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Jewish groups urge approval of anti-Semitism envoy, citing Republican recalcitrance
“The hold on Lipstadt’s confirmation must be lifted quickly so she may assume the post and commence this important work,” wrote B’nai B’rith president Charles Kaufman and CEO Dan Mariaschin in a statement. (November 5, 2021 / JNS) Jewish organizations are calling on the U.S. Read more » »
Can Portugal be Europe’s model for fostering Jewish life?
(October 28, 2021 / JNS) The European Commission announced in early October that Jewish life will be fostered in a Europe that was home to 9.5 million Jews before the Second World War and whose remaining 1.5 million are abandoning the Old Continent. “We want to see Jewish life thriving again in the heart of our communities,” said E.C. Read more » »
‘Nations don’t let nations go out of existence,’ she said
(September 20, 2021 / JNS) It was December 1983 and Yael Dayan—Labor Party Knesset member, novelist and daughter of legendary general and defense minister Moshe Dayan—had been booked into town as featured speaker for the Columbus Jewish Federation’s annual Israel celebration. Read more » »
Biden administration briefs Jewish leaders on Bennett meetings, foreign policy
Source: Prime Minister Bennett wanted to demonstrate he can be “prime ministerial” like his predecessor, while President Biden needed to show that despite the Afghanistan crisis, he is able to conduct foreign diplomacy and that the U.S. is still important in the Middle East. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada says university course could be ‘forum for anti-Semitic views’
The organization is concerned about a course by assistant professor Shamma Boyarin, who has lashed out at Jews online and posted derogatory images and statements on his personal Twitter account, called Motley Jëw. Read more » »
Jewish leaders: Bennett should tell Biden Israel, US share threats of instability, radicalism
The fallout from U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan has taken over news headlines and will likely overshadow the upcoming first in-person meeting between U.S. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada calls slew of swastika vandalism around the country ‘reprehensible and unacceptable’
“We trust that our law enforcement partners will investigate these matters diligently and do everything possible to apprehend the perpetrators,” said B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn. (August 20, 2021 / JNS) B’nai Brith Canada condemned the recent increase in swastika vandalism that has taken place across the country. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada urges national grocery chains to drop Ben & Jerry’s products
In both English and French, the Jewish organization wrote to stores saying by “unfairly singling out Israel with their boycott,” the company has made their products “unpalatable to many Canadian consumers. Read more » »
Weissman well-suited for Jewish liaison, say those familiar with position
The White House’s announcement on Aug. 5 that Chanan Weissman, a career government staffer and former Jewish liaison under President Barack Obama, was chosen to become the White House liaison to the Jewish community was welcomed by members of the Jewish community who recalled working with him in the previous Democratic administration. Read more » »
Biden to nominate Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt as next anti-Semitism envoy
Lipstadt’s nomination was hailed by numerous Jewish organizations, which over the past months had been lobbying the White House to appoint a candidate as violent acts of anti-Semitism. Read more » »
