USA

Beth Israel to Host ‘Anti-Zionism is Almost Always Antisemitism’ with Micha Danzig

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Have you heard people say “I am not antisemitic, I am only anti-Zionist” or that “Zionists are trying to weaponize antisemitism to stop legitimate criticism of Israel”? If you want to explore what’s wrong with those types of statements and understand better how to respond to them, as well as […]

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Middle East, San Diego County, USA

‘Ghostbusters’ Director Ivan Reitman Dies at 75

Published by AFP Los Angeles (AFP) – Ivan Reitman, the influential Jewish director and producer of wildly popular comedies “Ghostbusters,” “National Lampoon’s Animal House” and “Twins,” has died aged 75. On Monday Reitman’s son Jason — himself a director of films such as “Juno” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” — tweeted: “I’ve lost my hero.” Arnold Schwarzenegger,

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Jewish Celebrities, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Whoopi Goldberg Returns to ‘The View’ After 2-Week Suspension Over Holocaust Comments

Published by BANG Showbiz English Whoopi Goldberg has returned to ‘The View’ after a two week suspension. The 66-year-old actress had been suspended from her presenting role after claiming during a debate that the Holocaust was “not about race” and noted in her opening speech on her return to the talk show that it was

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Holocaust, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

University of Haifa’s US Fundraising Arm Adds 2 Team Members, Including Southern California’s Dahnie Brandes

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — The American Society of the University of Haifa (ASUH) has added two team members who will strengthen its community engagement efforts. Dahnie Brandes brings a unique combination of passion for changemaking, advocating for Israel and promoting marine sustainability to a new role in which he is charged with expanding ASUH’s

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Dissecting the Ongoing Wave of Antisemitism

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Never would we expect Nazis assaulting an American Jew near Disney World. Or anywhere else in this nation. Yet authorities report that Nazis did in Orlando nearly two weeks ago what Nazis commonly did in Germany 85 years ago. Furthermore, the victim – identified as David Newstat, a student

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Bruce Ticker, Holocaust, International, Middle East, Opinion, USA

StandWithUs Thanks Rep. Lieu for Spearheading Bipartisan Letter on Title VI and Antisemitism

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — StandWithUs would like to express sincere gratitude to Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33) for spearheading a bipartisan letter to the United States Department of Education (DOE), asking the DOE to provide much needed technical assistance to the higher educations community about antisemitism, its various manifestations, and the protections to which Jewish

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USA

Amnesty International’s Pseudo-Scholarship

By Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D  BOCA RATON, Florida — In May, while Hamas was firing more than 3,000 deadly rockets from Gaza with the express purpose of murdering Jewish Israelis, members of academic communities around the world were falling over themselves to express their solidarity, not with the beleaguered citizens of the Jewish state again

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International, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Special Envoy Nominee Lipstadt Vows to Fight Antisemitism ‘Without Fear or Favor’

(JNS) The Biden administration’s nominee Deborah Lipstadt to lead the U.S. State Department’s office that monitors and combats antisemitism appeared in the Senate on Tuesday for her confirmation. Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Lipstadt made the case that antisemitism is on the rise. “Increasingly, Jews have been singled out for slander, violence and

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USA

US Hopes to Seal Israel-Lebanon Maritime Agreement

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) In recent days, Lebanese President Michel Aoun told a U.N. envoy that his country is ready to return to indirect negotiations with Israel over the maritime border between the two countries. Days later, the U.S. envoy to the maritime negotiations, Amos Hochstein, began conducting shuttle diplomacy, involving meetings with Israel’s Energy

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Middle East, USA

US Warns of Extremism After Texas Synagogue Attack, Bomb Threats in Colleges

Published by Reuters By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – The United States faces heightened threats from extremist groups domestic and foreign, underscored by last month’s hostage standoff crisis in a Texas synagogue and bomb threats at many historically Black colleges and universities, a U.S. government agency said on Monday. The warning comes after some schools across

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USA

Rep. Jacobs Leads Letter Calling for Special Envoy and New Strategy in the Sahel

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53), who is Jewish and whose district is in San Diego County, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5) addressed a letter to President Joe Biden urging the Administration to devise a new strategy for the Sahel region and appoint a Special Envoy to the

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International, San Diego County, USA

Discussing the Secrets of Torah Numerology with Author Rabbi Aaron Raskin

By Menachem Posner Chabad.org/News BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Viewers of Chabad.org/Video and consumers of the website’s in-depth essays have long known and enjoyed the prolific scholarly output of Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to Downtown Brooklyn and rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights. The rabbi’s most recent work, Simanim: Parsha Mnemonics, provides a

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Jewish Religion, USA