Charlottesville’s Jewish mayor is an expert on demagogues, and now on anti-Semitism
By Ron Kampeas CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (JTA) — Michael Signer, the Jewish mayor of Charlottesville, has one thing in common with the white supremacists who descended…
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Trump names KKK, white supremacists, neo-Nazis in condemnation of Charlottesville rally
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Amid a furor over his delay in denouncing a white supremacists’ rally in specific terms, President Donald Trump condemned the “racist violence”…
Hate in Charlottesville: The day the Nazi called me Shlomo
By Ron Kampeas CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (JTA) — The white supremacists, for all their vaunted purpose, appeared to be disoriented. Some 500 had gathered at a…
op/ed: Donald Trump isn’t funny. Sad!
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — On Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump tweeted something that surprised me: “I think Senator Blumenthal should take a nice long…
At Maccabiah, reflecting on Canada’s privileged relationship with Israel
By Anthony Housefather (CJN) – Walking into Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem as part of the Maccabiah Games’ opening ceremony is very special for any athlete….