MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) — President Donald Trump mourned the dead and forcefully condemned anti-Semitism after a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 dead. But faced with another national tragedy, he did not long turn his focus away from the midterm elections or himself. Nine days from elections that will determine the control […]
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Police: Synagogue gunman said he wanted all Jews to die
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The suspect in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and told officers afterward that Jews were committing genocide and that he wanted them all to die, according to charging documents made public Sunday. Robert Gregory Bowers killed eight men and three women inside the […]
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Charles Krauthammer: Anti-Semitism rears ugly head in Europe
WASHINGTON — Amid the ritual expressions of regret and the pledges of “never again” on Tuesday’s 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a bitter irony was noted: Anti-Semitism has returned to Europe. With a vengeance. It has become routine. If the kosher-grocery massacre in Paris hadn’t happened in conjunction with Charlie Hebdo, how much […]
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S. Dresdner: ‘Jew’ is not a verb
Recently, a congregant had the following experience: Her heating system was down so she called in a technician. He was hard-working, competent and sociable. The technician commented on a menorah and other Jewish items that she had in the house. As he was finishing up, he casually mentioned that a particular business in town tried […]
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Cal Thomas: No more aid to the Palestinian Authority
The anti-Semitic “tradition” of blaming Jews for the world’s problems mostly took a temporary back seat in light of the indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas. Major newspaper editorials condemned Hamas, but their condemnation was hedged by calls for “restraint” on “both sides” and “proportionality” in Israel’s response to the attacks. […]