Anti-Semitism

New York 12/31/19, 12:09

A former Jewish Democratic congressman Dov Hikind, blamed members of his own party for promoting hatred of Jews and strongly criticized New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for blaming President Donald Trump for the anti-Semitic attacks that are multiplying in the city. Hikind said during an interview with "Fox & Friends ...

Politics 12/11/19, 21:44

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday, Dec. 11, targeting a growing problem with anti-Semitic harassment on college campuses. The order would allow the Department of Education to potentially withhold funding from colleges and universities if they fail to combat anti-Israel rhetoric for insufficient action on anti-Semitism. The president said Wednesday ...

U.S. 12/11/19, 17:25

President Trump told the Israeli-American Council (IAC) National Summit last weekend that some American Jews "don't love Israel enough," and many of the Jews he was referring to immediately accused him of "anti-Semitism," mainly through the social network Twitter. https://twitter.com/DavidOAtkins/status/1203528811628752896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1203528811628752896&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbles.com%2Famerica%2Ftrump-dijo-que-los-judios-no-aman-lo-suficiente-a-israel-y-lo-acusaron-de-antisemita.html “We have to get the people of our country, of this country, ...

U.S. 12/11/19, 06:44

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday, Dec. 11, targeting anti-Semitism on college campuses, the White House said and The Associated Press reported. The order will define Judaism as a nationality in addition to a religion, according to The New York Times.  In the order, Trump is expected to ...

U.S. 12/05/19, 14:22

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) was a keynote speaker at the annual pro-Palestinian conference, which was dominated by attacks on Israel and the denial of its legitimacy as a state. On Nov. 29, Tlaib repeatedly compared events in the United States with the problematic relationship between Israel and Palestine before an audience ...

U.S. 11/10/19, 16:03

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was blasted after she shared a tweet that hinted American billionaire investor Leon Cooperman is supporting Michael Bloomberg’s presidential bid if he was to enter—just because he is of Jewish descent. Executive director of Stand With Us Michael Dickson slammed Omar’s tweet using her own words when ...

Europe 11/08/19, 15:06

An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, who was honored as a "life senator," is now under police protection after receiving hundreds of threats. Liliana Segre, who survived after being sent to Auschwitz when she was 13 years old, has recently spearheaded the creation of a parliamentary committee against hate, racism, and anti-Semitism, also ...

Politics 08/21/19, 08:47

President Trump on Tuesday said, "Jewish people that vote for a Democrat" show a "lack of knowledge or great disloyalty." "I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty," President Trump spoke with reporters during an Oval ...

World 06/18/19, 16:13

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is launching a plan to combat hate speech and counter what he calls "a groundswell of xenophobia, racism and intolerance, violent misogyny, anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hatred" around the world.The U.N. chief told diplomats at Tuesday's launch that "over the past 75 years, hate speech has been a ...

U.S. 06/17/19, 11:45

The sole gunman in a Southern California synagogue shooting in which a woman was killed told an investigator he adopted his hatred of Judaism 18 months before the fatal attack, according to a federal search warrant.John T. Earnest, 19, also told a San Diego Sheriff's detective that that he was ...

Europe 05/28/19, 07:06

Britain's human rights watchdog says it is investigating whether the country's main opposition Labour Party is guilty of illegal anti-Semitism.The Equality and Human Rights Commission says it is examining whether the party "unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimized people because they are Jewish."Labour has been riven by allegations that the ...

Europe 05/26/19, 06:34

Israel's president said Sunday he is shocked by a German official's comment that he wouldn't advise Jews to wear skullcaps in parts of the country, which is drawing mixed reactions at home.Felix Klein, the government's anti-Semitism commissioner, was quoted Saturday as saying: "I cannot recommend to Jews that they wear ...

U.S. 05/10/19, 19:45

The Latest on Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan's speech denying allegations of anti-Semitism, misogyny and homophobia (all times local):7:30 p.m.Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich (blayz SOO'-pich) has condemned what he called anti-Semitic statements made by Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan at a Roman Catholic church on the ...

Tech 05/02/19, 20:00

Black nationalist Louis Farrakhan, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and others have been found to violate Facebook policies against spreading hate and instigating violence

Asia & Pacific 05/01/19, 18:03

President Reuven Rivlin warns country not to get too cozy with right-wing governments in Europe

World 05/01/19, 13:47

Israel on Wednesday began commemorating its Holocaust Remembrance Day in honor of the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis, as leaders voiced concerns about a rising wave of anti-Semitism around the world.In emotional addresses to an opening ceremony at Israel's national Holocaust memorial, the country's ceremonial president warned the ...

U.S. 04/30/19, 19:40

Anti-Defamation League recorded 1,879 anti-Semitic incidents in the United States in 2018, the third highest level since the 1970s

U.S. 04/29/19, 12:11

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is demanding that the world "step up to stamp out anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim hatred, persecution of Christians and all other forms of racism, xenophobia, discrimination and incitement."The U.N. chief says that beyond the recent murders of worshippers "there is loathsome rhetoric" aimed not only at religious groups ...

Soccer 04/12/19, 13:51

Chelsea hopes Christian Pulisic will help the London club expand its U.S. fan base and assist the team's campaign to combat anti-Semitism.Chelsea bought the 20-year-old midfielder from Borussia Dortmund in January for 64 million euros (then $73 million), by far a record price for an American player, then loaned him ...

Politics 04/06/19, 13:46

The White House is claiming the entire slate of Democratic presidential candidates has failed to adequately condemn anti-Semitism and consistently rejected the need to protect Israel. The sweeping statement issued Saturday by White House spokesman Hogan Gidley comes after Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke compared the rhetoric used by President Donald ...