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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 628

prejudice

Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, hugs Holocaust survivor Lydia Maksimovicz, right, in Oswiecim, Poland, September 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)
September 28, 2022, 5:21 pm
Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers message against hatred in first visit to Auschwitz 
The former California governor and ‘Terminator’ actor meets with Holocaust survivors, vows to ‘fight prejudice together’ and return to the notorious death camp in the future
By Vanessa Gera and Rafal Niedzielski
Illustrative image: A screen with different faces, like those used in Hebrew University research which concluded that people tend to over-estimate the presence of minorities. (iStock via Getty Images)
May 10, 2022, 7:21 pm
Prejudice psychology? Israeli study finds brain inflates numbers in minority groups
Subjects consistently overestimated minority numbers in series of tests run by Hebrew University psychologists; they believe the mind trick may fuel intolerance
By Nathan Jeffay
Cantor Stephen Saxon was inspired by a radio interview to help the author of 'Kiss My Gay Ass' get his long-denied varsity letter denied because of his sexuality. (Courtesy of Saxon via JTA)
March 9, 2021, 10:38 pm
California cantor helps fix a 63-year-old homophobic snub
Cantor Stephen Saxon convinces NJ Catholic Immaculate Conception High School to honor LGBTQ activist, politician and comedian Tom Ammiano’s track prowess 6 decades earlier
By Gabriel Greschler
Yocheved Davidowitz
September 29, 2017, 5:17 pm
Yocheved Davidowitz
Yes, I’m judging you
Being judgy — with love — is a hallmark of a civilized society, in which we are obligated to judge our peers
Dena Croog
September 28, 2017, 3:05 pm
Dena Croog
Books, covers, crayons, and judgment
The outer cover does not reflect the inner being, not even when it comes to yourself
Adam Etzion
May 15, 2017, 6:40 am
Adam Etzion
Kugel and knaffeh
How chance Tel Aviv encounters in the wee hours became a flash seminar in Jewish-Arab relations
Emma S. Jacobs
March 6, 2017, 6:14 am
Emma S. Jacobs
The politics of pastry
When a stroll through Jerusalem’s Arab shuk becomes crash course in prejudice and diplomacy
Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Feb. 6, 2015. (Carlos Osorio/AP Images)
October 2, 2016, 8:06 pm
Read Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s essay in shul bulletin at 13
Jurist penned letter urging congregants to rid themselves of hate and prejudice
By JTA
Virag Gulyas
September 9, 2016, 4:03 pm
Virag Gulyas
A Jew made my grandfather a priest
On the lasting impact of kindness, cruelty, and indifference in chance encounters
Donald Trump supporter shouts, 'Go to Auschwitz!' following a rally for the leading Republican candidate on March 12, 2016 (screen capture: Sakir Khader/Twitter)
March 15, 2016, 6:09 am
Historians warn about use of anger, race in 2016 elections
Democrats should study why some voters ‘are so prone to anti-black, anti-Islamic feelings,’ says one scholar
By Jesse J. Holland
Oscar Isaac, center, plays Yonkers mayor Nick Wasicsko in the HBO miniseries 'Show Me a Hero.' (Courtesy of HBO/via JTA)
September 8, 2015, 3:26 am
Civil rights and tikkun olam the same ‘thread’ to journalist behind new HBO show
Talking racism and housing with Lisa Belkin, whose book inspired mini-series ‘Show Me a Hero’
By Erica Brody
People bow their heads during an interfaith memorial service for the Tennessee shooting victims, Friday, July 17, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
July 19, 2015, 1:06 am
Chattanooga Muslims mourning, anxious after shootings
‘We just feel very lucky to be in a city like this,’ where fear of Muslim immigrants was all but unknown, says a community leader
By JAY REEVES, Michael Biesecker and KATHLEEN FOODY
Israelis take part in a rally calling for a change in government on March 7, 2015 in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. (AFP/JACK GUEZ)
March 9, 2015, 6:18 am
Election rhetoric doesn’t spare the faithful — or even the IDF widow
One columnist blames a widow’s politics for her husband’s combat death, while an artist worries that the religious are taking over
By ToI Staff
Ilana Kaufman with her daughter, Noa (Courtesy of Ilana Kaufman/JTA)
December 6, 2014, 5:48 am
Jews of color challenge ideas about the face of Jewish community
Six-foot black woman Ilana Kaufman sometimes gets strange looks when representing the San Francisco Jewish federation
By Rebecca Spence
Duchess Marina of Kent presents Angela Buxton and Althea Gibson their trophy after their women's doubles win at the 1956 Wimbledon. (courtesy)
September 9, 2014, 7:18 pm
Doubles partners smash prejudice as 1956 Wimbledon champs
Film screened at UK House of Commons show how a Jewish and a black player broke through the color barrier — and anti-Semitism — on the tennis court
By Howard Blas
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