Jews

“As you watch it, you’ll find yourself in a state of disbelief. This happened in America? In New York? .You… might also ask yourself a different question. Why haven’t I heard more about this?” - David French

“A first-of-its-kind survey from the American Jewish Committee finds that 88% of American Jews say anti-Semitism is a problem in the U.S. today and nearly a third report they avoid publicly wearing, carrying or displaying objects or symbols that might help people identify them as Jewish.” - RNS

“The Right Reverend Bruce Myers, Anglican Bishop of Quebec who introduced the motion at General Synod, explained to The Christian Post in an interview on Thursday that the prayer was created by the Prayer Book Society of Canada with input from the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus.” - Christian Post

“Survivors and their families crowded Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum, once the shelter’s administration building, and wandered the Fort Ontario State Historic Site. More than 200 people attended a memorial under heightened security.” - RNS

Jewish Voice for Peace’s afternoon of Israel hatred

“A new survey from Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg reveals that 73 percent of American Jews feel ‘less secure’ in the United States than they were two years ago. The poll, which was released Wednesday, comes after two deadly synagogue shootings in Poway, California and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.” - CBN

“Anti-Jewish sentiment is vile and dangerous regardless of which part of the political spectrum it comes from.” - The Bulwark

“April 19, 1943 was … the first day of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising when entrapped Polish Jews, mostly young people, began an armed guerilla-style urban battle with crude weapons against German General Jürgen Stroop and his elite SS troops” RNS

Why Don’t Progressive Jews Believe in an Afterlife?

“ ‘Why do Blacks overwhelmingly support President Obama?’ That was the question recently put to me by a white friend.” Armstrong Williams at Townhall.com