Anti-Semitism on the Rise in the U.K.

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 6, 2015 Anti-Semitic incidents in the U.K. are at an all-time high, with reports of violence, property damage, abuse and threats against members of Britain’s Jewish population in 2014 more than double the number from the year before. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Leonard Beerman: Activist, Pacifist, Rebel and Rabbi

The Rev. Madison Shockley / Truthdig Dec 28, 2014 In a remembrance published earlier this week, the Rev. Madison Shockley recalled Rabbi Leonard Beerman, who will be buried today, as a great light for justice and peace. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Coexisting

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Jewish Leader Henry Siegman on Gaza: ‘A Slaughter of Innocents’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2014 Henry Siegman was born in Germany three years before the Nazis came to power in 1933. In a two-part interview with "Democracy Now!," he discusses the Israeli assault on Gaza, the myths surrounding Israel’s founding in 1948, and his evolution from German-Jewish refugee to leading voice among American Jews and vocal critic of Israel’s policies in the Occupied Territories. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Indiscriminate Compassion of Haneen Zoabi

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 14, 2014 In a government driven mad and violent by self-interest and fear, the Israeli legislator is battling enemies many of her peers appear not to see. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Pope Francis Heckled in the Holy Land

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2014 The pontiff was in Jerusalem on Monday, where he called for more tolerance and cooperation between Jews, Christians and Muslims. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Update: ‘Ukraine Is Not Ordering Its Jews to Register’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 18, 2014 "Today, the Western press caught up with the Ukrainian rumor mill," The New Republic reports. "Apparently, the People's Republic of Donetsk had ordered all Jews over the age of 16 to pay a fee of $50 U.S. and register with the new 'authorities,' or face loss of citizenship or expulsion." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Massive Protest by Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Against Conscription

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 3, 2014 Israel’s Haredim, an Eastern European branch of Judaism emphasizing strict religious adherence, were a tiny minority at Israel’s founding in 1948 and were given an exemption from conscription. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘This Pseudo-Historical Nonsense Is Over a Century Old’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 12, 2013 The Internet is alight with reports that a scholar will prove Jesus Christ was a deliberate Roman invention. Historian and atheist Richard Carrier, who agrees Jesus never existed, says O-ha! Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Holidays in the Holy Land

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God Is Watching

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When Jewish Upon a Star

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 3, 2011 The voice on the other end of the telephone needed to make sure that I was 21. I wasn’t. “I’m 22,” I said, lying, figuring that 19 might as well be 22 and, anyway, this was a comedy club that I was scheduling an audition for, not the Moonlite Bunny Ranch or the FBI.Back in the summer of 1982 I asked my mother if we had any Jewish ancestors. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )