Antisemitism
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March of the Living founder: ‘The only thing worse than Auschwitz is the world forgetting Auschwitz’
The ceremony included the lighting of six torches, each one honoring a different group of Holocaust heroes.
“Some people say that anti-Semitism is on the rise, but perhaps it never really went away. In truth, it’s just emerging back into the light,” said Alberto Levy, a Duke University graduate from Panama.
“As a Jew, you are a soldier of God. You need to stand tall and fast, and do whatever it takes to change the world,” said Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein.
Examples of “physical security enhancements” include, but are not limited to, “alarm systems, impact-resistant doors and gate, lighting, access control systems, video systems, jersey walls, fencing, fixed or handheld screening systems.”
U.S. special envoy for Mideast peace negotiations Jason Greenblatt is the most senior Trump administration official yet to visit the site.
Rabbi Dr. Ari Sytner of Yeshiva University was dispatched to provide trauma counseling and age-appropriate directives for speaking with schoolchildren about mass shootings.
He lauded the new edition of J.A. Hobson’s original 1902 “Imperialism: A Study,” released in 2011, four years before becoming the leader of political party that has been associated with anti-Semitism.
John Earnest, 19, showed no emotion in San Diego County Superior Court as Judge Joseph Brannigan denied the suspect bail, calling him “an obvious and extraordinary risk to public safety.”
The report notes that far-right and far-left activists, in addition to Islamists, were behind many of the attacks, though noted that anti-Semitism is also becoming more mainstream.
Incidents of vandalism, however, decreased from 327 to 221, while such violent attacks also dropped, from 16 in 2017 to 11 in 2018.
The program provides unprecedented funding for security grants for nonpublic schools, places of worship and other nonprofit institutions.
There were 1,879 anti-Semitic incidents in 2018—the third-highest figure of such incidents since 1979, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League.
