admin | September 29, 2020
With anti-Semitism on the rise, it is fitting that the United Nations recommit itself to eradicating this evil as it commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of the Holocaust.
admin | September 29, 2020
Over the course of the weekend, Facebooksuspended the accounts of more than 200 users, including Greenpeace USA, Rising Tide North America, Rainforest Action Network, and Presente.org, among others. At the time of imposing the suspensions, rather vaguely, Facebook cited intellectual property rights violation, without providing further details on the alleged infringement
admin | September 29, 2020
Last week, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced a new initiative, Education to End Hate. Our country is facing two pandemics: coronavirus and hate, he said. Its time to double down on our efforts to combat all forms of hate, bias and bigotry.
admin | September 29, 2020
Jewish leaders spoke out after an anti-Semitic attack was carried out in England on Yom Kippur on Monday. Residents of a neighborhood in Bristol reported a large, bright, yellow swastika spray-painted on the hood of a car
admin | September 29, 2020
Abraham Accord signing ceremony in Washington. (Photo: File) By Reza Behnam In the early 1900s, Zionisms founders laid out their strategy to build a Jewish state in Palestine
admin | September 29, 2020
Last week, the pro-peace organization Americans for Peace Now proudly announced that Bronx Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the young and charismatic avatar of the new American left, would participate in an event honoring Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated 25 years ago for making peace with the Palestinians. But their announcement resulted in a barrage of online criticism from far-left activists, who cited Rabins history before the Oslo peace agreement, specifically the fact that as a general in the Israeli army, he gave an order to break the bones of Palestinians at the start of the First Intifada. In response to this criticism, AOC promptly withdrew from the event, claiming it had been misrepresented to her, and that she was taking a look into this now.
admin | September 29, 2020
The recent death of US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg (known popularly as RBG) has brought accolades from all over the world, especially from progressives who hailed her positions. Even Black Lives Matter issued praise, not mentioning the justices crass statement on Colin Kaepernicks taking the knee, saying the gesture was dumb and disrespectful (she later walked it back saying that her comments were inappropriately dismissive and harsh and that she should have declined to respond).
admin | September 29, 2020
My Hungarian parents were both survivors of Auschwitz. I heard their stories often while growing up. I never asked, but always wondered why there was no resistance
admin | September 29, 2020
For American Jews of a certain age, the name Bess Myerson is still a source of pride.
admin | September 29, 2020
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