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Daily Briefing: WITH JEWISH COMMUNITIES UNDER SIEGE, WHERE IS JEWISH LEADERSHIP?

The Jewish Community Cannot Survive Perfidy by its Leadership:  Avi Goldwasser and Charles Jacobs, Israpundit, Spring 2022 — This is not the country we grew up in. The Jewish community is under siege. According to the FBI, Jews are the primary targets of hate crimes in America. An analysis of their reports reveals that a Jew is twice as likely to be a victim of a hate crime as a black person or a Muslim, ten times more likely than an Asian or a Latino, and twenty times more likely than a non-Hispanic white.

Rising Hate Crimes Are Canada’s Shame:  Avi Benlolo, National Post, Mar. 25, 2022 — Last week, Statistics Canada released a damning report about hate crime in Canada, but despite the fact the Jewish community was the most targeted religious group, and antisemitic attacks were the second most common overall, Canadian media seemed to have brushed aside this significant piece of information.


‘Ideology of Rage’ Comes to Congress:  Ben Cohen, JNS, May 20, 2022

Al-Quds Day, the Annual Hate fest against Jews, Must be Stopped:  Avi Benlolo, National Post, Apr. 22, 2022

The ‘Broken Windows’ Strategy for Combating Israel Demonization:  Melanie Phillips, Israel National News, May 22, 2022

Slavery, Anti-Semitism and Harvard’s Missing Moral Compass:  Ruth R. Wisse, WSJ, May 13, 2022


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Rashida Tlaib Given Free Reign to Reimagine History While Defending ‘Nakba’ Resolution:  Rachel O’Donoghue, Algemeiner, May 19, 2022 — In an interview with Mehdi Hasan on his MSNBC show, US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) set out the reasoning for her latest attack on Israel, which came in the form of a resolution for American lawmakers to officially label Israel’s founding as the “Nakba:”

With Just One ‘No’ Vote, House Passes Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism:  Dmitriy Shapiro, JNS, May 20, 2022 The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution to condemn anti-Semitism on Wednesday.

‘Annihilate Israel’: City University of NY Speaker Praised Axe Murder of Jews:  Pesach Benson, United With Israel, May 22, 2022  City University of New York is facing a fresh antisemitism controversy after Nerdeen Kiswani, who has a history of incitement and Israel-bashing rhetoric, addressed the School of Law’s commencement ceremony.

WATCH: Father of Supermodels Spews Antisemitism and Israel Hatred to Millions of Followers:  United With Israel, May 17, 2022 — Mohamed Hadid, a Palestinian-American real estate developer and father of supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid, posted virulent antisemitism in an Instagram post on Sunday.

After Omitting Antisemitism from 2022 Winter Webinar Series & Apologizing, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) Delivers on Promise of New Program:  Rick Firth, Honest Reporting Canada, May 19, 2022 — Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) held a webinar series during the Winter 2022 semester called “Generous Futures: Power and Politics in Charitable Giving”, featuring discussions about combating Islamophobia, anti-Asian racism, ageism, and working to advance disability rights, LGBTQ+ rights, black voices, etc. It did not, however, list combating antisemitism in its programming and magazine, as one of its planned talks, despite a recent Toronto Police report showing that Toronto saw a 63% rise in antisemitic incidents.

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