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Comments Off on U.S. Antisemitic Incidents Remained At Historic High in 2020 Incidents targeting Jews in Colorado reached second-highest level in the last 10 years, according to annual ADL report  Denver, CO, April 27, 2021 … Antisemitic incidents remained at a historically high level across the United States in 2020, with a total of 2,024 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism reported to ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). While antisemitic incidents declined by 4 percent nationw...

Will next anti-Semitism envoy address progressive push to sideline IHRA definition? Will next anti-Semitism envoy address progressive push to sideline IHRA definition? “Too often in Democrat and leftist circles, we witness a singular focus on white supremacy to the exclusion of radical leftist anti-Zionism and radical Islamist Jew-hatred,” said Ellie Cohanim, deputy special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism during the Trump administration. (April 28, 2021 / JNS) With anti-Semitism o...

Scene Around More famous Jewish talents... If youre as old as me, you will remember actress Marion Levy. NO! YOU DONT REMEMBER HER? How about if I use her entertainment name? Surely, youve heard of Paulette Goddard. Paulette was a famous star in her day. Her dad was a Russian/Jew (werent all of our ancestors? Only kidding, of course.) She was once married to Charlie Chaplin for about 6 years. Very famous, very famous! How about GLORIA STEINEM? She is super famous! (Best of all, shes older than ...

Bipartisan Group of Senators Urges Biden To Nominate Anti-Semitism Envoy ASAP By JLNJ Staff | April 22, 2021 (JNS) A bipartisan group of senators, who make up the Senate Bipartisan Task Force on Combating Anti-Semitism, this week urged U.S. President Joe Biden to quickly nominate a candidate to serve as the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism and confront rising anti-Semitism worldwide. “Tragically, 76 years after the end of the Holocaust, ant...

Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) speaks during a Senate Small Business Committee hearing on coronavirus relief aid and “Implementation of title I of the CARES Act.”, in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2020. Al Drago/Pool via REUTERS JNS.org – A bipartisan group of senators on Monday urged US President Joe Biden to quickly nominate a candidate to serve as the US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism and confront rising antisemitism worldwide. The senators, who make up the Senate Bipartisan...

Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Biden to Nominate Anti-Semitism Envoy ASAP Congress passed a bill late last year that elevated the position to the rank of a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed ambassador who reports directly to the secretary of state. (JNS) A bipartisan group of senators on Monday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to quickly nominate a candidate to serve as the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism and confront rising anti-Semitism worldwide. The senators...

A Polish soldier lays a wreath during the commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in front of the Warsaw Ghetto monument in Warsaw, Poland April 19, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY The largest act of Jewish military resistance during World War II was remembered by world Jewish groups as well as diplomats from Israel and Poland on Monday, 78 years after the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. “...

22 senators call on Biden to hasten antisemitism envoy nomination The letter comes shortly after Biden formally submitted his first ambassadorial nominees U.S. Senate By Share Twenty-two senators sent a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden yesterday calling on him to “swiftly” nominate an ambassador to monitor and combat antisemitism. The letter, organized by Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK), who lead the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, c...

Bipartisan group of senators urge Biden to nominate anti-Semitism envoy ASAP Bipartisan group of senators urge Biden to nominate anti-Semitism envoy ASAP Congress passed a bill late last year that elevated the position to the rank of a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed ambassador who reports directly to the secretary of state. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). Credit: BestStockFoto/Shutterstock. Spread the word. (April 20, 2021 / JNS) A bipartisan group of senators on Monday urged U.S. Presi...

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