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Jonathan Greenblatt, head of the Anti-Defamation League, speaking at the Grand Hyatt hotel in New York City, Oct. 2, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Leigh Vogel-Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

Antisemites, right-wingers, progressives … the ADL takes heat from all sides

by Arno Rosenfeld September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

Far-right and neo-Nazi supporters walk through Plauen in eastern Germany, May 1, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Sebastian Willnow-DPA-AFP via Getty Images)

Does Germany offer a model — or a warning — for how the U.S. should fight antisemitism?

by Arno Rosenfeld August 21, 2023August 21, 2023

Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks during a roundtable about the rise of antisemitism at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Dec. 7, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)

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‘Mudslinging’ over Israel threatens to overshadow White House antisemitism strategy

by Arno Rosenfeld May 24, 2023

Eric Fingerhut, head of the Jewish Federations of North America, speaks at the organization’s 2019 conference. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Federations of North America)

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JFNA conference meant to celebrate Israel’s 75th may be overwhelmed by protests

by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward April 20, 2023April 20, 2023

Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein, (left) heads the Jewish Federation of North America’s diversity work, will lead the tour. (Photo/JFNA)

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First national federation trip to Israel for Jews of color

by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward April 13, 2023

Person holds "Stop the Hate" sign

White supremacists drove the increase in antisemitic incidents in 2022

by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Demonstrators at a gathering of Israeli-Americans and Jewish Americans protesting the new Israeli government, Feb. 26, 2023, at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco. (Photo/Lea Loeb)

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Why more American Jews aren’t protesting about Israel right now

by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

Doug Emhoff (center), husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks during a roundtable about the rise of antisemitism with White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice (left) and Senior Advisor to the President for Public Engagement Keisha Lance Bottoms in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Dec. 7, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)

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How a tiny student group ended up at the White House antisemitism roundtable

by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward December 8, 2022

Pedestrians walk past the Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov School in the South Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn. (Photo/Forward-Getty Images)

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How the Jewish establishment helps fund Hasidic yeshivas

by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward September 16, 2022

While women, pictured here at a Jewish Federations of North America gathering in 2019, have been hired for chief executive roles at many smaller and mid-size federations, they lag far behind men in the top job at major city federations — though Joy Sisisky of the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation is a major exception. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Jewish Federations of North America)

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Though the Bay Area is an exception, the largest Jewish federations are run by men

by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward September 9, 2022September 9, 2022