Elon Musk said that he believes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies inherently involve discrimination and are “fundamentally anti-Semitic,” amid the growing anti-Semitism in major Western cities and on college campuses. In an interview with commentator Ben Shapiro on Jan. 22 at the European Jewish Association Conference in Poland, the owner of X (formerly Twitter) […]
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) called out University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill for regulating “speech that it doesn’t like,” and alleged that at the same time, the UPenn campus is a hotbed of anti-Semitism and its expression. He made his comments at a Tuesday House Education Committee hearing in Washington on the topic of “Holding […]
X owner Elon Musk set off a firestorm last week when he appeared to endorse a post on his platform that some deemed anti-Semitic, leading many advertisers to abandon the site. But if those advertisers are hoping to influence his views or posting habits, they’re in for a disappointment. “I have no problem being hated,” […]
Big global brands are pulling out from advertising on X after a media report charged the platform with promoting pro-Nazi content, an accusation which X has rebutted. IBM, Comcast/NBCUniversal, Lions Gate Entertainment, Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Disney confirmed to various media outlets that they were pausing ads on X. At a press briefing on […]
During a House floor debate on Tuesday, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) spoke in support of a resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Antisemitic incidents rose roughly four times in the two weeks following the terrorist group Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Mr. Miller said, citing recent data from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) reintroduced a resolution on Nov. 6 to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), accusing the latter of “anti-Semitic activity and sympathizing with terrorist organizations.” The move came after 23 Republicans joined all 199 Democrats to table her previous resolution against Ms. Tlaib on Nov. 1, as some lawmakers disagreed with the […]
SYDNEY—American rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, may not be suitable for an Australian visa because of his history of anti-Semitic remarks, a government minister said on Wednesday, as pressure mounted to deny the award-winning rapper entry. Minister for Education Jason Clare condemned Ye’s “awful” anti-Semitic comments involving Hitler and the Holocaust, saying others […]
A film studio has shelved a documentary about rapper Kanye West after he made a number of recent remarks in interviews and on social media that were accused of being anti-semitic. Executives from MRC Entertainment said it was shelving a completed documentary about West, saying the company “cannot support any content that amplifies his platform.” In […]
A group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a censure resolution against four House Democrats, accusing them of defending terrorist organizations and inciting anti-Semitic attacks across the nation. The resolution, introduced by Reps. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), and Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), seeks to censure Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and […]
NEW YORK—Attorney General William Barr met with a small group of Jewish leaders in Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, to address the recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks across the New York metropolitan area and how the Department of Justice (DOJ) is combating it. Barr—who spoke to a group of about two dozen people […]
NEW YORK—The spate of anti-Semitic acts carried out over the past few months across the New York metropolitan area is unprecedented, Jewish leaders say, with one calling the violent nature of the incidents “fundamentally alien to the American experience.” In interviews with The Epoch Times, Jewish leaders shared what they believe the attacks have stemmed from, […]
Fears that a deadly shooting at a Jewish market in Jersey City was an anti-Semitic attack mounted on Wednesday as authorities recounted how a man and woman deliberately pulled up to the place in a rental van with at least one rifle and got out firing.
