Russia’s 150,000 Jews are now watching developments between their government and community leaders with baited breath, wondering if (and how) it will affect the unimpaired religious freedom they have enjoyed since the fall of communism.
During Kristallnacht in 1938, the Nazis destroyed many of the Jewish-owned businesses they had boycotted in 1933. These pogroms were the beginning of a genocide that claimed the lives of six million Jews over the course of the Holocaust.
Putin, a former KGB agent who spent the Soviet years terrorizing and spying on his fellow citizens, is implementing many of the lessons he learned during those formative decades in his war on Ukraine.
Students at CUNY Brooklyn College have confided to Professor David Brodsky that they are afraid to return to campus this semester because of the atmosphere of antisemitic hate and violence that pervades the institution.
A similar motion—written in the wake of renewed conflict in the Gaza Strip this May—has already been adopted at several UTLA area meetings held this summer. The union, which represents an estimated 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District educators, wrote in a statement on its website that those earlier motions do not represent “the official expressed opinions of UTLA or its elected leaders.”
Meant to bring awareness to the rise in antisemitism across the country, the event hopes to unite Jews and allies from across the political spectrum.
The sermon, which was streamed live on the synagogue’s Facebook page, immediately drew the ire of some in its virtual audience.
Not only are they fearless in their fight against disease, they are also intent on providing a reason for optimism in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The letter argues that “open discourse” is a vital part of the Jewish tradition.
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