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David Swindle

David Swindle is a writer at JNS — Jewish News Syndicate.

Sign at the building entrance to CAIR headquarters. Credit: DCStockPhotography/Shutterstock.

Antisemitic incident report: May 26-June 2

CUNY law school faces blowback for an antisemitic commencement speaker, Moscow accuses Washington of causing the Holocaust and updates in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial.

David Swindle

June 2, 2023

“From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free” was spray-painted on a street outside Chabad at the University of California, Santa Barbara, May 2023. Source: Twitter.

Antisemitic Incident Report: May 20-25

Alex Jones’s newest “super-Nazi” conspiracy theory, a Nazi-flag-waving man near the White House and an update on the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial.

David Swindle

May 25, 2023

Alan Dershowitz in New York City, July 2015. Credit: A Katz/Shutterstock.

Dershowitz: Amanpour equating terrorists and victims is ‘beneath contempt’

Rabbi Leo Dee, who said he is considering suing CNN for $1.3 billion, has retained the attorney and former Harvard Law school professor on a pro bono basis.

David Swindle

May 23, 2023

Terezija Gras (left) and Sara Lustig, co-chairs of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Credit: Courtesy.

Antisemitism ‘working definition’ not a ‘work in progress,’ say new IHRA co-presidents

The two women leaders from Croatia also want the public to know about the group’s working definitions on Holocaust denial and anti-Roma discrimination.

David Swindle

May 23, 2023

New Hadassah government-relations head to focus on maternal issues

“Both sides of my family have a long legacy with Hadassah,” Elizabeth Cullen told JNS.

David Swindle

May 22, 2023

Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab, 1795. Credit: Drawing/painting by William Blake. United Kingdom, via Wikimedia Commons (scanned by H. Churchyard).

Central Shavuot text ‘all about kindness,’ says rabbi who published Arabic book of Ruth

Elchanan Poupko told JNS he was inspired by the Abraham Accords to make the Megillah accessible to Arabic speakers.

David Swindle

May 22, 2023

Palestinians and their supporters protest against Israel as part of a “Nakba Day” rally in Times Square in New York City, May 14, 2023. Credit: rblfmr/Shutterstock.

Antisemitic incident report: May 13-19, 2023

Confrontational “Nakba Day” events, a puppy found in Missouri covered with swastikas, smashed windows at a shop in Atlanta and a bassist in a Swedish band gets canned for a Nazi salute.

David Swindle

May 19, 2023

Defining anti-Semitism. Credit: Lobroart/Shutterstock.

Embrace IHRA antisemitism definition, 160 Jewish groups tell UN

“International efforts to fight antisemitism can only succeed if reflecting the actual realities faced by Jews today,” B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin.

David Swindle

May 18, 2023

Staff members and attendees of Chabad of Poway, Calif., attend an emergency-services training seminar sponsored by Magen David Adom. Credit: MDA.

Four years after Poway attack, Israeli paramedics train California synagogue staff

“It was especially meaningful to be here at Chabad of Poway, and we pray this community never has to face another tragedy,” said Magen David Adom senior paramedic Raphael Herbst.

David Swindle

May 18, 2023

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