admin | September 8, 2020
A San Francisco State University invitation to Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled to speak at a virtual event this month is roiling Bay Area Jewish organizations. Khaled, 76, was a key player in two hijackings as a member of the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in 1969 on a Tel Aviv-bound flight and in 1970 on an El Al flight to New York. The PFLP has been designated a terrorist organization by the State Department
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admin | September 8, 2020
Dear Editor, Alison Brown recently responded to my letter about Hannah Hannahs lack of qualifications for the job of County Commissioner. I pointed out that Ms
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admin | September 8, 2020
(JTA) Heres a rundown of what weve covered while we miss our man in Washington. Hell be back next week! Bay State update There were lots of Jewish candidates in the running in primaries this week in Massachusetts, including Alex Morse, the progressive Democrat who was trying to unseat a longtime senator and become the first Jewish member of The Squad. He lost, as did an epidemiologist running for Congress
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admin | September 8, 2020
Forty-five years in the Jewish civil rights field did not prepare me for the Jewish communitys response to Donald Trump. From Gerald Ford (the president when I began my 27-year career with the Anti-Defamation League in 1975) to Barack Obama, there was a unifying reality that bound liberal and conservative Jews together when assessing the political scene. All of the following were summarily rejected: bigotry, apologists for bigotry, purveyors of conspiracy notions and anyone who posed a threat (real or rhetorical) to Jews and other minority groups.
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admin | September 8, 2020
When the words White Lives Matter were painted on Kent States front-campus rock Aug.
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admin | September 8, 2020
Last week, a researcher who focuses on extremism said he was concerned that the fatal shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, could start a trend of similar deadly incidents at protests. Then, three days later, something like it happened in Portland, Oregon: One man was killed following a night of clashes between supporters of President Donald Trump and counterprotesters.
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admin | September 8, 2020
During the last week of August, someone had the audacity to paint the slogan White Lives Matter on Kent State Universitys front-campus rock leading to some in the campus community to label it a direct threat to black students. According to Kentwired.com, the slogan covered over Black Lives Matter slogans which had been scrawled there days before.
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admin | September 8, 2020
In May, conspiracy theory and hate speech monitoring groups started flagging the spread of a disturbing anti-Semitic meme: a stylized picture of the novel coronavirus on a tie-dye-like background framed with text reading, COVID-19. If you have the bug, give a hug. Spread the flu to every Jew
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admin | September 8, 2020
Stream now or tune in Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 at 10 p.m. on KPBSTV Holocaust Story of Hope Shines Light on Story of European Jews Finding Refuge in Shanghai During World War II Harbor From The Holocaust shares the story of 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II to the city of Shanghai
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admin | September 8, 2020
September 4, 2020 Kids, Schools Over the decades, there was always someone who wanted to cover the plaza in front of Tribeca Synagogue on White Street enclose it to make more room for programming or to make better use of wasted space. Now that plaza may be the thing keeping the synagogue alive
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