USA

Amnesty International Draws Bipartisan Outrage for Report Accusing Israel of Apartheid

By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) Lawmakers and pro-Israel political groups from across the political spectrum are slamming what they consider a biased report released on Tuesday by the international human-rights organization Amnesty International UK. It is Amnesty International’s 208th report on Israel since the 1970s, which goes as far as rejecting the establishment of modern-day Israel […]

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International, Middle East, USA

‘It Began With Words’

By Ari Morgenstern (JNS) The horrors of Nazi concentration camps did not materialize from thin air. Neither did the shootings in Poway, Calif., or Pittsburgh, Pa.; nor did the hostage-taking in Colleyville, Texas. As the late Holocaust survivor and educator Irving Roth often said: “It began with words.” We must heed that warning now—here in

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Opinion, USA

California School District Adopts ‘Liberated’ Ethnic Studies Program Marked By Anti-Israel Bias

By Faygie Holt (JNS) Jewish groups in California took out a full-page ad in a local newspaper on Wednesday to voice their displeasure and concern with a school-board decision to engage an ethnic-studies curriculum for high school and middle-school students that they say will lead to hostility towards Israel and Jewish students. Appearing in the

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California, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Tennessee School Board Bans Holocaust-Themed Graphic Novel ‘Maus’

Published by Reuters By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – A school board in Tennessee has voted to remove the Holocaust-themed graphic novel “Maus” from its eighth-grade language arts curriculum, citing profanity and nudity contained in the Pulitzer Prize-winning work by cartoonist Art Spiegelman. The 10-0 vote by the McMinn County Board of Education in Athens, Tennessee,

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USA

Roughly One-Third of Teens in US, Canada Think Holocaust is ‘Exaggerated or Fabricated’

(JNS) Nearly 33 percent of students in elementary and high schools in the United States and Canada who participated in a new survey said they weren’t sure if the Holocaust happened, or if it did, they thought it was “exaggerated or fabricated.” Almost 3,600 North American students from grades six through 12 participated in the

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International, USA

Global Antisemitism Reaches Nearly All 10 stages of Genocide

By Kenneth L. Marcus (JNS) On Jan. 27, we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoring the 6 million Jews killed in the Nazi genocide, as well as the millions of other victims who were persecuted during that era. This remembrance will be meaningless, however, if we do not seriously consider the gathering threat faced by

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International, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Hillel International and Repair Campus Corps Program Provide Thousands of Students With Service Opportunities

(Press Release) — In addition to the long history of collaboration between Repair the World and Hillel International, Jeremy Cronig (he/him), now Hillel’s Civic Engagement and Social Impact Program Manager, says the partnership has helped Hillel navigate questions they faced about the future of the organization and service opportunities. “Even before COVID, we were thinking

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

StandWithUs, International Legal Forum Launch Student Campaign Around IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, StandWithUs and the International Legal Forum (ILF) are proud to announce the launch of a new multimedia-based campaign, “Students 4 IHRA: United to Define It.” This is a first-of-its-kind campaign to amplify the voices of students who are fighting bigotry on campus,

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International, USA

OneTable Welcomes New Chief Advancement Officer to Help Meet Young Adults’ Demand for Authentic Connections

NEW YORK (Press Release) — OneTable, a national non-profit that empowers young Jewish adults to create their own consistent Shabbat dinner practice, leading to an increased sense of belonging, personal connections to Jewish identity, and increased health of American Jewish communities, welcomed new Chief Advancement Officer Irit E. Gross to the OneTable Executive Team. “Irit

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Lifestyles, USA

Soviet Jewry Book ‘Hidden Heroes’ Will Both Haunt and Inspire You

Hidden Heroes: One Woman’s Story of Resistance and Rescue in the Soviet Union by Pamela Braun Cohen; Gefen Publishing House © 2021; ISBN 9789657-023365; 393 pages including appendices and an extensive index. By Toby Klein Greenwald EFRAT, Israel — How did the prisoners of Zion and refuseniks have the courage, strength and dedication to apply

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Toby Klein Greenwald, USA

Conference on Antisemitism’s Call to Action: ‘We Cannot Hope to Defeat It If We Cannot Define It’

By Jacob Kamaras (JNS) After a high-profile debate surrounding the role of antisemitism in the Jan. 15 synagogue hostage crisis in Colleyville, Texas, an Israel-education organization’s conference on cultivating greater understanding about antisemitism arguably could not have been timelier. While the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas field office, Matthew DeSarno, raised eyebrows

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Jacob Kamaras, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA