Tag: antisemitism

World Politics

Antisemitism in France Back on the Rise

A miniature from Grandes Chroniques de France depicting the expulsion of Jews from France in 1182

Antisemitic acts in France are up 69% for the first 9 months of 2018, according to a statement made by French Prime Minister Edouard Phillippe on the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, on Friday. The year 2015 was a record year for antisemitism in France. But the number actually dropped by 58% in 2016 and another …

American Jewry, social media, US Politics

Farrakhan Calls Jews “Termites”

Left to right: Louis Farrakhan, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Bill Clinton

Farrakhan lost his blue verification mark on Twitter for calling Jews “termites.” I’m not an anti-Semite. I’m anti-Termite. pic.twitter.com/L5dPQcnVg4 — MINISTER FARRAKHAN (@LouisFarrakhan) October 16, 2018 But Jewish organizations are screaming for Twitter to take the tweet down and to take down his Twitter account altogether. Chelsea Clinton said that hearing the “responsive laughter” made …

US Politics

Kenneth Marcus’ Appointment: The Left is Going Nuts

Sign outside Dept. of Education

Kenneth L. Marcus has been appointed assistant secretary for civil rights in the Department of Education. This has the left going out of its collective mind. Why? Because Marcus has criticized the Office for Civil Rights for failing to address what he calls “antisemitic incidents that masquerade as “anti-Israelism.” If you google “Kenneth Marcus appointment” …

US Politics

Charlottesville’s Hushed Antisemitism

You wouldn’t know that what happened in Charlottesville had anything to do with Jew-hate. You had celebrities desperately trying not to talk about that. Actress Olivia Wilde shared her thoughts on the subject, her mom being a candidate for the House of Representatives. There was stuff about Nazism and Blacks and the Alt Right but …