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.
A man has been arrested following a series of antisemitic incidents in Barnet. A 37-year-old man was arrested in the Hendon area on Friday on suspicion of religiously motivated criminal damage in connection with seven offences on Jewish premises. Four synagogues and a private residence in Golders Green had a substance smeared on them, while liquid was thrown towards a school and a car on two other occasions, police said previously.
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.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan united with members of the Jewish community on Sept. 7 during Sunday Mass at Midtown's Saint Patrick's Cathedral to denounce antisemitism. Dubbed Stand Up Sunday, the event was part of a nationwide action aimed at raising awareness of Antisemitism, which has only become more prevalent since the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack in Israel.
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.
This fall's back-to-school season comes amid seismic shifts on college campuses. Just weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Justice concluded that UCLA violated federal civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from a hostile environment-one of several universities now facing federal scrutiny. Meanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League released a sobering new report showing that only nine U.S. states have strong policies to combat antisemitism, underscoring how many students endure unsafe campus climates largely out of public view.
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.
Some TikTok users have reported seeing a troubling product in the last few days: T-shirts for sale on TikTok Shop that are an antisemitic parody of the Jaws movie poster. In the image printed on the shirts, the shark has been transformed into a human nose, the swimmer at the surface of the water is instead a $100 bill, and "Jaws" has been edited to read "Jews," propagating antisemitic stereotypes of Jewish people as money hungry.
The Trump administration is pushing colleges and universities to address antisemitism by threatening, freezing and revoking federal funding and demanding millions of dollars to settle allegations or in UCLA's case, $1 billion. These unprecedented federal penalties, which the government claims are partially for failing to address antisemitism, leave lots of Black people who either attended or worked at predominantly white institutions asking, What about us?
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.
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.
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.
Greater Manchester Police stated, "A crime has been recorded, with multiple lines of enquiry being actively investigated," highlighting their commitment to addressing the incident.
