rights and privileges to Hindus inside a multi-tier system of citizenship.
admin | December 25, 2019
Last Friday, in response to a petition filed by the Palestinian Authority, Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that she is opening an investigation against Jerusalem for alleged war crimes committed during the 2014 Gaza war and in subsequent anti-terror efforts. Twice before, Bensouda had rebuffed the courts request that she investigate Israel for other allegations. Ben-Dror Yemini points out some of the many flaws of the current investigation: [First], a complaint to the ICC can only be filed by a state, which Palestine is not.
admin | December 25, 2019
JERSEY CITY, NJ The Anti-Defamation League has called for embattled school board trustee Joan Terrell-Paige to resign from her position following "her anti-Semitic, inflammatory, and deeply-hurtful comments." Terrell-Paige said in a long, since-deleted Facebook post said "Where was all this faith and hope when black homeowners were threatened, intimidated, and harassed by I WANT TO BUY YOUR HOUSE brutes of the Jewish community?" Terrell-Paige made the comments just days after a mass shooting in Jersey City's Greenville neighborhood left six people dead, including Joseph Seals, a longtime city police detective. The ADL said in a statement it "wholeheartedly rejects and condemns" Terrell-Paige's comments in the strongest possible terms." The anti-hate organization said that Terrell-Paige's "lack of remorse or self-reflection following the incident has rendered her unfit to continue to serve on the Board of Education a body entrusted with modeling our shared values of diversity, tolerance, and inclusion for students in our local Jersey City public schools." Terrell-Paige also said that the Jewish "brutes" waved bags of money at black homeowners in Ward F, according to a report on NorthJersey.com, which showed a screenshot of the comments.
admin | December 25, 2019
Participants learn about Israeli security forces strategies to deter and disrupt terrorist attacks, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Those are practices Jewish Voice for Peace and other critics believe lead to unfair treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli government. A Boston police spokesman said the department has sent leaders on the trip in the past, but did not know whether there are plans to participate in future seminars.
admin | December 25, 2019
For 50 years, the Anti-Defamation League has conducted a standardized survey across language groups and cultures, reporting on anti-Semitic attitudes worldwide. In their most recent report, they reported a 47 percent incidence of anti-Semitic attitudes in South Africa. In 2014, that figure was 38 percent
admin | December 25, 2019
On the surface, the declaration of U.S. President Donald Trumps attorney Rudolph Giuliani that billionaire philanthropist and Holocaust survivor George Soros is hardly a Jew, an enemy of Israel and that the Catholic former New York mayor is more of a Jew than Soros is appeared to be a breathtaking display of chutzpah
admin | December 25, 2019
By Maria Kachulis-Moriarty | 15 hours ago Mirroring a nationwide trend, Chapman University and California State University, Fullerton, have been reeling from incidents viewed by many as hate crimes with administrators grappling on how to respond. Editors Note: This dispatch is part of the Voice of OC Youth Media program, working with student journalists to cover public policy issues across Orange County. If youwould like to submit your own student media project related to Orange County civics or if you have any response to this work, contact Digital EditorSonya Quick at squick@voiceofoc.org.
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