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Daniel Kelley, of the ADL, told JNS that when technology companies started investing in the problem of antisemitism on social media, “they were doing it after the horse had left the barn in many respects.”
“I’m not in the policy business, but I am in the truth business,” playwright Phelim McAleer told JNS.
They were the first known Iranians deported since the anti-government protests broke out in Iran.
Josh Stein said the Capitol building will be lit with yellow lights as a symbol of the state’s “commitment to rooting out antisemitism and preserving history.”
“Vague nondescript definitions give Jew-hatred cover,” said alderman Raymond Lopez. “That ends now.”
The legislation would require the annual reporting of incidents of Jew-hatred, as well as investigations.
“The kingdom’s attack on the United Arab Emirates and their silence regarding the Syrian government’s constant assault on the Kurds has to change,” the South Carolina senator stated.
“Imagine for Black History Month not letting the Black Student Union sponsor the resolution because they’re ‘political,’” Rabbi Daniel Levine, of the school’s Hillel, told JNS.
“We don’t want to let countries run out the clock,” Ellen Germain, U.S. special envoy for Holocaust issues, told JNS.
One traveler wrote: “After a very long day of travel, it was incredible to enjoy some tasty, home-cooked food.”
Sam Markstein told JNS that the Republican Jewish Coalition’s higher spending was “due to the expansion of our government affairs department,” which “increased lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill and the White House.”
“This is an opportunity for the House to explore new markets and go from strength to strength in expanding our publishing reach,” he said.
