Antisemitic Scourge Today
Two young employees of the Israeli Embassy, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were murdered on May 21 outside the Capital Jewish Museum in the heart of Washington D.C.
The slaying was an extreme example of what law enforcement officials and others call a global surge in antisemitic incidents that emerged after Hamas terrorists killed more than 1,200 people and seized 250 hostages on Oct. 7, 2023.
Yaron and Sarah's murders were terrorist hate crimes aimed squarely at the Jewish community.
Terrorism is a pathology of political impotence. In a democratic society –and the United States, if only by a thread, still is one – a movement resorts to terror when it has failed in the central tasks of politics: That is, winning others over to its cause through persuasion, leveraging the power of people to pressure decision makers and raising representatives to positions of influence through electoral gains.
Haaretz (opinion by Gil Preuss)== The New York Times
The Memorial Service for the Czech and Slovak Victims of the Holocaust. on March 16, 2023, over Zoom was interfered by an antisemitic attack by (yet) unknown attackers. The first instance, several minutes into the service involved a superimposition of a red swastika being drawn on the top of video-cast images. Several minutes later, new images where superimposed containing not only swastika but also obscene video from the PornoHub. Subsequently, sound of the Zoom meeting was interfered with.
Authorities have been notified about this incident.
The Media Must Stop Presenting Antisemitism as Legitimate Criticism - Opinion by David Ben-Basat, The Jerusalem Post, October 3, 2024
Words Are Not Enough; Time for Decisive Action on Antisemitism. by Yair Szlak and Eta Yudin, The Montreal Gazette, June 12, 2024
The Weaponization of the Holocaust against Israel, by Kenneth Jacobsen, ADL, May 3, 2024
Is This 1938 or 2024? Student Eden Yadegar, at a Congressional hearing investigating antisemitism at Columbia University, StandWithUs video, April 18, 2024
Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2023, Anti-Defamation League, April 16, 2024
Report: White Supremacist Propaganda Incidents Soar to Record High in 2023, Anti-Defamation League, March 26, 2024
A Definition of Antisemitism, While Helpful, Is Not a Cure, by Menachem B. Rosensaft, Newsweek, March 25, 2024
US Jews Upset with Trump’s Latest Rhetoric Say He Doesn’t Get to Tell Them How to Be Jewish, Associated Press, March 21, 2024
TikTok Ban Feared, Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories Follow, Anti-Defamation, March 20, 2023
The Problem with Defining Antisemitism, by Eyal Press, The New Yorker, March 13, 2024
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The New Antisemitism, by Noah Feldman, Time, February 27, 2024
Why the Most Educated People in America Fall for Anti-Semitic Lies, by Dara Horn, The Atlantic, February 15, 2024
Where Does Antisemitism Come From? by Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, November 7, 2023