International

Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down Netanyahu govt’s judicial overhaul law

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], January 2 (ANI): Israel’s Supreme Court overturned a contentious government plan to curtail the powers of the judiciary on Monday, The Times of Israel reported. This landmark decision raises the possibility of escalating tensions in the nation while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fights Hamas in Gaza. By a […]

Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down Netanyahu govt’s judicial overhaul law Read More »

Israel, Nordot

OpEd: Beware Efforts to Divide Jews and African-Americans

Many in the world, and especially in the United States, are ignorant of the fact that Israel is one of the most ethnically diverse nations in the world, with only a 30% White/European population. Israel has a population that is 21% Arab. If you have been to Israel then you know that there are Ethiopian Jews, Sephardic, Mizrahi and more groups throughout Israel. [Barrett Holman Leak]

OpEd: Beware Efforts to Divide Jews and African-Americans Read More »

Antisemitism, Barrett Holman Leak, Israel, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA

Fighting Antisemites in the U.S. and Around the World

By Brooke Goldstein NEW YORK — As we welcome 2024, I am honored to share with you a recap of the impactful journey we’ve undertaken at The Lawfare Project over the past year. Amidst unprecedented challenges, our team has remained steadfast in our commitment to upholding justice and defending the legal rights of the Jewish

Fighting Antisemites in the U.S. and Around the World Read More »

Antisemitism, International, Israel, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Today’s Jewish Birthday: J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye, featuring the adventures of the cynical Holden Caulfield, was greeted enthusiastically by literary reviewers and by high school teachers, but in other parts of the country, it was denounced as smut because of Salinger’s frequent use of such words as “goddamn,” bastard,” “Chrissakes.”[SDJW Staff report]

Today’s Jewish Birthday: J. D. Salinger Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Today's Jewish Birthday, USA

Last Word: A Satiric Review of 2023

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO – Laughing to keep from crying, here’s a look back at 2023: January My Blue Kevin (Melody: My Blue Heaven) The GOP votes multiple times. ‘Cause the crazies reject blue Kevin. Turn to the right, the extreme MAGA right Will make him the blue, blue Kevin. He bargained away, whatever

Last Word: A Satiric Review of 2023 Read More »

International, Lawrence Baron, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

US students visiting Israel empowered to fight campus antisemitism

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], December 31 (ANI/TPS): A delegation of pro-Israel student leaders from prominent US and Canadian universities who have witnessed significant rising antisemitism are visiting Israel to learn first-hand about Hamas’ October 7 massacre and the war in Gaza. After visiting the frontlines and meeting with officials, the students are

US students visiting Israel empowered to fight campus antisemitism Read More »

Israel

How I Plan to Triumph over Antisemitism: My New Year’s Resolution

I am asking the lobbyists for their help in securing a Congressional investigation into the federal grant programs intended for insuring equity and inclusion of university students, but have, instead, been usurped by propagandists, who have used these funds to bring in guest lecturers and core faculty members who espouse a full-fledged frontal assault on Israel as “colonists” and “apartheidists.” [Amy Neustein, PhD]

How I Plan to Triumph over Antisemitism: My New Year’s Resolution Read More »

Amy Neustein, Antisemitism, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

A New Home for the Bezalel Academy

A plaque embedded into the entrance wall of the building states in Hebrew, Arabic and English: “Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem; Based on principles of human dignity, equality, pluralism and freedom of thought, speech and creative expression.” One can only hope that the students, who come from all segments of Israeli society, will benefit from this noble aspiration. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

A New Home for the Bezalel Academy Read More »

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Netanyahu says Israel must control Gaza’s border with Egypt, war to last months

Published by Reuters UK By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Arafat Barbakh and Dan Williams CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retake control of the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt, expanding Israel’s mission to neutralize Hamas in a conflict it says it expects to last for months. “The war is at its height,” Netanyahu

Netanyahu says Israel must control Gaza’s border with Egypt, war to last months Read More »

Israel, Nordot

Chicago woman accused of defacing businesses, Jewish school with antisemitic messages, swastikas

Published by Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — A Rogers Park woman faces felony hate crime charges for allegedly defacing multiple buildings, including a North Side Jewish elementary school, with antisemitic graffiti and Nazi symbols. Mariana Lynch, 30, was arrested just before 1 p.m. Thursday in the 1200 block of West Touhy Avenue after area residents called

Chicago woman accused of defacing businesses, Jewish school with antisemitic messages, swastikas Read More »

Antisemitism, Nordot, USA