Aaron Bandler
Aaron Bandler is an investigative journalist for the Jewish Journal. Originally from the Bay Area, his past work experience includes writing for The Daily Wire, The Daily Caller and Townhall. https://twitter.com/bandlersbanter https://www.facebook.com/bandlersbanter
Ukraine Holocaust Memorial Hit in Russian Airstrike
March 1, 2022
The Babi Yar Memorial, where nearly 34,000 Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, was damaged after the Russians launched a missile against the nearby Kyiv TV Tower, the capital’s main television tower.
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar Speak at White Nationalist Conference
February 28, 2022
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt tweeted that during the conference, Fuentes declared that people are comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, drawing a response of “Let’s go!!!” from the crowd and “espoused replacement theory.” Greene spoke at the conference in person, while Gosar spoke in a video address.
Rep. Ted Deutch to Replace David Harris as AJC CEO
February 28, 2022
“AJC will continue to defend the global Jewish community whenever and wherever it is threatened,” Deutch said in a statement.
Wiesenthal Center Calls for US to “Shut Down All Diplomatic Interchange with Moscow”
February 28, 2022
“It is incomprehensible that while millions of innocent Ukrainians are cowering in bomb shelters and subways, when its government and institutions are being targeted for destruction, that the US State Department can still believe it can be diplomatic business as usual with Vladimir Putin’s regime. There can be no diplomatic niceties with Russia while its invading troops murder, maim, and displace, innocent Ukrainians.”
Jewish Groups React to Russian Invasion of Ukraine
February 24, 2022
Russia launched the invasion against Ukraine on February 24; Russian President Vladimir Putin alleged that the invasion is necessary to “denazify” Ukraine. The Associated Press (AP) reported that Putin was depicting “members of Ukrainian right-wing groups as neo-Nazis, exploiting their admiration for WWII-era Ukrainian nationalist leaders who sided with the Nazis.”
Duke SSI Chapter Reinstated
February 24, 2022
“Almost four months after the veto of our club, tonight the Duke Student Government did the right thing and unanimously approved SSI to be officially registered on campus again, like it should have been from the very beginning,” SSI announced in an email to supporters.
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