Antisemitism

May 25, 2023 - PRESS RELEASE: American Jewish Congress Applauds Release of White House National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism

New York, NY, May 25, 2023 - The American Jewish Congress welcomes and applauds today’s release of the White House National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. The Strategy acknowledges the need and calls for a whole-of-society approach to responding to antisemitism, and this demonstrates a deep understanding of the problem and the seriousness of what is needed to respond to it. We strongly commend President Biden for positioning the fight against antisemitism, the most ancient of hatreds, front and center in the Administration’s priorities. This first-of-its-kind initiative comes at a pivotal moment, considering the exponential rise in antisemitic incidents and rhetoric, discrimination against…

May 16, 2023 - RAWSTORY: GOP congressman’s aide tied to neo-Nazi

Published originally in Raw Story. An aide inside the office of far-right conspiracy theorist U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) has been linked to neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, an incel, white supremacist and white Christian nationalist who promotes antisemitism, Holocaust denialism, racism, and misogynistic and anti-LGBTQ extremist beliefs. Fuentes is head of the so-called “Groypers.” “The revelation that a devotee of Fuentes appears to have infiltrated a congressional office represents a previously unknown and unseen degree of influence for the modern white supremacist movement,” reports Talking Points Memo‘s Hunter Walker in an exclusive. TPM reveals it “has uncovered an extensive digital trail of interconnected Groyper social…

February 15, 2023 - ARUTZ SHEVA: Jewish org decries Ohio Nazi homeschooling network

Published originally in Arutz Sheva. The American Jewish Congress denounced the existence of a neo-Nazi home schooling network recently discovered in Ohio, offering its assistance to officials at all three levels of government in the fight against extremism in education. “In response to these troubling reports, we strongly condemn these exhibits of hate, and we urge Ohio Governor DeWine, Superintendent of Public Instruction Siddens, and other leaders to immediately regulate and disrupt these dangerous homeschooling cells,” they said in a statement. “Those at the helm of this extremist homeschooling outfit are doing so to ensure that ‘their children become wonderful…

February 8, 2023 - JACK ROSEN: Harvard University has capitulated to antisemitism

By Jack Rosen, President of the American Jewish Congress Published originally in the Jerusalem Post. Harvard University has capitulated to the growing institutionalization of antisemitism in American higher education. Earlier, Harvard offered a fellowship at the Kennedy School to Kenneth Roth, the former head of the NGO Human Rights Watch. When the offer was later rescinded, Roth and his allies went on a rampage, claiming that Roth had been rejected because of his notoriously intense criticism of Israel, including the claim that it is an “apartheid” state. Roth and his defenders did not stop there. They also fomented an antisemitic conspiracy theory according to…

February 5, 2023 - PRESS RELEASE: American Jewish Congress Condemns Extremist Homeschooling Network in Ohio

New York, NY, February 5, 2023 – This week, reports have circulated regarding an extremist homeschooling network in Ohio that has distributed “pro-Nazi” propaganda to their students. In response to these troubling reports, we strongly condemn these exhibits of hate, and we urge Ohio Governor DeWine, Superintendent of Public Instruction Siddens, and other leaders to immediately regulate and disrupt these dangerous homeschooling cells. Those at the helm of this extremist homeschooling outfit are doing so to ensure that “their children become wonderful Nazis.” To hear that a parent is willing to try and impose the beliefs of those responsible for the…

January 9, 2023 - JACK ROSEN: George Santos and American Antisemitism

By Jack Rosen, President of the American Jewish Congress Published originally in the New York Daily News. The strange case of George Santos illustrates a remarkable paradox in regard to America’s current problem with antisemitism. The far-right Republican congressman-elect from New York has recently been outed by numerous media outlets as a pathological liar about everything from his ancestry to his finances. These lies include Santos’ false claim that he is Jewish. The paradox is this: On the one hand, antisemitism is on the rise across the political spectrum. On the other, people desperately want to appropriate Jewish identity to serve their own ends, which…

November 9, 2022 - PRESS RELEASE: American Jewish Congress Congratulates Governor Hochul on Winning Full Term

New York, NY, November 9, 2022 - The American Jewish Congress congratulates Governor Kathy Hochul on making history as the first woman elected to represent New York in the state’s highest office. This is a momentous result and shows once again the progress that New Yorkers have made in breaking glass-ceilings. We wholeheartedly wish the Governor success in her work to the benefit of our great state. We have had the pleasure of engaging with Gov. Hochul recently, and we know firsthand how invested she is on addressing the challenges facing the Jewish community, first and foremost as it pertains…

November 7, 2022 - ABC NEWS: Jewish leaders call on GOP to take stronger stance on condemning antisemitism

Published originally in ABC News. With Election Day around the corner, some national Jewish advocacy organizations are calling on the Republican Party to take a harder line on condemning antisemitism from several GOP candidates or their supporters. Their calls come on the heels of several high-profile controversies over remarks made by celebrities and political candidates vying to win their midterm races. Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano, for example, has made headlines with his statements about his Jewish opponent, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro. He accused Shapiro in September of having "disdain for people like us," because Shapiro attended and sent his children…

November 5, 2022 - ABC NEWS: Brooklyn Nets suspend Kyrie Irving for failing to ‘disavow antisemitism’

Published originally in ABC News. Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving has been suspended without pay for at least five games after promoting a film that contains "deeply disturbing antisemitic hate," the team announced Thursday. "We were dismayed today, when given an opportunity in a media session, that Kyrie refused to unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs, nor acknowledge specific hateful material in the film," the Nets said in a statement. "This was not the first time he had the opportunity -- but failed -- to clarify." The decision comes a week after Irving tweeted a link to the 2018…

November 3, 2022 - YAHOO NEWS: Trump, Mastriano’s wife criticize Jews for not loving Israel enough

Published originally in Yahoo News. Prominent Republicans, including former President Donald Trump and the wife of Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, have recently engaged in an unusual form of antisemitism: attacking American Jews for being insufficiently loyal to Israel. The most recent instance was last Saturday, when an Israeli reporter asked Mastriano, a Pennsylvania state senator, about his association with the antisemitic founder of the far-right social network Gab and Mastriano’s criticism of his Democratic opponent for sending his children to a Jewish school. Mastriano’s wife, Rebecca Mastriano, then stepped in front of the microphones and offered a her own…

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