37% Rise in Anti-Semitic Attacks in 2017, Fuels 17% Jump In Hate Crimes
According to recently-released FBI data, hate crimes in the United States jumped 17%, with a massive 37% spike in anti-semitic attacks over the same 12-month period. The release of the data comes just a few weeks after a white supremacist gunman burst into the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and murdered 11 Jews while shouting, “All Jews must die!”
Anti-Israel Boycott Movement Dealt Major Setback in Cambridge, MA
The mayor of Cambridge, Mass., announced last week that a proposed BDS resolution calling on the city to boycott a company doing business with Israel will not appear on the agenda of the next city council meeting.
Jewish Leaders Ridicule “Anti-Semitism” Panel Featuring Anti-Semites, Terror Supporters
Tuesday evening’s New School panel “Anti-Semitism and the Struggle for Justice” featured some of the most virulent anti-Israel voices in the activist world.
Is America Turning Anti-Semitic? ADL Report Says, “YES!”
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a report on Thursday showing that the surge in anti-Semitic incidents recorded in the first quarter of the year is continuing to increase. The Jewish watchdog organization links this trend to a resurgence of the neo-Nazi movement.
Dramatic Spike in Neo-Nazi, Anti-Semitic Tweets Due to Trump Supporters, Says ADL
Between the months of August 2015 and July 2016, as Trump’s candidacy became more viable and the presidential race ramped up, 2.6 million anti-Semitic tweets were sent, with an estimated reach of 10 billion impressions, or potential views.
Israeli Settlers Are Like Termites, Says Democratic House Representative
“When using the metaphor of termites, the Congressman was referring to the corrosive process, not the people,” the statement read.
Trump Won’t Apologize for Anti-Clinton Ad Featuring Jewish Star on Pile of Cash
Critics are blasting Trump for using a six-pointed star, identical to the Jewish Star of David, in an anti-Hillary ad suggesting the democratic candidate’s financial corruption.