antisemitism

Columbia University is another Charlottesville

By Jeffrey Salkin — April 24, 2024

(RNS) — Columbia University protests are like Charlottesville’s ‘Unite the Right’ rally: Discuss. Welcome to an academic disgrace.

Christians must confront the weaponization of a sacred promise

By Fares Abraham — April 23, 2024

(RNS) — Georgia’s Rick Allen used a passage from the Book of Genesis to bully the president of Columbia University.

Europe’s Jews expand security program as they grapple with antisemitic fallout of Gaza war

By David I. Klein — April 18, 2024

(RNS) — After being piloted in six communities, a European Community-sponsored security program, EUCARE, is now ready to be implemented across the continent.

Does my alma mater deserve an F in antisemitism?

By Jeffrey Salkin — April 17, 2024

(RNS) — If antisemitism is a test, what does it mean for a college to fail?

Matthew Johnson Harris uses faith to leverage the theater’s power to heal

By Benjamin Spratt and Joshua Stanton — April 11, 2024

(RNS) — Bringing faith into the theater world, not to proselytize but to invite conversations about identity and hurt.

Six months of Jewish loneliness

By Jeffrey Salkin — April 10, 2024

(RNS) — Six months. That’s all you need to know.

Jewish group launches Holocaust survivor speakers bureau to fight increasing antisemitism worldwide

By Kirsten Grieshaber — April 4, 2024

BERLIN (AP) — The Survivor Speakers Bureau was launched Thursday by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also referred to as the Claims Conference.

Poll: Muslims most discriminated group in US, but Jews not far behind

By Yonat Shimron — April 2, 2024

(RNS) — The poll, taken in February, reflects changing attitudes toward U.S. Jews in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the fierce, now 6-month-old war in Gaza.

Joe Lieberman’s religiously promiscuous campaign

By Mark Silk — March 28, 2024

(RNS) — A missed opportunity for the first Jew on a major-party presidential ticket.

Right-wing media descends into theological row over Israel-Hamas war

By Jack Jenkins — March 27, 2024

(RNS) — Over the weekend, right-wing pundits fiercely debated whether the phrase ‘Christ is King’ is antisemitic.

The British government wants to define extremism. Critics say it risks creating more division

By Jill Lawless and Sylvia Hui — March 15, 2024

LONDON (AP) — The move is in response to a surge in reports of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate speech and what authorities call an increase in radicalization in Britain since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Yeezy shoe sales lead Adidas to plan to donate $150 million to anti-hate groups

By Associated Press — March 14, 2024

LONDON (AP) — The company has made donations to the Anti-Defamation League and the Philonise & Keeta Floyd Institute for Social Change.

The Netherlands opens a Holocaust museum as protesters oppose Israeli president’s presence

By Barbara Surk and Molly Quell — March 11, 2024

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Herzog hailed the Netherlands's initiative to create a new Holocaust museum amid what he said was raising antisemitism around the world.

Swiss teenager arrested on suspicion of stabbing an Orthodox Jewish man on a Zurich street

By Associated Press — March 5, 2024

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Swiss Organization of Jewish Communities said it was “deeply shocked that a community member fell victim to such an attack.”

French police hunt an assailant who attacked a man leaving a Paris synagogue