As a person of color, I can say without hesitation: if the Black or Brown community had experienced what the Jewish community experienced at this year’s Pride, statements and action would have been immediate. Silence, in the face of antisemitism, is not neutrality. It is complicity. [Nicole Murray Ramirez]
An open letter to San Diego Pride Read More »
Antisemitism, Israel, Jewish History, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors
The details change but the underlying message does not: Jews are maliciously portrayed as secretly orchestrating disasters or profiting from human suffering. This pattern demonstrates how antisemitism continuously adapts to the news cycle while recycling centuries-old myths.” (Press Release)
Online antisemites blame Jews for Europe’s wildfires Read More »
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In 1886, two years after his father’s death, Husserl, along with his fiancée, also a Jew, Malvine Charlotte Steinschneider, converted to Protestantism. The wedding on August 6, 1887, took place in the Evangelical Church of Vienna. The purpose of converting to Lutheranism was to avoid discrimination in his academic career. (Alex Gordon)
Jewish biography: Edmund Husserl, founder of Phenomenology Read More »
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While you are clearly very good at refocusing your own demons, you are pretty terrible in your methods of attack. As America’s Rebbitzman, I feel obligated to help you be a better antisemite. This isn’t for your benefit, mind you, it’s for the rest of us. If we are forced to constantly engage with you, we want it to be a challenge. (Joshua Kail)
Jewsplaining antisemitism to antisemites Read More »
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U.S. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania proved this week that an advocate for Israel can confront an Israel-basher, shake him up and still stand firm and unyielding. Or stand tall, as John Wayne or Ronald Reagan might word it. [Bruce S. Ticker]
El-Sayed shouldn’t have threatened Fetterman metaphorically or in reality Read More »
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Not for the first time, Israel is the favorite punching bag for left-wingers and the far right. We remember how good it was to be Jewish in the aftermath of WW2. It turns out that it was an aberration. [Steve Kramer]
Historic Jew-hatred reasserting itself in U.S. Read More »
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The J7 Task Force calls on governments and law enforcement to take preemptive action to protect Jewish communities, rather than reacting after attacks occur, and to close legal loopholes that allow antisemitic incitement, including when cloaked in anti-Zionist language, to go unpunished. The Task Force also urges technology companies to strengthen moderation of hate content and increase transparency and cooperation with civil society to counter emerging threats. [Press Release]
This ruling affirms what we’ve said from the start: AB 715 is a critical and constitutionally-sound tool to address antisemitism in schools, alongside protections the Legislature has extended to other forms of discrimination through companion legislation. [David Bocarsly]
He began reading banned literature and, at around the age of 15, came to see himself as an opponent of the Tsarist regime not only in the Jewish aspect but also in the all-Russian context. [Alex Gordon]
Jewish biography: Julius Martov, leading Menshevik Read More »
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Editor’s Note: Following are news items of International and National importance to the Jewish community.
Jewish News Briefs: July 22, 2026 Read More »
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“Mayor Mamdani did not simply express a personal political opinion. He used the authority, symbolism and credibility of the mayor’s office to issue what amounted to an official public address declaring that the democratically elected leader of the world’s only Jewish state is a ‘war criminal’ who is ‘not welcome in New York City. [Press Release]
Simon Wiesenthal Center blasts NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Read More »
Antisemitism, Israel, Jewish History, Press Release, USAThe Ninth of Av, “Tisha B’Av is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, as this is the date both Holy Temples were destroyed, and exile, persecution, and spiritual darkness began. [Cailin Acosta]
Juxtaposition of Tisha b’Av and Comic-Con Read More »
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…resolution to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires and demanding justice and accountability for those responsible for the attack. (Press Release)
In 1865, Waldteufel was appointed pianist to Empress Eugénie and soon received the position of conductor and ball manager at the court of Napoleon III. He was also the conductor of the ball orchestra “Bals de l’Opéra” in Paris (1865). [Alex Gordon]
Jewish biography: Émile Waldteufel, waltz king of Paris Read More »
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