anti-Semitism

A Jewish man wears a yarmulke, also called a kippa, during a meeting on "the German and French perspectives on immigration, integration and identity" organized by the American Jewish Committee this week in Berlin.

Germany's Jewish Community Responds After Man Attacked For Wearing Yarmulke

8:20pm April 25, 2018

by Scott Neuman

A 21-year-old Israeli Arab who says he isn't Jewish but only conducting an "experiment" by wearing a skullcap took video of the attack last week in Berlin.

Rose Fried, granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, attends a demonstration in August in Berkeley, Calif. That state had 268 reported anti-Semitic incidents in 2017, the second-highest number in the U.S. after New York's 380.

Anti-Semitic Incidents See Largest Single-Year Increase On Record, Audit Finds

3:36pm February 27, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

The Anti-Defamation League annual audit of anti-Semitic incidents found 1,986 such occurrences, including 457 at K-12 schools and 204 on college campuses.

Report: Anti-Semitic Incidents On The Rise In North Carolina

12:48pm November 03, 2017

by David Ford

North Carolina joins a list of two other states and the District of Columbia showing significant rises in anti-Semitism.

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Volunteers from a local monument company help to reset vandalized headstones on Feb. 22 at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb. Since the beginning of the year, there has been a spike in incidents around the country

In Israel, Some Wonder Where The Outrage Is Over U.S. Anti-Semitic Acts

5:00pm February 22, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

Some Israelis criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for offering a less forceful response to anti-Semitic acts in the U.S. than elsewhere. Some say he wants to keep pressure off President Trump.

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Felix Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, signs copies of his book This Book Loves You at a Barnes & Noble in New York City in 2015.

Disney Company Drops YouTube Star PewDiePie Over Anti-Semitic Jokes

3:08pm February 14, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

More than 50 million people are subscribed to videos by gamer and comedian Felix Kjellberg. Now he's lost a lucrative contract with a Disney-owned firm, The Wall Street Journal reports.

During his campaign for president in March, Donald Trump spoke at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

Could A Trump Presidency Be Pro-Israel And White Nationalist At The Same Time?

3:48pm November 21, 2016

by Tom Gjelten

Donald Trump promises to be the most aggressively pro-Israel president ever. His embrace of an adviser whose media enterprise is tainted by anti-Semitism allegations has some Jewish leaders concerned.

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Jared Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, acknowledge the crowd at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of Nov. 9 in New York City.

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The Rise Of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's Son-In-Law

10:47am November 18, 2016

by David Folkenflik

One of Trump's closest advisers during the campaign was Jared Kushner, who is married to Trump's daughter Ivanka. The close political relationship is expected to continue into the White House.

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Anti-Defamation League Steps Up Efforts To Combat Anti-Semitism Online

7:05pm September 21, 2016

by NPR Staff

The Anti-Defamation League is hiring a Silicon Valley representative to lead efforts to combat anti-Semitism and other hate speech online, says CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

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South America has a tradition of offering a haven to refugees, including my grandfather, Miguel Garsd, pictured here in Argentina, where he began practicing medicine in the 1930s. His family had fled pogroms in the Ukraine in the late 1800s.

Refugees: That Time Everyone Said 'No' And Bolivia Said 'Yes'

11:42am November 22, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

Observers draw a parallel between anti-refugee sentiments now and during WWII. Back then, many doors where closed to those fleeing Nazism. Bolivia was a notable exception.

World News

In Argentinian Murder Mystery, Prosecutor's Death Spawns Many Suspects

3:32pm January 24, 2015

The death of an Argentinian prosecutor investigating what he said was a government cover-up has the entire country talking. NPR's Lourdes Garcia Navarro tells Scott Simon the latest developments.

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