ADL: Holocaust denial persists on Facebook one year after ban By Yonat Shimron, RNS Dec 3, 2021 A new report from the Anti-Defamation League shows that while Facebook has removed major Holocaust denial posts on its platform, gaps in enforcing its ban remain one year after it went into effect. The report found nine troubling posts that overtly violated Facebook’s hate speech policy. As of Dec.1, the ADL said three of the nine remain.… Read More
Politics Local Jewish leaders rep Bay Area at White House Hanukkah party The annual White House Hanukkah party, one of the hottest tickets in D.C. in any year, was a more intimate affair than usual this year, reduced in size by… By J. Staff, JTA Dec 2, 2021
Politics As Supreme Court debates abortion, dueling theologies protest outside Religious supporters and opponents of abortion rights demonstrated outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, giving voice to competing faith-rooted… By Jack Jenkins, RNS Dec 2, 2021
Tech Another Jewish group's anti-hate ad rejected by Facebook algorithm Just ahead of Hanukkah, the Jewish Federation of Broward County in Florida tried to purchase an ad on Facebook, a simple post calling attention to the… By Asaf Shalev, JTA Dec 1, 2021
Politics Back from Israel, Jamaal Bowman faces protest from socialist allies Speaking to a group of college students, Rep. Jamaal Bowman expressed no regret about taking a recent trip to Israel and the West Bank with the liberal… By Ben Sales, JTA Nov 30, 2021
California ‘Goyim Defense League’ blamed for antisemitic flyers in Beverly Hills This piece first appeared at the Forward. Several residents of Beverly Hills discovered an early Hanukkah present in their driveways Sunday morning: a… By Louis Keene, Forward Nov 30, 2021
Politics The (more modest, less partisan) White House Hanukkah party is back! This piece first appeared at the Forward and is reprinted with permission. It was touch and go for the White House Hanukkah party this year. For the… By Jacob Kornbluh, Forward Nov 29, 2021
U.S. Jury awards $25 million to plaintiffs injured at far-right Charlottesville rally A jury awarded $25 million against the white-supremacist organizers of the deadly 2017 Charlottesville far-right rally, although it deadlocked on awarding… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Nov 24, 2021
Sports Meet Greg Joseph, the NFL’s only Jewish kicker The only Jewish kicker in the NFL for years now, Greg Joseph is used to how mentally taxing the position can be. On Sunday, he found himself in another… By Emily Burack, JTA Nov 23, 2021