By David Bernstein, Forward— This June, two Jewish mental health providers at Stanford University alleged they were the targets of anti-Jewish harassment. Ron Albucher, a prominent psychiatrist and Sheila Levin, a clinical social worker, have filed a legal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on June 15. The complaint alleges that Stanford University’s Counseling…
By Amy Zewe— We are seeing some new twists in the uptick of antisemitism by many factions. Certainly, we have been identifying and calling out actions and rhetoric by particular groups such as Black Live Matter BLM (not the notion that race discrimination isn’t real, exists and needs attention, but the actual group or affiliation…
By Amy Zewe— Over the last three weeks we had discussions with two experts on the issue of growing antisemitism in the US (and worldwide) while the ongoing hostilities occurred with over 4000 rockets being shot from Gaza towards civilian populations in Israel. And, Israel retaliated with 1500 surgical strikes against military targets complete with…
The Christian Friends of Yad Vashem in partnership with International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) are delighted to announce a yearlong series entitled “Life, Hatred and Hope”. We will go on a journey covering the moving experiences of the Jewish People before, during and after the horrors of the Holocaust. “The History of Christian Antisemitism” by…
Christopher Gacek and Lela Gilbert of Family Research Council have published a major paper detailing 100 Antisemitic events in the U.S. in the last fifteen months. Download the PDF here. Summary: There is no denying that we experienced an amazingly difficult year and more in 2020. With a global pandemic, an upsurge of racially charged…
By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe— It isn’t often that a hyphen, or the absence of one, draws attention. But when the Associated Press announced recently that it was changing the spelling of “anti-Semite” and “anti-Semitism” in its highly influential style guide to “antisemite” and “antisemitism,” it made news — and drew cheers from historians and…
By Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post— If you look ever so carefully, after taking a step or two back to gain some distance and perspective, you will see it. It might appear blurry at first, somewhat amorphous and not readily identifiable, like a dot on a screen that hardly seems to warrant much attention.But instead of…
By Michael Freund, JPost— Over the years, as I take part in the annual festive celebration of Yom Ha’atzma’ut and the Divine restoration of Jewish sovereignty that Independence Day embodies, I have found myself increasingly troubled by a question that may be simple yet is anything but simplistic. To put it bluntly: why are so…
By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel— First, the disclaimer to make: I do like France very much. Its culture, its landscapes, its distinct style and charm. I grew up with admiration of France’s intellectual and cultural might, and it is an integral part of who I am. I also have a family connection to France,…
By Melanie Phillips, Israel Hayom— A row over anti-Semitism that has erupted in Britain illuminates the problem that bedevils so many in the West over their understanding of what Judaism actually is. The controversy started with a tweet by the Labour Party’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, congratulating the new head of the Scottish Labour Party,…