U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened an internal investigation into whether Gregory Bovino, the one-time architect of President Donald Trump’s large-scale immigration crackdown, made disparaging comments about the Jewish faith of the U.S. attorney for Minnesota.
Australia begins sweeping public inquiry probing antisemitism after Bondi Beach killings
A wide-ranging federal inquiry began on Tuesday into a rise in antisemitism across Australia before two gunmen believed to be inspired by the Islamic State group allegedly killed 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival in December.
NYC new antisemitism czar says she aims to ‘expand the communal table by pulling up additional chairs’
Phylisa Wisdom says she is ready to show the world what “a real, progressive commitment to combating antisemitism” looks like.
Great Rivers Fellowship supports bombed synagogue
A network of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship churches in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi expressed grief and solidarity with a Jewish congregation targeted by an arsonist earlier this month. “An attack on a place of worship is an assault on one of…
Heritage calls on government to ‘save’ American families
The troubled think tank behind the Project 2025 blueprint for the Trump administration has issued a new blueprint. “Saving America by Saving the Family” affirms heterosexual families with children as “the foundation of civilization” and calls on government to encourage…
Australia’s leader announces a royal commission into antisemitism after Bondi mass shooting
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a wide-ranging royal commission into antisemitism, weeks after two gunmen opened fire on a Jewish holiday event at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people.
He researches antisemitism for a living. Why does the State Department want to kick him out of the country?
For years, Imran Ahmed has presented his research on how tech platforms enable the spread of antisemitism to receptive audiences across the ideological spectrum.
GOP civil war goes nuclear
The theological and political fault lines in the New American Right are no longer just cracking; they are splitting wide open. Institutions that once held the movement together are unraveling at the seams in real time. In a dramatic escalation…
Hanukkah shadows, Hanukkah light
Many mornings I go on a long, slow sunrise prayer walk — what the mystics call “goal-less walking” or “life lived at three miles an hour.” These days, in the neighborhood where I walk, there are a number of delightful…
The End of Jewish Belonging
Jewish people have been part of Australia since its very beginning. When the First Fleet arrived in 1788, carrying convicts from England, among the 1,400 prisoners were at least six Jews. From that moment on, Jewish life has been woven…
Trump’s new envoy wants to wage ‘pro-Semitism’ campaign
Donald Trump’s new antisemitism envoy said he plans to wage a “pro-Semitism” campaign that will aggressively challenge false narratives about Jews and Israel. “Our goal is to lower the rhetoric around the globe immediately,” Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, U.S. Ambassador-designate to…
How Holocaust Movies Help Us Understand Rising Antisemitism
Films tend to reflect our anxieties. So it’s probably not a coincidence that we’re getting so many Holocaust-themed movies at the same time as rising antisemitism has been in the news.