Rabbi Hillel asked three rhetorical questions: If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when? The implied answer to the first question is that, if I am not for myself, no one will be for me. In the context of the …
By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada According to a new report on antisemitism in the United Kingdom,, antisemitic incidents rose by 11% In the first half of 2016. The Community Security Trust (CST) released a report that revealed a total of 557 antisemitic incidents that took place in the UK between January and June of 2016. CST is an organization …
By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada Malia Bouattia, president of the United Kingdom’s National Union of Students (NUS),has again been accused of antisemitism after voting for a measure that would take away the ability of Jewish students to choose their own representative to the Anti-Racism, Anti-Fascism (ARAF) committee. The ARAF committee allocates seats to a …
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada A life peer (high ranked politician) in the United Kingdom claims that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is a “major cause” of ISIS and the rise of Islamist terrorism. Baroness Jenny Tonge, a Liberal Democrat, said in the House of Lords that Israel is “creating a generation of terrorists who …
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada A British university student is receiving monetary retribution after years of antisemitic abuse on campus from members of the school’s student union. The student union at the University of York issued Zachary Confino, a third year law student, a public apology along with a grant of £1,000 in compensation …
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