Antisemitism
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Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein responds to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa: In Israel, “all citizens are equal before the law, have the right to vote and serve at every level of government.”
“The only kosher pizza place in the neighborhood, across the street where I go to synagogue, has been vandalized. This is happening everywhere,” said New York City Council Member Ben Kallos.
Families who lost loved ones could be allocated up to 130,000 shekels ($40,000) per casualty; in a letter to the Knesset Finance Committee head, National Insurance Institute director cites the Versailles wedding venue accident as precedent.
“Let me be clear: The House Republican Conference condemns this language,” says House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
During the two weeks Hamas was battling Israel, anti-Semitic activity rose more than 60 percent than in the previous two weeks, including attacks on individual Jews, vandalism of synagogues and harassment.
The Biden administration believes that to prevent a return to violence, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas must be used “to address a larger set of underlying issues and challenges,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, starting with the “grave” humanitarian situation in Gaza.
It comes in the wake of two hate-related crimes that took place in the Brooklyn neighborhood.
“Hate breeds hate. We will not let this vile anti-Semitic abuse stop us in our mission of educating the younger generations about the horrors of the Holocaust,” said Dov Forman, the great-grandson of Lily Ebert.
“We are living in very crazy times,” said Rabbi Raphael Tennenhaus, director of Chabad of South Broward, Fla.
They fear the recent conflict has been used to amplify anti-Semitic rhetoric and embolden those looking to attack Jews.
“We have a message for all you anti-Semites out there: We are a people of righteousness, we are a nation of peace,” Rabbi Elie Mischel of Suburban Torah Synagogue in New Jersey.
David Barnea, a father of four, will officially take office on June 1.
