Racism
A Dollar General store in Fort White, Fla., about 90 minutes west of Jacksonville. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons via JNS)
August 28, 2023, 7:18 pm
Jewish leaders react to white supremacist killer of three in Jacksonville, Fla.
Police reveal that the murderer used an AR-style rifle scrawled with at least two swastikas.
By JNS
Clint Smith is the author of December’s cover story in the Atlantic, “Monuments to the Unthinkable,” exploring how Germany — and by extension, the United States — accounts for the crimes of its past. (Courtesy the Atlantic)
November 28, 2022, 2:26 pm
A Black writer explores how Germany remembers its ‘unthinkable’ past
Wrestling with how America accounts for its past crimes, he went to learn from the Germans, who “are still trying to figure out how to tell the story of what their country did..”
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (center) marches with Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (far right) from Selma to Montgomery during the Civil Rights Movement. (Getty)
June 16, 2022, 4:01 pm
On Juneteenth, Jewish communities are reckoning with their own attitudes on race
For many Jewish institutions, Juneteenth is not just an opportunity for solidarity with the Black community, but a moment to grapple with racism in their own spaces
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Debbie Maier Jacknin and her piece “Eye Persist” (Photo courtesy of Debbie Maier Jacknin)
June 13, 2022, 9:27 pm
Lawrenceville exhibit showcases art addressing racism
“This element of hate is out there, but art has a way of reaching people.”
By Justin Vellucci
Buffalo, New York skyline (Dekema, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
May 15, 2022, 8:13 am
Avowed antisemite and white supremacist kills 10 in Buffalo supermarket shooting
Shooter wrote in his manifesto that Jews are the real problem but that “they can be dealt with in time.”
By Philissa Cramer and Ron Kampeas
Dr. Khalid el-Hakim holds an artifact from his collection. Photo courtesy of the Black History 101 Mobile Museum
January 10, 2022, 12:56 pm
Mobile Museum artifacts are tools for telling stories
Khalid el-Hakim's mobile museum began with a collection of artifacts. Thousands of acquisitions later, he's still searching for one thing: dialogue
By Adam Reinherz
Examples of white supremacist propaganda recorded by the Anti-Defamation League in 2020. (Image courtesy of the ADL via JTA)
March 17, 2021, 11:16 am
White supremacist propaganda nearly doubled in 2020 to most in a decade
A new ADL report counted 5,125 pieces of propaganda distributed by 30 white supremacist groups across 49 states in 2020.
By Ben Sales
Two scenes from the Jan. 6, 2021, rioting: A noose hung by pro-Trump insurgents and a man wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" jacket seen on Reddit. (Noose photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)
January 8, 2021, 10:34 am
Neo-Nazis, QAnon and Camp Auschwitz symbols on display at Capitol riots
Here’s what you need to know about them and the movements they represent.
By Laura E. Adkins and Emily Burack
Joe Biden accepts the Democratic Party nomination for president during the last day of the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 20, 2020. (JTA/Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
August 21, 2020, 12:40 pm
Biden closes DNC the way he launched his campaign: Repudiating anti-Semitism
Biden recalled the deadly 2017 neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Va., citing "the same anti-Semitic bile heard across Europe in the 30s."
By Ron Kampeas
In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addresses the virtual convention on August 17, 2020. (JTA/Handout/DNCC via Getty Images)
August 18, 2020, 3:02 pm
Accusations that Trump stokes racism and anti-Semitism take center stage at DNC
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo: "The divisions have been growing deeper."
By Ron Kampeas
Lauren Bairnsfather discusses the history and mission of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. Screenshot by Adam Reinherz
July 31, 2020, 2:34 pm
Holocaust Center shares history and mission at Pitt diversity forum
Staff members describe past efforts and future approaches to combating anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of hate
By Adam Reinherz
From left: Jackie Robinson (Hulton Archive/Getty Images); Hank Greenberg (Getty Images); Zach Banner (Katharine Lotze/Getty Images); and DeSean Jackson (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
July 15, 2020, 10:41 am
What Hank Greenberg’s friendship with Jackie Robinson can teach us today
"We must do what Greenberg did in 1947, what Heschel taught in 1963 and what Banner posted the other day. Change our hearts, put our arms around people and uplift each other."
By Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove
September 5, 2019, 10:18 am
Accidental racism in the Jewish world
Racism cuts across all communities
By Aryeh Ho
Laptop, Computer, Desktop PC, Human Hand, Office / soft focus picture / Vintage concept
July 31, 2019, 12:12 pm
Don’t counter racism with racism
Omar's intolerance is alienating
By Susan Shapiro
Laptop, Computer, Desktop PC, Human Hand, Office / soft focus picture / Vintage concept
July 24, 2019, 10:54 am
Jews must not be shields for Trump’s racism
Trump's rhetoric speaks for itself
By Aaron Keyak
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