Samuel Asher News Today

“We are gathered here today for this awesome and awful commemoration,” Rabbi Dovid Asher said to a crowd of about 200 bowed heads at the Virginia Holocaust Museum’s Yom HaShoah

The Jewish community faces a greater rise in hate than any other religious group in the U.S. With that in mind, Virginia officials are taking the lead in growing efforts to fight antisemitism. 

“I believe there is always more we can do. We just need the time and resources to do it,” Lori Shepherd, executive director of Tucson’s Holocaust center, told JNS.

Created by an executive order issued by Youngkin, the commission is working to address not just antisemitism as it’s traditionally been defined but also the "demonization of Israel."

This August 11-12 will mark the five-year anniversary of the tragic Unite the Right rally that shook up the college town of Charlottesville and the...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced the members of the new Commission to Combat Antisemitism.

“When you see this exhibit, it tears at your heart,” said Samuel Asher, the museum’s executive director.