#Antisemitism

#Antisemitism

Criticism of the Israeli government must be possible, Merz said, "but our country harms its own soul when this criticism becomes a pretext for hatred of Jewsor when it even leads to demands that the Federal Republic turn away from Israel." "We are all called upon to show civil courage wherever we witness antisemitism, racism, or discrimination," Merz added.

Hochul, in endorsing 33-year-old assemblyman from Queens and Democratic mayoral nominee, said the two don't see eye to eye on everything, and I don't expect us to in a statement that at times focused on differences. She said she had frank conversations with Mamdani and they have had disagreements, but called him a leader who is focused on making New York City affordable.

"unable to provide sufficient clarity about his [Shani's] attitude"

Kor's father, Mickey, survived a Latvian ghetto before being deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp. He was able to escape the camp and eventually immigrate to America. His mother, Eva, ended up in Auschwitz. Due to her being a twin, she was sent to Dr. Josef Mengele, who is known for the inhumane experiments he performed. Miraculously, she survived and would later become known for forgiving the Nazis.

Driving the news: The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS) tells Axios that the unity dinners will begin mid-September in New Orleans, bringing students together from Tulane, Xavier, Dillard and Loyola universities. Dinners will then continue in Baltimore, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Philadelphia and Houston as part of a 14-city tour. The effort will invite students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as well as from schools like Rice, Temple and the University of Houston.

On Tuesday, the board voted 3 to 2 in favor of the flag display, which was part of a resolution on combating antisemitism that also called for greater education on Jewish history and recognizing remembrance days for the Holocaust and Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. On Friday, Beverly Hills Unified Supt. Alex Cherniss announced that he was using his executive authority to stop the flag display.

Top UC leaders will attempt to negotiate a settlement with the federal government and have identified guardrails to protect the nation's premier public university system after the Trump administration cut more than half a billion dollars in UCLA research grants and demanded a $1-billion fine to atone for antisemitism, according to high-placed UC officials. The talks with the Justice Department are just beginning and so far involve 10 of the 24 UC regents, including chair Janet Reilly and UC President James B. Milliken. The group held its first publicly announced meeting last week after an emergency convening of all regents Aug. 11.

What you need to know Famine confirmed in Gaza by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) monitor Israel's PM claims there is no famine in Gaza UN aid chief says famine could be averted if Israel did not block relief UK foreign secretary says Gaza hunger 'utterly horrifying' and 'wholly preventable' Here are all the headlines from Israel, Gaza and the wider Middle East on Friday, August 22:

Lucas Gomez was terminated from Brooklyn Defender Services after advocating violence against Israelis in a social media post. His comment was deemed antithetical to the organization’s values.

Sultana praised Corbynism's mass appeal but criticized that he 'capitulated' to the IHRA definition of antisemitism, equating it with anti-Zionism.

Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Sa'ar, revoked the visas of Australian representatives to the Palestinian Authority due to Australia’s refusal to grant visas to Israeli figures.

GSA leaders abruptly decided to drop xAI's Grok from their contract offering after leadership allegedly rushed staff to make Grok available as soon as possible.

The film, whose original French title is "J'Accuse," tells the story of the French captain Alfred Dreyfus, who was wrongly convicted of treason, in 1894.

The Trump administration is demanding that the University of California pay more than $1 billion to settle federal charges of antisemitism in exchange for restoring more than half a billion dollars in frozen grant funding to UCLA.