Antisemitism
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The ProZ course “is designed to empower young people who want to defend Israel where it counts today, on social media,” says Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
The FBI’s initial position on the Colleyville hostage crisis “brings up the need for education and information—that every single one of us draws these red lines and has these conversations” surrounding anti-Semitism, says StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center points to social media as a distributor of anti-Jewish propaganda, saying “racists have succeeded in attaching their goals and infiltrating their anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi, Holocaust-denigrating imagery onto a legitimate, ongoing debate, which is very emotional. It’s a massive victory for them.”
It showed the steepest incline in anti-Semitic events in May, during Israel’s 11-day conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
New Diaspora Affairs Ministry report highlights dramatic spike in online anti-Semitism in 2021, including 3.5 million anti-Semitic posts on five networks.
The state will also direct additional resources to the fight against BDS, says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
“I would hope that she understands the severity of what she did,” Aryeh Fried told CBS New York. “To do it to anybody is obviously problematic, but for an adult to do it to a child is just beyond crazy.”
Co-sponsored by Germany—and backed by the United States, Russia and many other countries—it affirms that the Holocaust “will forever be a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice.”
In the recording of the call he made from the Beth Israel synagogue to his brother in the United Kingdom, Malik Faisal Akram says he came to America on a jihadi mission.
“The purpose of this [congressional] caucus is to pledge our friendship to our Jewish friends, our brothers and sister. We are 100% standing with you,” said Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.).
From intimidation to physical instances, the California college has moved full-force ahead, starting with the creation of a new Advisory Committee on Jewish Life.
The move comes amid an uptick in incidents across the United States.
