09
Mar
Jewish Word | Challah
The word “challah” made its first appearance more than 2,500 years ago.
05
Mar
Stuart Baum (MI): ‘I Don’t Believe the Activism and Policy Solutions on the Left are Anti-Semitic’
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Stuart Baum (22), a Democrat from Detroit, MI, attended Jewish day school growing up and is a recent graduate of Wayne
04
Mar
Eliot Strickon (WI): ‘Anti-Semitism Has Had a Very Real Effect on Our Behavior’
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"I think anti-Semitism goes back to Esau and Jacob. As for the last few years, this started happening as soon as Trump was nominated. Certainly, by the time he was sworn in, there was this dramatic rise in anti-Semitism."
04
Mar
Four Takeaways from Israel’s Tri-peat Election
Israelis went to the polls yet again on March 2, for the third time in less than a year. Here are four takeaways from this week’s election.
04
Mar
Nancy Santanello (PA): ‘It’s Not Anti-Semitic to Question Israel Policy’
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"We have someone in the White House who believes right-wing conspiracies and tweets anti-Semitic tropes. A conservative website, TruNews, whose founder called Trump’s impeachment a 'Jew coup' orchestrated by a 'Jewish Cabal,' was credentialed by the Trump administration to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos. They were treated like a legitimate news site, but this is hate speech and should be condemned and not legitimized by the president."
04
Mar
Lavea Brachman (OH): ‘White Nationalists See Trump as One of Them’
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"Trump has absolutely been a source for provoking all kinds of intolerance. Everything he does is rooted in promoting divisiveness. Trump’s white nationalist allies see him as one of them, which validates and legitimizes their ugly anti-Semitic, racist views. BDS and much of the left rhetoric is really more about Israel than it is about Jews. But it gets interpreted by many as anti-Semitism. I do not like “the squad.” I don’t like their views. But none of them is president of the United States."
04
Mar
Sandra Lawson (NC): ‘I Often Face More Anti-Semitism from the Jewish Community’
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"Anti-Semitism is not a right or a left issue, and neither is racism. Most of the violence against Jews is coming from people who have heard rhetoric on the right. But that doesn’t mean that there’s no anti-Semitism on the left."
04
Mar
Michael Ginsberg (VA): ‘I Think This Is Just the Beginning of Very Bad Stuff’
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"I would say the president has done a pretty good job of addressing anti-Semitism. I think he's been a strong supporter of the State of Israel. I think, substantively, he’s been very friendly and very good to the Jews. On the other hand, when I look at the Democratic Party, I see a party that is not only unwilling to disavow anti-Semites but openly embraces them. You have Congresswomen who are talking about being hypnotized by the State of Israel and being unwilling to walk that back. You have a caucus that's unwilling to take them to task for blatantly anti-Semitic comments."
04
Mar
Stephanie Wudarski (PA): ‘I Always Felt Removed From Any Sort of Anti-Semitism’
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"Anti-Semitism is one area where the far-right and far-left kind of meet. Both sides are responsible in that sense. The far-left tends to be aggressors online but who knows where that could be originating from—it could be foreign influence. The far-right tends to be more likely to carry out violent, anti-Semitic attacks."
04
Mar
Sandra Mallin (NV): ‘The Biased Media Also Plays a Part’
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"I think President Trump’s record speaks for itself. It is obvious that he has supported Israel and Jewish causes for the past three years unequivocally; he doesn’t flinch. "
04
Mar
Lynne Toporov (FL): ‘I Don’t Think That Everything Starts With Trump’
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"I cannot stand 'the squad.' I cannot stand where they’re coming from. And then there’s Bernie Sanders who I don’t understand at all. He worked on a kibbutz and members of his family on his father’s side were killed by Hitler. I don’t know why he became a socialist. If he’s elected, it will destroy the country."
04
Mar
Hannah Rosenthal (WI): ‘I Don’t Let the Left off the Hook’
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"It’s the far-right that holds marches and says 'Jews will not replace us.' It's the far-right who are unabashedly anti-Semitic and racist. No question about it. But I don't let the left off the hook either. I marched in Washington the day after the inauguration. I had my pink hat and I was very proud. But when two of the organizers ended up defending Louis Farrakhan and refused to condemn the anti-Semitism, I stopped paying attention to them. I push delete every time they send me something. And 'the squad’ needs an education. Ilhan Omar apologized after one anti-Semitic comment and then proceeded to make a couple more, and that is not okay with me. I would love to sit down with her or 'the squad' and talk about what they're doing, and how they're splintering the left."