antisemitism

US President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Virginia, July 27, 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP)

After swastika carved at State Department, Biden vows no place for antisemitism

Responding to hate symbol near office of special envoy on antisemitism, US president says society must give ‘no safe harbor’ to hate and stand up to bigotry wherever it is found

Tombs tagged with swastikas are pictured in a Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, eastern France, December 3, 2019. (AP Photo)

AnalysisA hatred that dwells alone? Antisemitism debate cuts to heart of Zionist vision

By Haviv Rettig Gur

July 28, 2021, 10:09 am

After swastika carved at State Department, Biden vows no place for antisemitism

Responding to hate symbol near office of special envoy on antisemitism, US president says society must give ‘no safe harbor’ to hate and stand up to bigotry wherever it is found

By Jacob Magid

In this March 9, 2009 file photo, The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters for the State Department, is seen in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

July 27, 2021, 10:06 pm

Swastika carved near office of antisemitism envoy at US State Department

Blinken says incident will be investigated, is ‘painful reminder antisemitism not relic of past’; comes amid administration’s vow to fill position to combat bigotry targeting Jews

By Jacob Magid

July 26, 2021, 2:57 pm

A hatred that dwells alone? Antisemitism debate cuts to heart of Zionist vision

In ongoing fracas around Yair Lapid’s speech on antisemitism’s place in the family of hatreds comes an unstated reckoning between Zionist expectations and a bitter reality

By Haviv Rettig Gur

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July 24, 2021, 7:53 pm

Pakistan PM in row after rival says his children are raised ‘in the lap of Jews’

After Imran Khan criticizes her family, Maryam Nawaz, former premier’s daughter, makes comment about 2 kids PM has with ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith, whose father was of Jewish descent

By TOI staff

Historian Deborah Lipstadt speaks at the Galicia Jewish History Museum in Krakow, Poland, June 2019 (courtesy: Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett via Facebook)

July 22, 2021, 9:13 am

White House faiths czar says antisemitism monitor to be named ‘in coming weeks’

Jewish Federations of North America chief tells conference $115 million of federal government’s total $180 million in security grants this year will go to Jewish institutions

By Ron Kampeas

Recho Omondi, right, pictured in 2016, was accused of antisemitism for calling Leandra Medine Cohen, pictured in 2020, a "Jewish American Princess." (Getty Images via JTA)

July 21, 2021, 11:43 am

Fashion podcaster accused of antisemitism apologizes to Jewish community

Recho Omondi says she’s ‘not ashamed to learn more,’ after claiming many US slave owners were Jews and calling her guest a ‘Jewish American Princess’

By Ben Sales

Mark Zuckerberg's dog Beast seen in a photo sporting a yarmulke and tallit (Facebook photo)

July 16, 2021, 9:33 pm

Mark Zuckerberg’s kippa-wearing dog gets hit with antisemitic comments

Post also inundated with many pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel comments and photos

By JTA

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

July 15, 2021, 3:43 am

‘Zuckerbucks’: Republican nickname for Facebook CEO riles antisemitism watchdog

ADL says term, born after Zuckerberg steered $400 million from nonprofit to assist local election offices, suggests ‘rich Jews control levers of power’

By Ron Kampeas

Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the Church of England. (Wikimedia Commons)

July 14, 2021, 7:34 am

Church to apologize to UK Jews 800 years after laws that led to their expulsion

British Jewish leader says planned apology for antisemitic Synod of Oxford laws, which predated Church of England’s creation by centuries, is ‘better late than never’

By PHILISSA CRAMER

A woman attends the 'NO FEAR: Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People' event at Capitol Hill in Washington, July 11, 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP)

July 12, 2021, 9:02 am

At Capitol Hill rally, Jews united against antisemitism, more divided on Israel

‘No Fear’ event draws array of sponsors covering religious spectrum, many right-wing, central Jewish organizations, but left-wing groups opt out

By Ron Kampeas

People attend the 'NO FEAR: Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People' event in Washington, July 11, 2021. (AP Photo/ Susan Walsh)

July 11, 2021, 11:20 pm

‘We cannot be scared:’ Some 2,000 rally against antisemitism in DC

Jewish Republicans and Democrats take stage together to condemn rise in violence against Jews; left-wing Jewish groups stay away

By TOI staff

A man is seen carrying a peice of furniture, shortly before attacking a Jewish man in Brooklyn, on July 5, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

July 10, 2021, 5:12 pm

Jewish man assaulted in Brooklyn in apparent antisemitic attack

Police search for suspect who punched, threw furniture and made hateful statements toward victim; Governor Cuomo: ‘This is antisemitism, plain and simple’

By TOI staff

Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan speaks at the UN in New York. (Shahar Azran/ Israeli Mission to the UN)

July 8, 2021, 6:30 am

Israel hails UN adoption of resolution linking antisemitism to terrorism

Envoy Gilad Erdan also praises Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy resolution for condemning the use of human shields by terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah

By Jacob Magid

July 7, 2021, 8:08 pm

Leading Chilean presidential candidate accused of antisemitism

Lower house of parliament passes resolution calling on Daniel Jadue to repudiate yearbook quotes calling him an ‘antisemite’ and saying best gift to give him is ‘a Jew to target’

By JTA