On Friday, a 63-year-old Boston-born woman who is a Washington Post photographer was severely beaten by settlers. The next day, settlers assaulted two Arabs in another village in front of diplomats visiting from France, Poland, and Belgium. (Bruce S. Tocker)
“Harvesting olives is not a crime. Detaining peaceful volunteers who are helping Palestinian farmers access their own land is an outrageous misuse of Israel’s authority in the West Bank. These detentions are part of a system whose purpose is to make life harder for Palestinians in the West Bank to stay on their land, to make a living, and simply live….” (Press Release)
Israeli police briefly arrest 90 international olive harvesters Read More »
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The opening of the exhibit, presented by Remember Us the Holocaust, drew Holocaust survivors, community leaders, elected officials and supporters who gathered to honor those who perished, recognize survivors and celebrate progress toward establishing a permanent home for Holocaust education in San Diego. (Cailin Acosta)
MCPS was alerted multiple times to harassment and threats against the student at Montgomery Blair High School through the student’s family, faculty reports, formal bullying complaints, and meetings. This included being accused of genocide because of his intention to study in Israel, being accused of supporting genocide because he wore an Israel baseball shirt, being targeted with demands that classmates shun him as a “Zionist” being told to “go back to 1935” by other students, and receiving an anonymous phone call saying, “You’re a stupid fucking Zionist Jew, and we are going to bomb you” immediately followed by fireworks being set off outside his home. (Press Release)
Brandeis Center files civil rights complaint on behalf of a harassed Jewish student Read More »
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“Antisemitism constantly evolves through coded language, symbols, cultural references and forms of ‘algospeak’ designed to evade automated detection…” (SDJW report)
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The Mishnah rules that dice players may be disqualified from serving as witnesses. The Talmud offers two explanations: professional gamblers contribute nothing productive to society, while gambling may constitute theft because losers surrender money they would prefer to keep. (Cailin Acosta)
Gambling generally disfavored by Jewish authorities Read More »
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After the U.S, complained, the Israeli military and security forces fanned out and arrested 10 suspects. Moshe Pinchi, Israel Police Superintendent, stated, “We are working to collect evidence, findings and testimonies and to consolidate an evidentiary infrastructure that will enable bringing those involved to justice.” (SDJW staff)
The fight against terrorism and antisemitism: Oct. 19. 2026 Read More »
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What can a family photograph, an old cup or a century-old book reveal about lives largely forgotten? For Brooklyn-based Jewish artist Danielle Alhassid, such objects offer a way to recover overlooked voices and explore the connections among Jewish identity, migration, memory and storytelling. (Cailin Acosta)
Danielle Alhassid blends archival materials into her art Read More »
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Twenty-two years after the end of World War II and the Shoah, threats by Arab leaders to “drive the Jews into the sea” sparked fears among the population of West Germany of a possible “second Holocaust.” [Alex Gordon}
Why Germans of the 1960s were so sympathetic to Israel Read More »
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“The U.S.-Israel relationship has endured for 78 years based on shared interests and values, not on who happens to be Prime Minister at any given time. President Trump’s suggestion that U.S. backing for Israel’s security hinges on Israelis reelecting Benjamin Netanyahu is irresponsible and reckless. (Press Release)
Opinion: Linking U.S. support for Israel to Netanyahu’s reelection is reckless Read More »
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There are approximately 15 Democrats on the ballot for Congress who represent DSA and the far-left, comprising 3 – 4% of Democrats running in the midterms. The far-left is not even close to constituting a majority, nor is it represented by Democratic Party leadership, and the path to Democrats winning back control of Congress runs through the center. [Halie Soifer]
The Jewish vote and the midterm elections Read More »
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Memory is an opportunity, a duty, an obligation. It can be denied only by deliberate erasure. Around the world and shockingly in the U.S., the denial of Holocaust memory is cancerously metastasizing. (Jerry Klinger)
Stolen Holocaust Memory – Raoul Wallenberg Read More »
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In conferences organized by Tehran, American extremists from the far left and far right sat in the same rooms: white nationalists alongside Black nationalists and Holocaust deniers alongside anti-war progressives, brought together by a shared hostility toward Jews, Israel, and the United States — and sent home connected and emboldened. (Press Release)
Iran’s networking brings together American antisemites on the right and left Read More »
Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East, Press Release, USAShabbat, the Jewish Sabbath, is central to Jewish life, although the Torah provides few specific instructions for its observance beyond prohibiting work. (Cailin Acosta)
Shabbat is central to Jewish life Read More »
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