Yair Rosenberg
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Europe’s Highest Court Gives Its Approval to Attempts to Outlaw Jewish and Muslim Life
In upholding bans on kosher and halal animal slaughter, Europe’s Court of Justice affirmed the acceptability of an ugly new expression of an old prejudice → Read More
Yair Lapid Wants to Teach Israelis to Understand American Jews. Will He Get the Chance? –
You can tell that Yair Lapid, the co-leader of Israel’s chief opposition party, used to be a journalist by how he is already thinking about how I will tell his story. Midway through our conversation about how Israel should relate to American Jews, he pauses and declares, “I’m gonna tell you a story and I’m … → Read More
Rep. Ilhan Omar Deserves Dialogue, Not Just Denunciation –
The Minnesota congresswoman has repeatedly voiced classical anti-Semitic tropes, and this is deserving of strong condemnation. But she has also voiced an exceedingly rare willingness to reconsider her presumptions and put herself in the shoes of Jews, and they should take her up on it. → Read More
Why Naftali Bennett Decapitated The Settler Right And What It Means For Israel's Future –
On December 29, Naftali Bennett, the charismatic leader of Israel's Jewish Home party, decided to blow it all up. He announced that he was leaving the settler party to form a new one. This move, which decapitated the religious right on the eve of Israel's elections, shocked the political system, but it should not have. → Read More
The New York Times Just Published An Unqualified Recommendation For An Insanely Anti-Semitic Book –
The book, by conspiracy theorist David Icke, was recommended by author Alice Walker. It repeatedly cites the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, dubs the Talmud “among the most appallingly racist documents on the planet,” and says the Jews funded the Holocaust and control the KKK. → Read More
Amazon's Algorithm Has an Anti-Semitism Problem –
Its carefully curated search engine serves up anti-Semitism in response to reasonable queries. The problem reflects a wider issue in the world of tech. → Read More
FBI: Jews Subject to 60% of Religiously Motivated Hate Crimes in 2017, Despite Being Just 2% of U.S. Population –
Today, the FBI published its annual report cataloging hate crimes for the previous calendar year. This year, as has been the case every year since the bureau began collecting these statistics in 1992, Jews topped the list. And it wasn’t close. Of 1,564 anti-religious hate crimes in 2017, 938 targeted Jews. In other words, Jews were subject to 60 percent … → Read More
Republican Rep. Steve King Endorses Anti-Semitic Toronto Mayoral Candidate –
Faith Goldy was fired from her Canadian conservative outlet after appearing on a podcast affiliated with the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer. She'd previously attended the Charlottesville rally. Today, a Republican politician glowingly endorsed her campaign for mayor. → Read More
University of Michigan Condemns Denial of Recommendations to Students Seeking Study in Israel –
The university forcefully condemned instructors who denied recommendations to students seeking to study in Israel, while also offering a nuanced defense of a speaker who compared Netanyahu to Hitler. In doing so, it demonstrated how schools can uphold academic freedom and retain their moral voice against bigotry. → Read More
Listen: When John McCain Hilariously Announced He Was Converting to Judaism –
In a 2012 roast to mark the retirement of his friend, Joe Lieberman, the Arizona senator wryly recounted all the Jewish practices he'd been dragged into by the Orthodox Jewish lawmaker, and aired his grievances about everything from salmon to shabbat elevators. → Read More
Universal Music Discovered Hasidic Singer Shulem Lemmer on YouTube. They Just Released His First Singles. –
The music giant hopes the talented ultra-Orthodox singer can be the Matisyahu for the Josh Groban set. → Read More
13 Inconvenient Truths About What Has Been Happening in Gaza –
Here are 13 complicated, messy, true things about what has been happening in Gaza. They do not conform to one political narrative or another, and they do not attempt to conclusively apportion blame. Try, as best you can, to hold them all in your mind at the same time. → Read More
Human Rights Watch's Israel/Palestine Director Moonlights As An Advocate For Boycotting Israel. That Doesn't Mean Israel Should Expel Him. –
Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch's Israel/Palestine director, moonlights as an advocate for boycotting the Jewish state. HRW has lied to media outlets about his conduct. But that doesn't mean Israel is right to kick him out. → Read More
A Beginner's Guide To YouTube's Underground Anti-Semitic Jukebox –
It's no secret that YouTube plays host to an amazing array of bigoted content. What many do not know is that this library of the libelous also includes a surprising amount of music. Beneath the surface, one can uncover an entire subculture of white supremacist Weird Als offering their takes on pop hits & the classics. → Read More
Rabbi Who Publicly Rebuked Trump at AIPAC Interrupts D.C. Council To Protest Failure To Censure Anti-Semitic Member –
In 2016, Shmuel Herzfeld, the Orthodox rabbi of Washington DC synagogue Ohev Sholom, made headlines when he publicly interrupted Trump's speech at AIPAC. Today, he crashed the Democratic DC council to protest their failure to censure their member who said the Rothschilds control the weather & donated to Louis Farrakhan. → Read More
Israel Cancelled its Plan to Deport Asylum Seekers. Here's How You Can Help The Community Today. –
Israel just cancelled its plan to deport its asylum seeker population, but the fight for their future has only just begun. Activists on the ground offer an array of ways to support the community going forward. → Read More
Tablet Magazine’s 100 Most Jewish Foods List: Kishke
Kishke, the only Jewish food elevated to a political litmus test. From babka to bacon, explore Judaism's diverse culinary history with Tablet Magazine's 100 Most Jewish Foods list. → Read More
Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer Ran Away From His Jewish Identity For Years. Then He Reclaimed It And Faced Down Nazis. –
Though it looms large in the popular imagination as the gateway to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and the University of Virginia, the city of Charlottesville is actually relatively small. Its population is just 50,000 and its mayor is not even directly elected, but rather chosen by the city council... → Read More
Democratic Rep. Danny Davis's Progressive Primary Challenger Slams His Repeated Defenses of Louis Farrakhan: 'No One Holds Him Accountable' –
Last month, Democratic congressman Danny Davis called Louis Farrakhan → Read More
Lin-Manuel Miranda Rocked Hebrew Solos as a Member of His College's Jewish A Cappella Group. Listen to the Full Tracks. –
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the celebrated singer and composer behind Hamilton, In The Heights, and most recently, Moana, has many well-known links to the Jewish community. In 2009 at age 29, long before he was a household name, Miranda became the youngest person ever to be awarded an honorary degree by... → Read More