Tufts SJP Revokes Impeachment Complaint Against Jewish Student

Jewish Journal By Aaron Bandler February 26, 2021 Photo by: HereToHelp / Wikimedia Commons Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) revoked their impeachment complaint against Jewish student Max Price on February 26. According to the Louis Brandeis Center for Human Rights, Price was informed about the withdrawn complaint the same day. Price, a member […]

StandWithUs Celebrates the Cancellation of Hateful Student Government Hearing at Tufts University

(Boston, MA – February 28, 2021) – StandWithUs is pleased by the cancellation of the discriminatory hearing and impeachment attempt against Max Price, a member of the Tufts Community Union Judiciary (TCUJ), due to his Jewish and Zionist identity which was scheduled for February 28. While we are relieved that this prejudiced trial will not […]

Antisemitic ‘SNL’ Slur Is No Laughing Matter

The Algemeiner Carly Gammill FEBRUARY 25, 2021 On February 20, “Saturday Night Live’s” (“SNL”) co-head writer and “Weekend Update” co-anchor Michael Che responded to Israel’s news that it has vaccinated half of its population against COVID-19 by suggesting it was only “the Jewish half.” The resulting laughter from the audience demonstrated once again that antisemitic […]

Tufts Jewish Student Says He’s Harassed for Pro-Israel Activity

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler February 24, 2021 A Jewish student at Tufts University is alleging anti-Semitic harassment over his involvement with pro-Israel groups. Jewish Insider and Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) reported that the student, Max Price, currently serves on the Tufts Community Union Judiciary (TCUJ), which reviews referendums from the student government. During the fall […]

NBC Faces Jewish Community Furor Over ‘Dangerous, Pernicious’ Attack on Orthodox Jews in Show ‘Nurse

The Algemeiner Shiryn Ghermezian FEBRUARY 24, 2021 For the second time this week, NBC is facing broad condemnation from top Jewish organizations, for a scene in the television show “Nurses” that features an Orthodox Jewish character who refuses a bone graft because it might have come from “goyim” — a Yiddish word for non-Jews — […]

Town of North Hempstead, NY Unanimously Passes IHRA Resolution

Avi Posnick is on the far left, speaking. The speaker view is Town of North Hempstead Supervisor, Judi Bosworth On Feb 24, 2021, the Town of North Hempstead, New York, unanimously passed a resolution calling for the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. Avi Posnick, the Northeast Regional Director for […]

Letter to Tufts re Wrongful Student Senate Hearing

February 25, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( Anthony.Monaco@tufts.edu ) Dr. Anthony P. Monaco, M.D., Ph.D. President Tufts University Office of the President Ballou Hall, 2nd Floor Medford, Massachusetts 02155 Dear President Monaco, We write to you now, as we have previously, on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, […]

‘Antisemitism is never funny’: Christian group condemns Che’s SNL joke

Jerusalem Post Staff FEBRUARY 23, 2021 ANCHOR COLIN JOST (left) and anchor Michael Che during Weekend Update on ‘Saturday Night Live’ last year. (photo credit: WILL HEATH/NBC/TNS) Michael Che’s now-infamous joke on Saturday Night Live about Israel’s vaccination priorities is riling up not only Jews, but Christians as well. “Israel is reporting that they’ve vaccinated […]

Jewish groups outraged by SNL ‘joke’ about Israel only vaccinating Jews

“The ‘Saturday Night Live’ libel has already been used to promote anti-Semitic words and deeds. ‘SNL’ and NBC should apologize and disown this dangerous and misleading assertion,” states StandWithUs. Jewish News Syndicate (February 22, 2021 / Israel Hayom) Jewish groups and Israeli officials on Sunday accused NBC’ s iconic American late-night variety show “Saturday Night […]

‘Antisemitic trope’: NBC under fire over ‘SNL’ sketch on Israeli vaccine rollout

Washington Times Valerie Richardson February 22, 2021 NBC officials are facing calls to apologize over a “Saturday Night Live” sketch that accused Israel of vaccinating only its Jewish citizens against the novel coronavirus, a claim that critics lambasted as untrue and anti-Semitic. Comedian Michael Che said during the show’s “Weekend Update” segment that “Israel is […]

Jewish Leaders and Groups Slam ‘Saturday Night Live’ Over Skit About Israel’s Vaccination Drive

The Algemeiner Staff FEBRUARY 21, 2021 Jewish leaders, groups, and educators on Sunday condemned as “antisemitic” a “Saturday Night Live” skit in which a cast member joked about Israel’s vaccine campaign. In the regular news parody segment “Weekend Update,” broadcast on Feb. 20, cast member Michael Che said, “Israel is reporting that they vaccinated half […]

The AJC wants ‘Saturday Night Live’ to apologize for vaccine joke

Jerusalem Post RON KAMPEAS/JTA FEBRUARY 22, 2021 The American Jewish Committee is circulating a petition asking “Saturday Night Live” to apologize for a joke that suggested Israel is vaccinating only its Jewish population. “Israel is reporting that they’ve vaccinated half of their population, and I’m going to guess it’s the Jewish half,” Michael Che, the […]

StandWithUs Launches Letter-Writing Campaign to SNL Over Antisemitic Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE StandWithUs Launches Letter-Writing Campaign to SNL Over Antisemitic Comment (Los Angeles, CA — February 21, 2021) — StandWithUs launched a letter-writing campaign to SNL (Saturday Night Live) and NBC execs demanding an apology over antisemitic remarks made by Michael Che accusing Israel of vaccinating only “the Jewish half” of their population against […]

Orthodox Jews Slam New Amazon Prime Regulations

The Washington Free Beacon Santi Ruiz FEBRUARY 19, 2021 Photo: Claudio Divizia / Shutterstock.com Orthodox Jews are slamming a new Amazon policy they say will shut them out of a coveted program that allows sellers to ship goods directly from non-Amazon warehouses as “Prime” products. The changes, which were announced in August 2020 and instituted […]

Federal Appeals Court Sends Arkansas Anti-BDS Law to Lower Court

Jewish Journal By Aaron Bandler February 16, 2021 A United States federal appeals court sent Arkansas’ anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) law back to a lower court on February 12. The case in question stems from 2018, when one of the advertisers for The Arkansas Times, the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College ceased ties with […]

Mezuzah smashed, swastika carved into doorframe of Jewish student’s home in the Netherlands

Jewish Telegraphic Agency FEBRUARY 18, 2021 AMSTERDAM ( JTA ) — A swastika was carved into the doorframe of a Jewish student’s house in the Dutch city of Maastricht and the mezuzah was torn off. The Maastricht University student discovered the damage to his mezuzah, an object containing scripture on parchment that Jews affix to […]

Long Beach City College Board of Trustees Criticized for Not Voting on IHRA Resolution

Jewish Journal By Aaron Bandler February 17, 2021 Photo: Justin / Creative Commons Jewish groups are criticizing the Long Beach City College Board of Trustees for not voting on a resolution adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism during their January 27 meeting. During the meeting, which was the same day as […]

Next chapter: BDS, anti-IHRA bills fail at Florida State University

Southern Jewish Life Magazine February 12, 2021 Photo: Nagel Photography / Shutterstock.com Continuing a year of drama over the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the student senate at Florida State University dealt a large setback to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement by soundly rejecting three anti-Israel resolutions. The resolutions were written by Ahmad Daraldik, who had been […]