Politics

‘Maus,’ Nazi parallels and a Shylock reference make appearances at Senate hearing on book bans

Senators and witnesses debated what level of parental involvement is appropriate in public schools and libraries.

Paris mayor revokes Mahmoud Abbas’ top honor after he spreads Holocaust falsehoods

“With manifest will, you denied the genocide of the Jewish populations of Europe by the Nazi regime and its allies,” Anne Hidalgo wrote to the Palestinian leader.

A school board member giving a Nazi salute

Ohio school board member apologizes for giving Nazi salute at public meeting

“I’m not an expert at this, but isn’t that how some of this snowballed with Hitler and Nazism?” Zakkour asked as she apologized.

Mahmoud Abbas peddles falsehoods about the Holocaust ahead of US bid to revive Israel-Palestinian talks

ADL CEO: Elon Musk is a ‘great innovator’ who engages with ‘users who are espousing antisemitism and hate’

Vivek Ramaswamy is guest of a podcaster who said Jews ‘own almost everything’

North Carolina Lieutenant Gov. Mark Robinson, pictured in 2022. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Meet Mark Robinson, the Republican frontrunner in the North Carolina governor’s race accused of antisemitism

At pre-High Holidays roundtable, Eric Adams compares Israeli protesters and Netanyahu to family members in a ‘squabble’

A Florida JCC canceled a slavery-focused talk with a Jewish author, citing ‘the current political climate’

Jack Lew, Orthodox Jew who led US Treasury, is Biden’s pick for Israel ambassador

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