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A rabbi and an Arab join together to fight antisemitism

“The Quad” with guests Rawan Osman and Raphael Shore

Rabbi Raphael Shore, the award-winning producer and author of Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Jew, and Arab activist and recovered antisemite Rawan Osman talk about their new movie, “Tragic Awakening: A New Look at the World’s Oldest Hatred.”

The movie follows Lebanese-born Osman on her journey away from Jew-hatred, and takes a new and non-conventional look at what motivates antisemitism.

JNS TV show with Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (deputy mayor of Jerusalem), Emily Schrader (activist and journalist), Ashira Solomon (African-American Jew and political moderator) and Vivian Bercovici (former Canadian ambassador to Israel).
Officials from the two Middle Eastern countries will meet in Washington next week to resume peace talks as Israel and Hezbollah enter into a fragile ceasefire deal.
“Even if any Arab or Palestinian thinks that injustice has befallen them because of the existence of the state of Israel, moving on and forgetting about the injustice is much more in their interest than looking backwards,” Hussain Abdul-Hussain, author of The Arab Case for Israel, told JNS.
A month after his father was killed in a Queens park, Tzvi Yonie Itzkowitz told JNS that his family believes that the still-unsolved killing was motivated by Jew-hatred.
“The gravity of the situation and its widespread impact on our school community make this not the right time for a celebration,” the school stated in an email to parents.
The department said New York may be unlawfully discriminating against religious organizations by requiring long-term care facilities to accommodate residents based on gender identity without providing comparable faith-based exemptions.
“We are demonstrating that we can transform moments of division into opportunities for connection, resilience and positive action,” organizer IMPACT CEO Aaron Herman said.