Facing police investigation, Irish band Kneecap denies supporting Hamas, Hezbollah

The Irish rap group Kneecap denounced Hamas and Hezbollah after Micheál Martin, the Irish prime minister, called on them to “urgently clarify” their stances. The group is from Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, and U.K. police have also announced that they are investigating the group. Martin’s call and the investigation […]

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AJC, USC Shoah Foundation announce partnership to document antisemitism since World War II

The American Jewish Committee and the USC Shoah Foundation announced that they will partner to collect 10,000 testimonies from Jews about global antisemitism since World War II. The collaboration will be part of the foundation’s Contemporary Antisemitism Collection, and seeks to showcase the various ways antisemitism has manifested since the Holocaust. “We must clearly show […]

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At the 100-year mark, Hebrew University’s American friends are looking to capitalize on a unique moment

In 1974, Pamela Nadler Emmerich — then a teenager from Montreal — arrived in Jerusalem for her freshman year at Hebrew University.  Not knowing what to expect, she signed up for a course on Jewish intellectualism, “Philosophical Implications of Rabbinic Thought,” taught by Montreal native Rabbi David Hartman. “After class, I went up and told […]

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