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The African American Jewish relationship has a long and storied history dating back to the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60’s. The two groups played major roles in social movements from civil rights to labor and the African American support of anti-Nazi efforts during World War II. Over the years that alliance has diminished, but there are […]

TIMES SQUARE (WABC) — As part of the second night of Hanukkah, the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots program joined the NYPD, Jewish leaders, and children with special needs to kick off a massive toy drive. The Marines were dressed in their military uniforms as they announced the toy drive Monday in Times Square. Toys […]

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. As other kids in Austin recovered from trick-or-treating on Halloween last year, Sarah Adelman worried about white supremacists, her mom and their synagogue. After a series of antisemitic incidents . . .

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The Hamilton Jewish Federation (HJF) will host its first-ever international conference amid what the federation’s chief executive officer describes as an “increase in hate crimes targeting the Jewish community.” “It could not be timelier,” said Gustavo Rymberg in a press release. “When anyone’s civil or human rights are under threat, antisemitism is likely to grow. We must address antisemitism and educate […]

Police cars are seen on the street in downtown Chicago, the United States, Aug. 10, 2020. (Photo by Alan Ruffin/Xinhua) The number of hate crimes . . .

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — Thus far in 2022, reported hate crimes are on the rise in Chicago, the third largest city of the United States, particularly those based on race and religion with Blacks at 50 percent and Jews 75 percent, according to official data. “The fear runs deep through some of Chicago’s […]

According to US President Joe Biden, he is as Greek as Zeus, brought up in both the Puerto Rican community and the Black community, and is supposedly more Jewish than the Jews, but also an Irish Catholic. “I probably went to shul more than many of you did. You all think I’m kidding,” Biden said […]

A 5-year-old girl’s drawing at a summer camp in Poland’s capital caught the eye of one of her counselors. Why did she use black and white, and not red or pink, to make a heart, Rabbi Ilana Baird asked the child. The girl, sighing heavily, said it was black like the dog she left behind […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nate Looney is a Black man who grew up in Los Angeles, a descendant of enslaved people from generations ago. He’s also an observant, kippah-wearing Jew. But he doesn’t always feel welcome in Jewish spaces — his skin color sometimes elicits questioning glances, suspicions and hurtful assumptions. Once, he walked into […]


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