admin | February 19, 2021
(February 19, 2021 / JNS) The self-proclaimed Jewish-American progressive organization IfNotNowhosted a discussion on Jan. 27 about how theIHRA definition of anti-Semitism has been destroying the progressive movement. The word discussion, may, in fact, be too generous a term for what was, in reality, a diatribe of misinformation
admin | February 16, 2021
Scrolling through images of the white nationalists who overran the US Capitol last month, I was horrified, if not entirely surprised, to see so much flagrant Nazi paraphenelia. One man wore a sweatshirt reading Camp Auschwitz; another wore a T-shirt printed with the slogan 6MWE, which stands for 6 million wasnt enough, referring to the number of Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Theres no denying Trumps presidency stoked a profound resurgence of antisemitism in this country.
admin | February 16, 2021
In the letter, the pre-Communist era leader venerated until today as the father of the Chinese nation calls Zionism "one of the greatest movements of the present time," continuing that, "All lovers of Democracy cannot help but support whole-heartedly and welcome with enthusiasm the movement to restore your wonderful and historic nation" The message, dated April 24, 1920, was sent to N.E.B. Ezra, founder of the Shanghai Zionist Association.
admin | February 16, 2021
A group of liberal Zionists based in Solano County is organizing against what its members see as an effort within the progressive wing of the state Democratic Party to ostracize supporters of Israel. The Progressive Zionists of California announced Jan. 26 that it had launched a petition and letter-writing campaign imploring the states Democratic Party leaders to oppose what it called dangerous litmus tests
admin | February 16, 2021
Over the last year, significant progress has been made in pushing back against online antisemitism.
admin | February 16, 2021
As Joe Biden prepared to take office as the new US president last month, mainstream US Jewish organisations sent him a letter urging him to follow his predecessors and adopt the 2016 International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism as the operative one for US government agencies, which the State Department had already done since the Obama years. This uniform US Jewish organisational support for the IHRA definition contrasts with the fact that US Jews are divided over it. The IHRA definition deems the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity and denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, egby claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavour to be antisemitic
admin | February 16, 2021
The original, signed copy of a letter written by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, considered to be one of the greatest leaders of modern China, expressing support for Zionism has been rediscovered in the archives of the National Library of Israel, the library announced on Wednesday
admin | February 16, 2021
By Zack Rotbart, National Library of Israel An[dropcap] original signed letter in which Dr.
admin | February 16, 2021
In 1984, Meir Kahane was elected to the Knesset.
admin | February 16, 2021
The political arm of the Masorti Movement warned Monday against a proposal under review by the Jewish National Fund on the possibility of moving to purchase Palestinian lands in the West Bank for settlement expansion purposes. The proposed framework will damage [JNF] legitimacy in Israel and among Jews around the world and may even endanger its very existence, said a statement from the Conservative Jewish organization, calling to adhere to the principle of Zionistconsensus recognizing and respecting different approaches to the actualization of Zionism
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