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San Francisco Police vehicles block the Embarcadero during a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco, on June 8, 2025. The protest was called after President Donald Trump mobilized 2000 members of the California National Guard to quell protests in Los Angeles. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOpinion

He showed America the Third Reich — what would he think of us now?

by Terrence Petty September 15, 2025September 15, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. When 30-year-old American journalist William L. Shirer arrived in […]

Giorgia Meloni is seen holding a placard that says, in Italian, "Thanks Italy," Sept. 26, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Valeria Ferraro-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Italian Jews worry and wait as Giorgia Meloni, far-right leader, prepares to take power

Simone Somekh by Simone Somekh and JTA September 30, 2022September 30, 2022
Anthony Starr as Homelander in "The Boys" Season 3. (Photo/Courtesy Prime Video)
Posted inTV

On ‘The Boys,’ our superhero obsession births a familiar fascist

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward July 20, 2022
Hungarian Jews celebrate the opening of a new synagogue in Budapest on Aug. 27, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

More Orban or a party with a neo-Nazi record? Hungary’s Jews don’t like their choices in this week’s election.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA April 1, 2022April 1, 2022
Journalist Dave Pell (second from right) with his late father Joseph Pell (center) and their family. 
Posted inNews

Families of Holocaust survivors see historical parallels in the news

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 25, 2021January 26, 2021
Among the pro-Trump mob at the US Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, a flag depicts Trump as a Rambo-like figure. (Photo/Lloyd Wolf)
Posted inU.S.

Q&A: The extreme ‘animating myth’ that unites Trump bloc

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 20, 2021January 21, 2021
Adolf Eichmann at his 1961 trial for war crimes. (Photo/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Posted inLocal Voice

With our nation in peril, fascism demands a Jewish response

Terry Lynn Karl by Terry Lynn Karl January 18, 2021January 18, 2021
Trump supporters near the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. Some stormed the building, breaking windows and clashing with police. (Photo/JTA-Shay Horse-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

To truly heal as a nation, we must have a deep national reckoning

Rabbi Sharon Brous by Rabbi Sharon Brous and JTA January 8, 2021
Journalist Talia Lavin (Photo/JTA-Yonit Lavin)
Posted inOpinion

Anti-Semitism, white supremacy and swords: Talia Lavin dives into the most hateful corners of the internet

by Emily Burack and JTA October 20, 2020
A screenshot from an ad by the Jewish Democratic Council of America released on Sept. 29, 2020. The ad draws parallels between the rise of fascism in Germany and the Trump presidency.
Posted inNews

Nazi comparisons have long been off-limits for American Jews. A new political ad suggests that’s changing in the Trump era.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA September 30, 2020September 30, 2020

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