Antisemitism

According to an Israeli source, “2023 is predicted to be a decisive and difficult year" when it comes to antisemitism in the American mainstream.

Generations ago, famous Americans including Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh unapologetically expressed antisemitic sentiments in a way that would have shocked Americans in more recent decades. Now, the internet and social media make it easy for world-famous celebrities to normalize anti-Jewish hate.

Christopher Brown and Matthew Mahrer are arrested on charges including criminal possession of a weapon. “This was not an idle threat," NYC Mayor Eric Adams says.

Twitter restricted Ye’s account in October after he made a series of public antisemitic statements.

Far-right politician Holger Winterstein has brought "shame upon himself and his party," Israel envoy to Germany Ron Prosor says.

Alums for Campus Fairness finds that of all the articles about Israel exhibiting a bias, 181 were themselves biased against the Jewish state.

Gabriel Boric reportedly refuses to see the new envoy because Israel is "killing children in Gaza." The Chilean leader has a history of anti-Israel rhetoric and is a known supporter of BDS.

The complaint filed by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law alleges that UVM has allowed a hostile environment to exist on campus in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

President Isaac Herzog and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visit the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany on Tuesday, vowing to fight antisemitism.