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Antisemitism

  1. D.C. Councilman Apologizes for Claiming That Jews Control the WeatherHis comment comes amid a rising tide of anti-Semitism in America.
  2. Why Won’t Women’s March Leaders Denounce Farrakhan’s Anti-Semitism?Women’s March leaders seem to be tiptoeing around hate speech that demands a firm response.
  3. Roy Moore’s Jewish Lawyer Is a ‘Passionate’ Doug Jones SupporterTouted to refute charges of anti-Semitism leveled against Moore, the Jewish lawyer voted and raised money for his opponent, Doug Jones.
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    Hot Irma Cop Turns Out to Be Anti-Semitic Milkshake DuckOfficer Hamill’s Facebook posts included several jokes about concentration camps.
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    Want to Buy Ads Targeting ‘Jew Haters’? Try Facebook!ProPublica reporters used Facebook to buy ads targeted at anti-Semites.
  6. foreign policy
    The Anti-Semitism Around Donald TrumpWhy does he seem so willing to enable a dark form of nationalist politics?
  7. trump administration
    Reports: Sebastian Gorka to Leave White HouseIt looks like Gorka, who has been linked to anti-Semitic groups, will soon have to wage his “war of ideas” someplace else.
  8. the far right
    Sebastian Gorka Spoke Out in Support of a Racist, Anti-Semitic Hungarian MilitiaThis is just the latest sign that Gorka, ostensibly a counterterrorism expert, has deep ties to Hungary’s far-far-right.
  9. hate crimes
    Senate Calls for ‘Swift Action’ As JCCs Face Another Round of Bomb ThreatsThis is the sixth wave of threats, and 110 institutions have been targeted.
  10. anonymity
    Maybe the Media Shouldn’t Cover Every Single Hate-Crime ThreatIn an age in which any idiot can issue an anonymous threat, the current approach is just asking for copycat acts.
  11. FBI Charges Former Intercept Journalist With Making Threats Against JCCsFired by the Intercept last year for falsifying sources, Juan Thompson apparently made the threats in an attempt to harass an ex-girlfriend.
  12. As Many As 100 Headstones Vandalized at Jewish Cemetery in PhiladelphiaIt’s the second Jewish cemetery in the U.S. to be vandalized in as many weeks.
  13. anti-semitism
    Trump’s Security Adviser Sebastian Gorka Has Links to Anti-Semitic GroupsThis may be the lowlight of a week that also saw him make an unhinged phone call to a critic that got recorded and published.
  14. Trump Manages to Denounce Rise of Anti-Semitic Incidents Without Taking OffenseFinally abandoning a habit of attacking reporters who asked him about anti-Semitic incidents, Trump simply addressed the subject appropriately.
  15. early and often
    President Trump Faces Pressure to Address Rash of Threats Against Jewish CentersIvanka Trump and the White House issued statements, but the president has not discussed the incidents specifically.
  16. 10 Things We Learned at President Trump’s First Solo Press ConferenceHighlights from the president’s 77-minute tirade about how dishonest the media is — and how racist he isn’t.
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    PewDiePie Apologizes for Anti-Semitic Jokes … and Then Blames the MediaThe YouTube star lashed out at The Wall Street Journal.
  18. Trump Says He’s the Least Racist (and Anti-Semitic) Person You’ve Ever SeenThe president then asked a black reporter if she were friends with the black caucus – and denied the existence of recent anti-Jewish hate crimes.
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    Disney Drops YouTuber PewDiePie Over ‘Death to All Jews’ VideoPewDiePie, the world’s highest-paid YouTuber, has reportedly posted nine videos since August containing anti-Semitic content.
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    New Yorkers Use Hand Sanitizer to Remove Subway Swastika VandalismRiders on the subway joined forces to remove anti-Semitic vandalism they reportedly found on a 1 train over the weekend.
  21. The Anti-Anti-Semitism Bill the ADL’s Pushing Is (Still) Such a Free-Speech MessCampus anti-Semitism appears to be on the rise, but this is not the right tool to address the problem.
  22. Keith Ellison Is Less ‘Pro-Israel’ Than the ADL. But He Isn’t Anti-Semitic.The Anti-Defamation League’s opposition to the would-be DNC chair is about policy, not bigotry.
