Pew survey: Americans do not care about the boycott Israel movement By Ron Kampeas, JTA May 27, 2022 A Pew Research Center survey released Thursday found that American adults are just not paying attention to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. A whopping 84% of adults surveyed said they have heard “not much” or “nothing at all” about the movement, which seeks to pressure Israel into changing its policy towards the Palestinians by… Read More
U.S. Jewish Queer Youth 'means the world' to queer Orthodox teens Students come to Jewish Queer Youth secretively — through a Google search, a meme on social media, a pamphlet in their local pizzeria, a chat between two… By Lauren Hakimi, Forward May 27, 2022
Politics ATF nominee Dettelbach mentions his Judaism at Senate hearing Steven Dettelbach, President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), pledged to focus on combating hate… By Jacob Kornbluh, Forward May 26, 2022
Analysis Jewish orgs condemn Texas school shooting, but only some push for action After the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed at least 19 children and two adults on Tuesday, an array of Jewish groups issued statements that… By Ron Kampeas, JTA May 25, 2022
Culture Time 100 Jewish entries: Volodymyr Zelensky, Zoë Kravitz and more Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s Jewish president who has been leading his country during the Russian invasion that began in late February, has been named… By Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA May 24, 2022
U.S. Scenes from NYC’s Israel Parade, which drew 40,000 people Thousands gathered on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Sunday, May 22, to show their support for Israel at the New York City’s annual Celebrate Israel Parade.… By Julia Gergely, Jewish Week May 23, 2022
Israel Gantz: ‘We seek the truth’ on killing of Palestinian-American journalist Israel’s defense minister, Benny Gantz, said on Sunday that he discussed the fatal shooting of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh while she… By Jacob Kornbluh, Forward May 23, 2022
Tech Conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds continue to swirl Once again, the Rothschilds are trending. This time, it’s not because Marjorie Taylor Greene said they had space lasers, but because an economist named… By Mira Fox, Forward May 20, 2022
Tech Why it’s so hard to take hate sites off the internet After a white supremacist allegedly gunned down 10 African-Americans at a Buffalo grocery store Saturday, two of the social media websites he used to plan… By Arno Rosenfeld, Forward May 19, 2022