antisemitism in the US

Chef Nir Sheynfeld, right, with colleagues at the Moshava food truck. (Moshava/Instagram)

June 23, 2021, 11:48 am

Philadelphia food event organizers ‘truly sorry’ for disinviting Israeli vendor

Eat Up the Borders says nixing participation of Moshava food truck in festival was ‘ignorant and inexcusable,’ vows to do better in the future

By TOI staff

The Khal Zichron Menachem Synagogue in Brooklyn (Google Maps)

June 21, 2021, 6:33 am

Bullet fired at Brooklyn synagogue on Shabbat, no injuries

Shot fired at Khal Zichron Mordechai Synagogue on Saturday afternoon when house of worship was closed; no suspects arrested

By TOI staff

June 20, 2021, 10:56 pm

Philadelphia food festival canceled after uproar over disinviting Israeli vendor

The Moshava Israeli food truck thanks fans for their outpouring of support during the incident

By Amy Spiro

The Moshava food truck in Philadelphia. (Screenshot)

June 20, 2021, 6:39 pm

Israeli food truck disinvited from Philadelphia festival after threats

‘Eat Up the Borders’ organization deletes its social media accounts amid backlash over its decision to disinvite the Moshava food truck from its event

By Amy Spiro

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., meets June 14 with Orthodox constituents in a meeting organized by the Orthodox Union. (Screenshot via JTA)

June 18, 2021, 2:01 am

Orthodox Union presses Congress to stand up for Israel

In unusual move, group sets up meetings between lawmakers and Orthodox Jewish constituents alarmed by antisemitic incidents since last month’s Israel-Gaza conflict

By Ron Kampeas

Rep. Louie Gohmert speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 24, 2020 (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

June 17, 2021, 9:31 am

GOP lawmaker pays singer, but staffer’s records show money went to antisemite

Member of staff for Louis Gohmert apparently makes mistake on Federal Election Commission filing to say cash went to extremist preacher

By Ron Kampeas

Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota at the Capitol in Washington, March 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

June 17, 2021, 9:01 am

GOP voters likelier to see antisemitism if they know Ilhan Omar made comment

Poll finds that shown social media post, 36% of Republican respondents say it’s antisemitic without knowing it’s by Democratic congresswoman, rising to 47% when told who wrote it

By Ron Kampeas

Former head coach of Duxbury High School's football team Dave Maimaron (video screenshot)

June 16, 2021, 12:01 pm

Report finds history of antisemitism on Boston-area high school football team

Investigation at Duxbury High public school finds that its sports team used ‘Auschwitz,’ ‘rabbi’ and ‘yarmulke’ to call plays as far back as 2010

By steven rosenberg

Protesters at the Port of Oakland, where they halted a container ship owned by the Israel-based Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. in a campaign tied to the BDS movement, June 4, 2021. (Brooke Anderson via J: Jewish News of Northern California via JTA)

June 15, 2021, 8:54 am

ADL poll: 77% of US Jews have more fear of antisemitism after Gaza fighting

In wake of last month’s clashes, 41% have greater concerns for their personal safety; 75% express increased worry for Jewish communities in other countries

By JTA and TOI staff

Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

June 15, 2021, 8:01 am

In public letter, Silicon Valley tech leaders take a stand against antisemitism

‘To be too Jewish in America, or to be a Jew, is still a dangerous mark,’ warn former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, media mogul Ariana Huffington, current Google executives and others

By Gabriel Greschler

A cohort of young Jews is trying to combat antisemitism and anti-Zionism on social media. Clockwise from top left: Julia Jassey, Blake Flayton, Isaac de Castro, Eve Barlow and Ben Freeman. (Photo illustration by Grace Yagel/ via JTA)

June 12, 2021, 3:00 am

Young US Zionists say they’re fighting antisemitism online, but is it effective?

A group of pro-Israel Jews in their 20s and 30s assertively defend Zionism and Jews on social media, but critics across the political spectrum question the campaign’s efficacy

By Ben Sales

This Oct. 8, 2019, file photo shows Democratic candidate for the 28th district for the Virginia Senate, Qasim Rashid, in Fredericksburg, Virginia (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

June 5, 2021, 10:28 am

US court upholds man’s conviction for lynch threat to Muslim political candidate

Joseph Cecil Vandevere also accused of posting anti-Semitic threat on Florida synagogue’s Facebook page accompanied by photo of 1915 lynching of a Jewish man

By Michael Kunzelman

An online bake sale to combat antisemitism has drawn many Jewish participants; Daniela Weiner, right, is among the few non-Jews to participate (Sale ad courtesy of Whitney Fisch; other pictures courtesy of Weiner)

June 5, 2021, 2:51 am

US bake sale against antisemitism draws Jewish foodies, few non-Jewish allies

Organizers hope to use funds to fight growing expressions of hate in America; but they also say some social justice and civil rights advocates have ‘straight-up ignored’ them

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Democratic Representative Ted Deutch of Florida during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence, at Capitol Hill in Washington, February 6, 2019. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

June 4, 2021, 11:19 pm

Jewish Rep. links antisemitism spike to comments made by Democratic colleagues

Ted Deutch references apartheid accusations, ‘from the river to the sea’ slogan used by members of Squad, claiming such attacks have led to violence around the world

By Ben Sales

A man holds a placard during a protest organized by Jewish associations, who say justice has not been done for the killing of French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, at Trocadero Plaza near Eiffel Tower in Paris, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

June 4, 2021, 9:11 am

Podcast: Antisemitism — where far-left and far-right extremists meet and greet

Israeli scholar Adi Kantor offers a disturbing look at the trend of increasing antisemitism that is sweeping the globe from both sides of the political and societal spectrums

By TOI staff