Tag: Anti-Semitism
Most Americans (69%) know the Holocaust took place roughly between 1930 and 1950.
Poll: What do Americans know about the Holocaust? Some, not much
by: Yonat Shimron Jan. 22, 2020 (RNS) — A new poll suggests Americans know about the Holocaust, the genocidal campaign against European Jews, but they’re fuzzy on the details. MostRead More
"The mood of the Jewish community is very concerned about being attacked for being Jewish..."
Messianic believers, USCIRF decry rising anti-Semitism
by Diana Chandler NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2020 (BP) — Southern Baptist Messianic believer Michael Herts is on alert at the ministry he directs in New York City to bringRead More
Last month, a disturbing video surfaced after the Muslim American Society (MAS) Philadelphia chapter uploaded its “Ummah Day” celebration...
Opinion: Group Behind Vile Philadelphia ‘Chop Off Their Heads’ Video Is Spreading Anti-Semitism Across the U.S.
June 3, 2019 — A video posted to Facebook page of the Muslim American Society’s Philadelphia chapter that showed children singing and discussing beheadings and torture. Last month, a disturbingRead More
The poll, conducted by Greenberg Research, shows 71% disapprove of Trump's response to anti-Semitism.
Poll: American Jews feel threatened, blame Trump
by: Yonat Shimron May 22, 2019 (RNS) — A survey of 1,000 Jewish voters released Wednesday (May 22) by the Jewish Electorate Institute shows 73% of registered Jewish voters believeRead More
[S]hows that despite the grim spike in violence against Jews, physical assaults remained relatively rare.
ADL study: Violence against Jews doubled last year
by: Yonat ShimronApril 30, 2019 (RNS) — Violent attacks against U.S. Jews doubled in 2018, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s yearly audit of anti-Semitic incidents. Yet the report, published daysRead More
[W]e are reminded that antisemitism exists on all sides of the political spectrum, and can yield deadly results.
Opinion: Why Does Islamists’ Antisemitism Receive a Pass?
In the wake of the shooting at the San Diego-area synagogue in California on Saturday April 27 that left one worshiper dead and two wounded, and the ongoing outcry againstRead More
[S]ome radical Islamic centers bring in extremist imams to the West ...
Opinion: A New Orland Park Imam Is Spreading Anti-Semitism
Orland Park Prayer Center, Orland Park, Illinois, hired a new young imam educated in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Haitham Zamara, born in Halhul, Hebron, the West Bank, had earned his religiousRead More