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Cornell Student Arrested After Allegedly Threatening to Kill Jewish Students
1Nov By adminNo Comments
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Cornell Student Arrested After Allegedly Threatening to Kill Jewish Students

Updated Nov. 1, 2023 3:16 pm ETA Cornell University student was arrested after allegedly threatening to kill Jewish students, the latest in a surge of antisemitic episodes since the Israel-Hamas war began.The student, 21-year-old Patrick Dai, laid out in posts online how he planned to kill any Jewish student he saw on campus, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in New York’s northern district. He said he planned to carry out a mass shooting in a dining hall that serves mostly kosher meals.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Vatican’s Silence on Holocaust Was Shaped by Antisemitism and Caution, Archives Show
31Oct By adminNo Comments
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Vatican’s Silence on Holocaust Was Shaped by Antisemitism and Caution, Archives Show

ROME—For decades, controversy over why Pope Pius XII didn’t speak out against the Nazi Holocaust has troubled the Catholic Church. New research has revealed evidence that an antisemitic Vatican aide played a role in the wartime pope’s silence, as did fear of provoking violence against Catholics under Nazi rule and against the Vatican itself. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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The Global War on the Jews
30Oct By adminNo Comments
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The Global War on the Jews

The disturbing fact of the past month is that Jews are under attack not only in Israel and not only by Hamas. The weeks since the barbaric Oct. 7 Hamas invasion of Israel have witnessed physical assaults on Jews the world over, including in the U.S. and Europe. This most modern of pogroms—global, televised, politicized—demonstrates exactly what is at stake as Israel ramps up its defensive war against Hamas in Gaza.The Islamist group and its Western enablers are pursuing or justifying a genocidal war against Jews, not merely a territorial dispute with Israel. And since Western governments too often seem unable to protect the Jewish minorities in their midst, Israel must defend itself as the only safe home for the Jewish people.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserv...
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Antisemitic Comments Increase Across Chinese Social Media
29Oct By adminNo Comments
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Antisemitic Comments Increase Across Chinese Social Media

Updated Oct. 29, 2023 2:12 pm ETAs war erupts between Israel and Hamas, a wave of antisemitic comments is sweeping through China’s social media. In recent days, searches and mentions involving the phrase “anti-Jew” skyrocketed on the Chinese app WeChat. On news stories about the Middle East turmoil, some comments have ranged from outright threats against Jews to negativity directed at anyone defending Israeli actions in the conflict. Influencers on Chinese social media who identify as Jewish have found themselves trolled by online mobs. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Muslims and Jews Report Rising Harassment in U.S., Advocacy Groups Say
26Oct By adminNo Comments
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Muslims and Jews Report Rising Harassment in U.S., Advocacy Groups Say

Muslim and Jewish Americans are reporting more harassment, intimidation and assaults since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel, organizations representing those communities said.The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group, said it received 774 complaints between Oct. 7 and Oct. 24, roughly triple what was recorded over about two weeks, on average, last year. The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy group, said of the 312 reported antisemitic incidents it has recorded between Oct. 7 and Oct. 23, 190 were related to the war, an increase unlike anything the group has seen tied to a specific event.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Israel-Hamas War Sows Division Within Entertainment Industry
22Oct By adminNo Comments
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Israel-Hamas War Sows Division Within Entertainment Industry

Oct. 22, 2023 12:00 pm ETA midshow spat between comedian Dave Chapelle and a fan. Division within the writers’ union after months of solidarity. Private discussions among Hollywood executives and stars about antisemitism. The entertainment industry is grappling with the same debates over Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks and Israel’s response that are playing out on college campuses, in offices and among friends. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Liberals Need a Reckoning With Anti-Semitism
16Oct By adminNo Comments
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Liberals Need a Reckoning With Anti-Semitism

Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The Wall Street Journal. His weekly column for the editorial page, “Free Expression,” appears in The Wall Street Journal each Tuesday. Mr. Baker is also host of “WSJ at Large with Gerry Baker,” a weekly news and current affairs interview show on the Fox Business Network, and the weekly WSJ Opinion podcast "Free Expression" where he speaks with some of the world's leading writers, influencers and thinkers about a variety of subjects.Mr. Baker previously served as Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones from 2013-2018. Prior to that, Mr. Baker was Deputy Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal from 2009-2013. He has been a journalist for more than 30 years, writing and broadcasting for some of the world’s most famous news organizations, ...
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