Campaign by Aviv for Holocaust Survivors nonprofit proved that even though no official Nazi decree was issued, women and children had to carry out forced labor during the war.
"Antisemitism is dangerous, " Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish, says. "We cannot normalize this. We all have an obligation to condemn these vile acts."
Senior Biden administration officials are set to meet with US Jewish leaders on Wednesday.
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.
The New York-based Center for Jewish History is launching the DNA Reunion Project, offering DNA testing kits for free through an application on its website.
Dr. Miriam Adelson and Charles Bronfman address board of Birthright Israel Foundation, calling on the Jewish community to increase support at this "crossroads in Birthright’s historic path." Adelson vows that she and her family “will remain the biggest donor” to the organization, reflecting “our proud and unswerving commitment” to it.
Roman made his name performing at hotels and resorts in the Catskill Mountains, also referred to as the Borscht Belt for the largely Jewish crowd that vacationed there and the comics such as Mel Brooks and Don Rickles who entertained them.
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.
The draft resolution cites numerous industries where Israeli-Americans have made a positive impact, including health sciences, pharmaceutics, disaster relief, astrophysics, mathematics, chemistry, aerospace engineering, biotech, agriculture and internet technologies.
