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Penn president resigns amid criticism of her testimony on campus antisemitism
(JTA) — The president of the University of Pennsylvania announced her resignation on Saturday after facing growing backlash for declining to say outright that calling for the genocide of Jews violated...
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Hundreds march in UCity in support of hostages, against antisemitism
Loud calls of “Bring Them Home!” and “Am Yisrael Chai!” rang out along Delmar Boulevard in the University City Loop on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 10, as nearly 700 people gathered for a rally and march in...
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St. Louis not immune as antisemitic surge grips America, ADL reports 337%...
Following the Hamas massacre in Israel on October 7, there has been a concerning surge in antisemitic incidents in the United States. Preliminary data released this week by the Anti-Defamation League...
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Kanye West’s album with antisemitic lyric and long list of famous...
(JTA) — At the end of 2022, Kanye West, the billionaire rapper who now goes by Ye, seemed to be persona non grata in the entertainment industry. After months of antisemitic rants on social media and in...
View ArticleKanye lashes out at Jews and the ‘pyramids in St. Louis and Missouri’ in...
After nearly a year of apparent Jew-hatred abstinence in public, the rapper Kanye West (who goes by Ye) is back to spreading lies and conspiracy theories, including antisemitic ones. “Jesus Christ,...
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‘Where do you think Israel is going?’ Bill Maher quips in viral eight-minute...
The comedian Bill Maher, who has a reputation for non-conformist views, is drawing praise from pro-Israel fans and viewers for a Dec. 15 segment on his HBO “Real Time” show. As part of a fact-laden,...
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Young voters prefer Palestinians — and Trump, new poll shows
This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Nearly half of young American voters, 46%, said they sympathize more...
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Trump denies plagiarizing Hitler with ‘poisoning blood’ phrase: ‘I never read...
(JTA) — Speaking at an Iowa presidential rally on Tuesday, Donald Trump denied lifting a phrase describing immigrants as “poisoning the blood of our country” from Adolf Hitler’s manifesto. “They don’t...
View ArticleA poll shows Palestinians overwhelmingly support Oct. 7.
(JTA) — When a recent survey showed that nearly three-quarters of Palestinians supported Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, Israeli officials and commentators cited it to justify their country’s war in Gaza, which...
View ArticleLincoln Memorial vandalized with ‘Free Gaza’ graffiti
(JTA) — The Lincoln Memorial closed temporarily on Wednesday after its steps were vandalized with graffiti reading “Free Gaza” in multiple places. U.S. Park Police are investigating the graffiti, which...
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Kanye West apologizes to the Jewish community — in Hebrew
(JTA) – A year after a series of antisemitic tirades against the Jewish community, Kanye West, the rapper and fashion mogul who now goes by Ye, has posted what appears to be an apology, written...
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Claudine Gay resigns from Harvard, weeks after contentious antisemitism hearing
(JTA) – Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned in the wake of plagiarism allegations and months-long criticism of her response to allegations of antisemitism at the school. Gay is the...
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A viral post demonizing Zionist doctors sounds eerily like a Soviet...
This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The debate over whether anti-Zionism constitutes antisemitism has...
View ArticleHow the watermelon wound up on Jennifer Garner’s daughter’s sweatshirt as a...
(JTA) — When the social media watchdog group StopAntisemitism this week posted a photo of Jennifer Garner’s daughter, it called attention to her sweater, which showed a watermelon cut into the shape of...
View Article‘I support Hamas, you f–king Jew’: Antisemitism ends prep hoops game
A suburban New York City girl’s high school basketball game was stopped in the third quarter after the visiting squad was subjected to a series of antisemitic slurs. The incident occurred last month in...
View ArticleCoach of prep player who said ‘I support Hamas, you f–king Jew’ faces...
(New York Jewish Week) — A public high school in New York has fired its varsity girl’s basketball coach after players on its team uttered antisemitic slurs during a game against a Jewish day school. A...
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STL students cope with antisemitism on campus as Gaza war rages on
An ocean away from the atrocities occurring in Gaza, college campuses across the United States act as a hotspot for debate, protest and to many Jewish students’ dismay, antisemitism. After the Oct. 7...
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Rising antisemitism in Missouri is the focus Wednesday in Jefferson City
Following the Hamas massacre in Israel on Oct. 7, there has been a concerning surge in antisemitic incidents in the United States. In Missouri, the Anti-Defamation League is seeing increased numbers of...
View ArticleJewish Light Unsung Hero Betty Baumgartner interviewed on KMOX
Our 2023 Unsung Hero Elizabeth “Betty” Baumgartner‘s story continues to inspire. Baumgartner, a Dual Language Teacher at Dorris Intermediate School in Collinsville, Illinois was recognized by the St....
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Jewish leaders react to St. Louis’ support of a cease-fire
Some St. Louis Jewish leaders are reacting to the recent vote by the St. Louis Board of Alderman calling on President Joe Biden to work toward a cease-fire in Israel’s war with Hamas. The unanimous...
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