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Zohran Mamdani reassured Jewish New Yorkers but his wife’s Oct 7 social media activity tells another story
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (933+ words) The controversy centres on posts liked by Duwaji in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel of October 7, 2023, one of the deadliest assaults on Jews in modern history. The incident is not merely a social media misstep. It has…...
US Homeland Security investigates whether Bovino made disparaging comments about Jewish faith
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (525+ words) 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. "Following a letter from a…...
Welsh billionaire seeks German passport due to antisemitism in the UK
1+ week, 1+ day ago (575+ words) Sir Michael Moritz, the richest ever Welshman, is applying for German citizenship due to hostility towards Jews in the UK. Speaking to the BBC, Moritz said that Britain was "far more hostile than the US" towards its Jewish community, and…...
Why Seth Rogen Would 'Never Live in Israel' – His Shocking Comments on Zionist Upbringing
1+ week, 2+ day ago (524+ words) A five-year-old podcast clip featuring Seth Rogen is back in the conversation after the US-Israel coordinated attack on Iran last week. The remarks, originally made during a 27 July 2020 appearance on WTF with Marc Maron, resurfaced this week after an X…...
Israelis demonised as a ‘vehicle for hatred of Jews’, says UK terror laws watchdog
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (820+ words) Israelis are being demonised as a "vehicle for hatred of Jews, the UK's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has said. Jonathan Hall said police forces should be held responsible for failing to clamp down on the targeting of "Israeli citizens…...
What is Christian Reconstructionism − and why it matters in US politics
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (900+ words) Christian Reconstructionism is a theological and political movement within conservative Protestantism that argues society should be governed by biblical principles, including the application of biblical law to both personal and public life. Taking shape in the late 1950s, Christian Reconstructionism developed…...
‘Jews can’t do it alone’: one Rabbi’s daily vigils at Bondi beach shows the support that ‘will cure antisemitism’
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1132+ words) As the sun sinks over Bondi beach, Rabbi Yossi Friedman begins to sing in Hebrew. Then, standing outside Bondi Pavilion, he recites the names and shares stories of the 15 people whose lives were extinguished metres away. The floral tributes which…...