Antisemitism
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Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) asked President Jonathan Holloway to send a clear message so that Jewish and pro-Israel students at the university are not made to feel unwelcome or singled out.
The Tucson Police Department said their Street Crimes Interdiction Unit identified Nathan Beaver, 30, as the suspect behind the June 7 incident at Chabad on River.
Dr. Fidaa Wishah is no longer affiliated with the center after posting that Israel was a state based on inhumanity and cannibalism.
The attacker apparently knew the children at the bus stop were Jewish because they had kipahs on their heads and their camp T-shirts had Hebrew lettering.
New York Attorney General Letitia James: “The discriminatory and illegal actions perpetrated by Orange County and the Town of Chester are blatantly anti-Semitic, and go against the diversity, inclusivity and tolerance that New York prides itself on.”
Amid a spike in anti-Semitism across the country, the president has yet to fill the positions of special envoy on anti-Semitism and the White House Jewish liaison.
The international conference has been dubbed “the festival of Jew-hate” for its history of promoting anti-Semitism.
Jeffrey Lax says a recent resolution seeks to put an end to American financial support to Israel, which is tantamount to divestment.
Deputy parliamentary spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU Party calls the move “a clear signal to our Jewish citizens.”
“The thought process used to be that the threat is in synagogue,” said Leibel Mangel, “but now we see the threats are everywhere, and we need to be prepared.”
“Anti-Semitism has no place in Texas, and we have a duty to combat it whenever and however it arises,” said Gov. Greg Abbott.
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs CIJA, the advocacy arm of the Jewish federation system in Canada, has created a “Fight It!” campaign to combat rising anti-Semitism across the country.