  23. Attacking Free Speech Is the Wrong Way to Counter Campus Anti-SemitismA new bipartisan bill designed to respond to anti-Semitic hate has some seriously problematic components from a free-speech perspective.
  24. anti-semitism
    How Scared Should American Jews Be Right Now? Two Jews Kibitz“Obviously, narrowing the definition of Americanness is a threatening thing for Jews.”
  25. How the Anti-Defamation League Decided Pepe the Frog Was an Anti-Semitic SymbolThe infamous meme was classified as a hate symbol earlier this week.
  26. today in donald trump
    Trump: Star of David Tweet Isn’t Anti-SemiticThe “sheriff’s star, or plain star” just happened to appear in a “corrupt Hillary” image going around white-supremacist web circles.
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    Anti-Semitic Stunts like ‘Coincidence Detector’ Are Better Left IgnoredWe need to figure out a way to stay vigilant against hatred that is actually dangerous without letting impotent nobodies manipulate us.
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    Understanding the Alt-Right’s Jew ParenthesesYet another attempt to make anti-Semitism kewl and meme-y.
  29. National Review Calls Israel ‘a Barbaric Country’The fanatically anti-Zionist National Review has finally gone too far.
  30. media
    NYT Quietly Removes List of Jewish LawmakersFollowing accusations of anti-Semitism.
  31. the national interest
    Conservatives Play the Anti-Semitism Card Against ObamaThe Iran nuclear debate hits rock-bottom.
  32. lawsuits
    The Implosion of Nicholas Sparks’s Prep SchoolA former employee has filed a lawsuit accusing Sparks of religious discrimination as well as racism and homophobia.
  33. decaf
    Coffee Shop Best Known for Owner’s Anti-Semitic Rant ClosesMichael Avila complained about Jews in October.
  34. decaf
    Brooklyn Coffee Shop Owner Posts Anti-Semitic Rants on Facebook, InstagramAnd then it got worse. 
  35. that’s our joe!
    Joe Biden Accidentally Used an Anti-Jewish TermIt’s all Shakespeare’s fault.
  36. bad ideas
    New York Beachgoers Fail to Appreciate Nazi Symbol BannerA good way to ruin a sunny day.
  37. international affairs
    Suspect Arrested in Fatal Brussels Jewish Museum ShootingThe 29-year-old French man reportedly admitted to the killings in a video.
  38. taxi!
    Swastika-Wearing Cabbie Doesn’t ‘Hate Jews’Well.
  39. crimes and misdemeanors
    Ex-NYPD Officer Arrested for Anti-Semitic Graffiti Spree [Updated]Over 20 hateful messages were found in Borough Park on Saturday night.
  40. early and awkward
    Missouri Mayor Dan Clevenger ResignsA disturbing peek at the anxieties of small-town America.
  41. anti-semitism
    Flyers Demanding Jews ‘Register’ in Ukraine FakeThey’re not official, but they are horrifying.
  42. anti-semitism
    Harvard Christian Journal Apologizes for EssayNot a good look.
  43. crimes and misdemeanors
    Alleged Anti-Semitic Vandal Says He Was Blacked Out on a BenderHe can’t remember a thing.
  44. crimes and misdemeanors
    Suspected Mezuzah Vandal Proclaims His Innocence on Facebook“Im know for fighting, not arson,” he explains.
  45. crimes and misdemeanors
    Brooklyn’s Anti-Semitic Vandal Is Branching OutAnother mezuzah was found burned on Tuesday.
  46. crimes and misdemeanors
    Brooklyn Vandal Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day With Possible Hate CrimeThe vandal targeted mezuzot.
  47. jews
    ‘Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing’ Vodka Ad The Anti-Defamation League has demanded that the billboard be removed.
  48. loose lips
    Is Julian Assange an Anti-Semite or Should We Take Him at His Word?“Forget the Jewish thing.”
  49. loose lips
    WikiLeaks May Employ an Anti-Semitic Holocaust DenierYou thought WikiLeaks was going to get less complicated?
  50. paladinosaur
    Carl Paladino’s Team Has Armed Itself With ‘Evidence’ That Andrew Cuomo Is ‘Anti-Semitic’He is friends with Russell Simmons! Egad!
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