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George Soros speaking in Berlin, September 10, 2012. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images via JTA)
November 15, 2018, 5:19 am
Report: To quiet critics, Facebook hired GOP firm that tied protesters to Soros
Social media company sought to temper anger over Russian meddling by making the billionaire philanthropist its boogeyman, according to NY Times
By Eric Cortellessa
In this October 29, 2018, photo, a makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh. (AP/Matt Rourke)
November 14, 2018, 2:16 am
FBI says hate crimes against Jews in the US rose by 37% last year
Anti-Semitic attacks counted for 58 percent of all religion-based hate crimes in 2017, even though Jews make up only some 2% of the population in America
By JTA
George Soros speaks during a forum at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington on Sept. 24, 2011. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
November 3, 2018, 5:12 pm
How George Soros became the target of both anti-Semites and right-wing Jews
The Hungarian-American business-magnate is famously a funder of liberal causes; he’s also become a Jewish bogeyman in the same toxic way the Rothschilds were
By Eric Cortellessa
Abraham Foxman (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
November 2, 2018, 6:48 pm
Foxman scolds Israeli envoys for wading into debate over Trump and Pittsburgh
Former ADL chief says officials from Jerusalem should limit their activity to standing with the Jewish community in its time of need
By JTA
A woman visits a makeshift memorial outside Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, to the 11 people killed there during worship services, seen here on October 31, 2018. (Gene J. Puskar/ AP)
November 1, 2018, 5:04 pm
Days after synagogue massacre, online hate is thriving
Victories are hard to come by for advocacy groups seeking to battle the proliferation of hate groups on the internet
By JAY REEVES
Education Minister Naftali Bennett leads a faction meeting of his Jewish Home party at the Knesset on March 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 31, 2018, 9:27 pm
After Pittsburgh shooting, Bennett ‘not sure’ there’s surge of US anti-Semitism
Diaspora Affairs minister questions ADL data tracking a 57% uptick in anti-Semitic incidents in 2017
By Eric Cortellessa and Raoul Wootliff
Journalists Yair Rosenberg, Tablet Magazine and Jonathan Weisman, Deputy Washington Editor The New York Times discuss hate speech on social media with Brittan Heller, ADL Director of Technology and Society and Merrill Brown, Founder, MSNBC.com. (Courtesy: Anti-Defamation League)
October 31, 2018, 10:13 am
For US Jewish journalists, online harassment goes with the territory
One editor reports a new surge of anti-Semitic material — much of it generated by bots — after the Pittsburgh massacre
By David Crary
A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the in Pittsburgh, October 29, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP)
October 30, 2018, 5:06 pm
Synagogue shooter’s obsession with HIAS mixed hatred of Jews, migrants
Far-right conspiracy theorists single out federal-funded Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, founded over 100 years ago, as seeking to destroy the ‘white race’ through immigration
By Michael Hill
A Jewish emergency crew and police officers at the site of the mass shooting that killed 11 people and wounded six at the Tree Of Life synagogue, on October 28, 2018, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)
October 29, 2018, 8:19 pm
Bennett, Jewish leaders to discuss Israeli help to US synagogues after massacre
Diaspora minister scheduled to meet officials from Conference of Presidents, ADL, Jewish Federation in New York following Pittsburgh attack
By Judah Ari Gross
Melanie Nezer speaking at a rally in Washington, DC in June 2017. (Courtesy)
October 28, 2018, 11:21 pm
‘Shock and surprise’ at shooter’s hatred of HIAS, says refugee organization’s VP
According to Melanie Nezer, the culture of anti-Semitism in America is growing even as the 137-year-old Jewish organization works to ‘Welcome the stranger. Protect the refugee’
By Cathryn J. Prince
People light candles as they gather for a vigil in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (AP/Matt Rourke)
October 28, 2018, 10:09 am
As Shabbat ends, religious Jewish groups condemn synagogue attack
Many Orthodox Jews would have been unaware of the massacre in Pittsburgh, which left 11 dead, until after nightfall on Saturday
By TOI staff and Agencies
Members and supporters of the Jewish community come together for a candlelight vigil, in remembrance of those who died earlier in the day during a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, in front of the White House in Washington, DC on October 27, 2018. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
October 28, 2018, 9:54 am
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting sparks outpouring of grief from US Jews
Holocaust Museum reminds Americans of ‘dangers of unchecked hatred and anti-Semitism,’ calls for ‘social solidarity’
By AFP
First responders surround the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa., where a shooter opened fire Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
October 28, 2018, 12:16 am
Synagogue massacre follows over 50 anti-Semitic incidents in Pittsburgh in 2018
Ex-FBI community security head, who has been tracking threats, told Jewish Chronicle last month ‘there are groups out there’ that want ‘to see harm to the Jewish community’
By TOI staff
Tammy Hepps, Kate Rothstein and her daughter, Simone Rothstein, 16, pray a block away from the site of a deadly mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood on October 27, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)
October 27, 2018, 11:32 pm
ADL: Pittsburgh shooting likely deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history
Jewish groups condemn shooting that left 11 dead, call for unity, and urge government to deal with threat posed by white supremacists
By TOI staff
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO And National Director of the Anti-Defamation League testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
October 27, 2018, 2:14 am
Study: Online attacks on US Jews ramp up before Election Day
ADL says ‘anti-Semitism has become normalized’ under Trump, with midterms a ‘rallying point’ for extremists
By Michael Kunzelman
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