anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism on campus linked to anti-Israel activity
By Lauren Markoe — March 15, 2016
(RNS) Where there is BDS, there is anti-Semitism, a report finds. But critics say it is an attempt to tar critics of Israel.
No ‘safe space’ at Oberlin for Jewish students who back Israel
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 8, 2016
Why is there so much tolerance for anti-Semitism on campus? Surely not only Jews are upset by this.
Anti-Semitism in Europe: ‘The devil that never dies’
By Lauren Markoe — March 1, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) The latest spike in anti-Semitism in Europe is rooted in a global prejudice that persists over time and in places where Jews have never lived.
Considering Bernie Sanders’ Jewishness (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey S. Gurock — February 16, 2016
(RNS) Expect a debate among American Jews over the Jewishness of a candidate who does not speak openly about his religious or ethnic roots.
Obama warns of growing anti-Semitism
By Gregory Korte — January 28, 2016
WASHINGTON — On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the president honors 4 people who helped save Jews during World War II.
Pope Francis at Rome synagogue: God’s covenant with Jews ‘irrevocable’
By Rosie Scammell — January 17, 2016
ROME (RNS) On his first visit to Rome's main synagogue, Francis stressed the "transformation" in Catholic-Jewish relations and said they must work against Middle Ease violence.
Sharp spike in anti-Semitic incidents across France, new report finds
By Elizabeth Bryant — January 7, 2016
PARIS (RNS) The report cites a doubling of anti-Semitic incidents corresponding to a doubling in the number of French Jews who moved to Israel.
My top 10 Jewish news stories of 2015 (COMMENTARY)
By A. James Rudin — December 21, 2015
(RNS) From escalating anti-Semitic attacks in Europe to modest gains for religious equality among Israel's Jewish women, here's a list of newsy Jewish developments in 2015.
Germany’s Merkel urges refugees to reject anti-Semitism
By Reuters — December 4, 2015
BERLIN: The chancellor, speaking at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, said fighting discrimination is a German value that refugees should adopt.
Lyrics offensive to gays, Jews prompt Germany to dump its Eurovision Song contender
By Reuters — November 21, 2015
Critics accuse R&B artist Xavier Naidoo of using anti-Semitic and homophobic slurs in his songs, call him inappropriate for the singing contest.
Euro court rejects French comic’s plea over fine for anti-Semitism
By Reuters — November 12, 2015
PARIS — The European Court of Human Rights has rejected claims by a French comedian that his right to speak freely was denied when he was convicted and fined in France for insulting Jews. The court said Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, a provocative performer who has been repeatedly accused of hate speech and anti-Semitism, could not […]
On 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, a glass half full (COMMENTARY)
By A. James Rudin — October 26, 2015
(RNS) Today some historians and religious leaders believe Nostra Aetate did not go far enough. I see Nostra Aetate differently.
White supremacist should die for 3 Kansas Jewish center murders, prosecutor argues
By Reuters — September 2, 2015
OLATHE, Kan. (Reuters) A prosecutor urged a jury to give a Missouri white supremacist he called a "remorseless killer" a death sentence for murdering three people he thought were Jewish outside two Jewish centers in Kansas last year.
White supremacist gives Nazi salute at conviction
By Melanie Eversley — August 31, 2015
It took the jury less than two hours to convict Frazier Glenn Miller, an avowed anti-Semite who testified that he intended to kill Jewish people. The three that Cross killed were Christians.
Obama bristles at anti-Semitism charges during interview with Jewish newspaper
By Lauren Markoe — August 31, 2015
(RNS) "There's not a smidgen of evidence," the president said.
