Rep. Houlahan: My father survived the Holocaust by a miracle. It shouldnt take a miracle to be Jewish and alive. | Opinion – The Philadelphia Inquirer
admin | January 20, 2022
Last Saturday, my father turned 80.
Governor Abbott Appoints Five to the Texas Holocaust, Genocide and Anti-Semitism Advisory Commission – Office of the Texas Governor
admin | January 9, 2022
January 6, 2022 | Austin, Texas | Appointment Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Jeffery Beck and Kenneth Kenny Goldberg to the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission for terms set to expire on February 1, 2023. Additionally, the Governor appointed Lucy Taus Katz Providence Umugwaneza for a term set to expire on February 1, 2025 and appointed Rabbi Ilan Emanuel for a term set to expire on February 1, 2027. The advisory commission shall conduct a study on anti-Semitism in the state, provide assistance to schools, and meet with appropriate representatives of public and private organizations to provide information in addition to various education duties around the state
Condemning anti-semitism, governor and Jewish leaders …
admin | January 4, 2022
The sound of celebratory music, the light of candles and the smell of potato pancakes filed the Statehouse rotunda Monday, as Gov. Laura Kelly, Secretary of State Scott Schwab and a host of Jewish leaders lit a ceremonial menorah in honor of Hanukkah
Helena’s Jewish community is raising funds to buy the state’s oldest synagogue – MTPR
admin | January 4, 2022
Helenas Jewish community has been without a local synagogue for decades. Fundraising is underway to buy back a synagogue thats been owned by the Catholic Diocese since the 1980s. Rebecca Stanfel walks through Temple Emanu-El in Helena
Jordanian TV rejects German stations anti-Semitism accusation
admin | January 1, 2022
A Jordanian broadcaster on Monday rejected accusations of publishing anti-Semitic content that led a German broadcaster to suspend a decade-long cooperation agreement.
Poland is the land of anti-Semitism
admin | January 1, 2022
Anti-Semitism and hatred of the Jews in Poland is thriving despite the country having a Jewish population of only a few thousand. This growing hatred has culminated last week when far-right nationalist and anti-Semitic groups converged in the city of Kalisz for a mass rally marking Polish independence.
Was Martin Luther Guilty of Anti-Semitism?
admin | December 22, 2021
In this excerpt from our 2017 National Conference, Stephen Nichols and W. Robert Godfrey discuss whether Martin Luther was guilty of anti-Semitism. Transcript Stephen Nichols: You know, this is a question you hear a lot, and I think we've got to look at the broad context of Luther and then we need to say, that we need to understand him in that context, but we also need to not give him a free pass.
Is Donald Trump an Anti-Semite? – The New Yorker
admin | December 22, 2021
When hundreds of hours of tapes from the Nixon White House became public, two decades ago, the full extent of Nixons prejudices, including his contempt for Jews, came into sharp focus. The Jews are all over the government, he told his chief of staff H.R.
‘It’s trivializing the lives who so greatly suffered’: Outrage continues after Holocaust imagery used in anti-mandate rally – CTV News Atlantic
admin | December 22, 2021
Reaction and outrage continues after a weekend rally in Fredericton, N.B. where some of the participates wore and held the Star of David
Trump Goes Full Anti-Semite, Unloads on American Jews in Wildly Bigoted Rant – Vanity Fair
admin | December 18, 2021
In February 2017, asked what the government planned to do about the uptick in threats to Jewish centers and the rise in anti-Semitism since his election, Donald Trump responded, I am the least anti-Semitic person that youve ever seen in your entire life. That claim, like the one he would make a few months later about being the least racist person there is anywhere in the world, obviously was and remains not true at all. How do we know
