The Latest News about Anti-Semitism

James Polite, who was charged with hate crimes and arson after he allegedly set fire to seven Jewish sites and vandalized a synagogue, was released from jail without bail Tuesday, according to court records. Polite allegedly wrote “Die Jew Rats” and “Hitler” at the Union Temple of Brooklyn in November 2018. Security footage allegedly showed him setting setting fires at ...

It is unclear where the leftist mobs disappear to when one of their own violates the PC culture. That question amplified when a New York editor was caught tweeting anti-Semitic tropes in his past. Yes, you heard, right. Another Democrat was discovered with some bad tweets. One of New York Times copy editors has offered a brusque apology after his ...

New York Times editor Tom Wright-Piersanti was demoted for tweets that resurfaced Thursday, which he described as “offensive.” The tweets appear to mock Indians and Jews, and two were also critical of The New York Times. The Times said Wright-Piersanti apologized to leadership for “his recent serious lapses in judgement.” New York Times editor Tom Wright-Piersanti was demoted for 10-year-old ...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California is demanding an investigation into a proposed California Department of Education curriculum that is “blatantly anti-Semitic” and “anti-Israel.” Several people involved in making the high school curriculum have been anti-Israel, and some are Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists who have tried to start an economic war on Israel, The Washington Free Beacon reported ...

Illinois Rep. Brad Schneider said boycotting Israel is anti-Semitic on CNN Tuesday, but the Democrat would not condemn Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota or Rashida Tlaib of Michigan for supporting divestment of the Jewish state. Schneider agreed “100%” with a clip of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel was bigoted and anti-Semitic. ...

The BBC defended its translation of “Jews” as “Israelis” in interviews where Palestinians admitted hatred toward Jews and excitement at the thought of killing them. A BBC spokesperson said the news outlet consulted “experts” before deciding to translate use of the Arabic word “Yahudi,” which translates literally to “Jew” in English, as “Israeli” in interviews with Palestinians in the documentary ...

The San Diego synagogue shooter will be arraigned in court Tuesday and charged with a hate crime in additional to the charges initially levied against him. John Earnest, 19, now faces a hate crime charges as well as one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder, Reuters reported Tuesday. Earnest is also charged with one count of arson, ...

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise and Republicans are trying once again to get House Democrats on the record against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) of Israel, this time with the possibility of using a discharge petition, according to Politico Playbook. If the petition gets 218 signatures, the anti-BDS bill will be automatically put on the floor for a vote. ...

Democratic Florida Rep. Ted Deutch on Thursday criticized Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar for spreading “classic anti-Semitic lies,” and said his fellow House Democrats aren’t doing enough to hold her accountable. Deutch criticized his fellow Democrats for changing a House resolution condemning anti-Semitism to include other forms of hate. “Why are we unable to singularly condemn anti-Semitism? Why can’t we ...

Ilhan Omar gets a pass and labeled a victim by the Democrat party for openly Demonstrating her antisemitism. Political Cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2019.   See more Branco toons HERE

Newt Gingrich believes that the new, far-left extremist liberals in Congress have wrested control of the House from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). “There’s a deep anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli bias on the left,” Gingrich said Wednesday on Hannity. “There are a lot of people on the left who would be very happy if Israel disappeared tomorrow.” “I think it tells you how ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly walked out of a meeting with a group of Democrats discussing anti-semitism Wednesday after facing criticism for not responding to Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about Israel. In a meeting with Democratic colleagues, Pelosi was reportedly confronted by a number of members of Congress for not reaching out to the party in regards to ...

Vandals defaced a former synagogue in eastern France with swastikas in the latest of a series of anti-Semitic desecrations recently plaguing the region. Staff at the synagogue-turned-sports facility in the town of Mommenheim discovered the swastikas on the building’s door and facade, which still bears Hebrew lettering, Monday, according to The Associated Press. The anti-Semitic incident came hot on the ...

It was revealed in the wake of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s most recent controversy that Jewish leaders in Minneapolis had approached her a year ago to discuss her history of making anti-Semetic tropes. “Over the course of about two hours, we shared with her our concerns for things, including language that has references and meanings beyond just the meanings ...