Helmed by Igor Golyak, ASP’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’ tackles antisemitism from many angles – WBUR
admin | October 2, 2021
Expect the unexpected.
OC Reported Hate Crimes And Incidents Increased in 2020, According to New Report – Voice of OC
admin | September 22, 2021
Hate crimes in Orange County once again increased in 2020, with a massive surge in hate incidents toward the countys Asian American and Pacific Islander community, according to a new report released Friday by the OC Human Relations Commission.
The Netherlands unveils its first national Holocaust monument – CNN
admin | September 22, 2021
A monument listing 102,163 Dutch victims of the Holocaust was unveiled by King Willem-Alexander in Amsterdam on Sunday, the first national memorial to be built in the Netherlands. The monument, designed by Daniel Libeskind, 75, who lost relatives in the Holocaust, lies in the center of the Dutch capital and is a labyrinth of brick walls that, when seen from above, form Hebrew letters reading "in remembrance." Each stone carries the name of a Jew, Roma or Sinti who was deported from the Netherlands and who died in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. It is the first memorial to commemorate all the victims from across the Netherlands in one place
Jewish community faces wave of hatred after illegal gatherings – The Age
admin | September 17, 2021
Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Dvir Abramovich called for the publication of the material and for the perpetrators to be investigated by police. Racism is ugly, hateful and ignorant and the public need to see these people for who they are, Dr Abramovich said.
Why You Probably Won’t Have Racial Microaggressions At This Jewish Summer Camp – NPR
admin | September 17, 2021
Lilah, Shoshana, and Georgie outside of their bunk. Rachel Wisniewski hide caption Lilah, Shoshana, and Georgie outside of their bunk. Editor's note: We are only using the campers first names for fear of retribution against minors.
Commentary: The European disease that’s mutated through the Black Death and COVID – Press Herald
admin | September 17, 2021
As the coronavirus spread through Europe last year, cartoons and posts began going up on French social media that might as well have come straight from the 14th century. In one series, Agnes Buzyn, who is Jewish and was Frances health minister until February 2020, was depicted with grotesquely distorted features dropping poison into wells. This trope of Jews poisoning wells to kill Christians has made the rounds in most European epidemics since the Middle Ages, but it was particularly rife during the Black Death, when it led to pogroms and massacres of Jews throughout the continent.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Update St. Olaf College – St. Olaf College News
admin | September 17, 2021
This is part of anew series of regular updatesthat Vice President for Equity and Inclusion Mara Pabn Gautier sends to the campus community. Dear St. Olaf Community, This week we begin the celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month
Tories call for Greens to be removed from government after concerns by Jewish community – The Scotsman
admin | September 12, 2021
The call by the Scottish Conservatives comes after the First Minister revealed she had not raised the issue of signing up to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism with her new junior ministers, Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater. Former Scots Tory leader Jackson Carlaw had previously written to Ms Sturgeon after Jewish groups expressed their concerns that the Scottish Green Party refuses to endorse the IHRA definition of anti-semitism and had also voted in favour of a motion describing Israel as a racist state based on Jewish supremacy and calling Zionism a racist endeavour
A Writer Reckons With the Fact That People Love Dead Jews – The New York Times
admin | September 12, 2021
Horns view is that Annes words are inspirational exactly because her perspective is not only incomplete but also false. We take the easy way out rather than plumbing the depths of evil. We look for universal lessons in lieu of attending to the actual persecution of Jews.
Young, Jewish, German, and on the move – Deutsche Welle
admin | September 12, 2021
How are young Jews in Germany creating their own foundation in 2021, eight decades after the generational trauma and upheaval caused by the Shoah?
