June 18, 2013

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on June 18, 2013

Anti-Semitism 2.0: Who are the modern anti-Semites?

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 9, 2013

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on March 18, 2013

March 4, 2013

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on March 4, 2013

Judaism’s Big Moment at the Oscars

By Abe Fried-Tanzer
Published on February 26, 2013

French Rapper Booba ‘Cyber-lynched’ for Mentioning Shoah

Published on February 7, 2013

Dozens of anti-Semitic messages were left on the Facebook page of the popular French rapper Booba for vowing in a new song to avenge the victims of the Holocaust. Booba, the son of a Muslim father from Senegal, raps in a song titled “Master Yoda” that was posted Feb. 2 on his Facebook page, “We’ll avenge like victims of slavery and the Shoah.”

Group Claims Protesters Abused Jewish Students

Published on January 30, 2013

The pro-Israel group AMCHA Initiative claimed that Jewish students at the University of California, Davis, were abused and threatened at a pro-Palestinian protest on campus. In a letter sent Jan. 28 to UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, AMCHA Initiative co-founders Leila Beckwith and Tammi Rossman-Benjamin alleged that demonstrators carrying “death to Zionism” placards occupied a public building on Nov. 19 and harassed pro-Israel students. The letter also was cc’d to University of California President Mark Yudof and others.

Shangri-La Hotel owner seeks new trial

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on January 2, 2013

The Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica and its partial-owner, Tehmina Adaya, who in August 2012 were found guilty in a jury trial of unlawfully discriminating against a group of young Jews, have begun the process of requesting a new trial. Attorneys for Adaya and the hotel filed three motions in California Superior Court on Dec. 24, including one outlining what they call legal defects in the previous judgment and another declaring their intent to request a new trial. A hearing on these motions is set for Jan. 31.

Southern California temple is vandalized

Published on November 14, 2012

A temple in an upscale neighborhood of Long Beach, Calif., was vandalized. Two-foot tall swastikas and the words "Nazi" were painted in red spray-paint on the front of the Temple Israel building on Monday night. Temple Israel is the oldest Reform synagogue between Los Angeles and San Diego, the Long Beach Post reported.

This Week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on November 5, 2012

Alleged vandals charged in New Zealand Jewish cemetery attack

Published on October 23, 2012

Three men were charged in a New Zealand court with damaging more than 20 Jewish gravestones at a historic cemetery in Auckland.

French rabbi receives threat to ‘punish’ Jews for complaining

Published on August 22, 2012

The chief rabbi of Lyon, Richard Wertenschlag, has received a letter threatening to "punish a Jew for every complaint the Jews make on TV."

Israel and the world Pt. 10 - weekly news from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on July 1, 2012

Police look into anti-Semitic bullying incident in Northern Ireland

Published on April 27, 2012

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating claims of anti-Semitic bullying of a boy with Asperger syndrome.

Former Phoenix principal sues over gas chamber exhibit

Published on April 26, 2012

A black Jewish woman is suing the Phoenix school where she formerly served as principal for failing to respond to complaints about a fake gas chamber set up outside her office and then firing her.

Israel and the world Pt. 3- weekly news from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 15, 2012

Siri-like Android app gives racist responses

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on February 17, 2012

CJR evaluates charges of NYT’s anti-Israel bias

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 26, 2012

Carnival ride’s name upsetting Fla. Holocaust survivors

Published on November 23, 2011

The name of a ride at a South Florida fair is offending some Holocaust survivors living in the area.

ADL raps Wodka vodka ads for stereotyping

Published on November 22, 2011

The Anti-Defamation League criticized the New York ad campaign of Wodka vodka for reinforcing anti-Semitic stereotypes.

Postethnic Antisemitism

By Sheldon Teitelbaum
Published on April 12, 2001

Just when we thought it was safe to proclaim the mayoral campaign free from the kind of race-baiting that has tainted previous runs for City Hall, we get this bogus automated telephone message, falsely attributed to Republican candidate Steve Soboroff, attesting to his supposed reliance on "Jewish money."