Jewish Federations of North America

Anti-Israel protesters beat, bear mace Jews, journalists at LA synagogue A man holding a Palestinian flag can be seen physically fighting with a visibly Jewish man at the end of a video.

June 24, 2024 Michael Starr

(Jerusalem Post) An anti-Israel protest at a Los Angeles synagogue on Sunday devolved into brawls, the spraying of counter-protesters and journalists with bear mace, and vandalism of Jewish institutions, according to eyewitnesses and pro-Palestinian groups. The demonstrations at Adas Torah synagogue in […]

Judicial group targets ‘antisemite’ Biden nominee with alleged ties to terrorist sympathizers Adeel Abdullah Mangi, who faces Republican opposition, was nominated by President Biden to serve as a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

February 12, 2024 Kyle Morris

(Fox) The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), a conservative judicial advocacy organization based in Virginia, is rolling out a digital ad campaign against one of President Biden’s controversial nominees who has alleged ties to 9/11 hijacker sympathizers. The advertising campaign from JCN — […]

B.C. minister Robinson stepping down over remarks that angered pro-Palestinian groups B.C. minister steps down over Middle East remarks

February 5, 2024 Brieanna Charlebois, Chuck Chiang and Ashley Joannou

(Canadian Press) British Columbia’s Post-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson is stepping down over her remarks that modern Israel was founded on “a crappy piece of land,” after her repeated apologies failed to quell the outcry from pro-Palestinian groups and others. Premier David […]

British Columbia premier ‘very sorry’ for ‘pain, distraction’ on Holocaust Remembrance Day David Eby blamed an unnamed member of his team for posting the wrong message.

January 28, 2024 Unlisted Author

(JNS) “This province has no place for bigotry and racism. We stand with the Muslim community throughout Canada on this sorrowful day of remembrance.” So wrote David Eby, premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia and leader of the British Columbia […]

NJ school district blasted for partnering with controversial CAIR group

January 28, 2024 Aneeta Bhole

(NY Post) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is blasting a New Jersey school district for partnering up with the local branch of a controversial American-Islamic advocacy organization CAIR — calling the move “outrageous and unacceptable.” Teaneck Public Schools Superintendent Andre Spencer, who endorsed […]

Moorpark professor arrested in death of Jewish protester Paul Kessler in Thousand Oaks

November 16, 2023 Richard Winton, Noah Goldberg, Grace Toohey and Terry Castleman

(LA Times) A Moorpark College professor has been arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Jewish protester who suffered head injuries during clashes between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators earlier this month in Thousand Oaks. Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, […]

Jewish groups blast Biden’s anitsemitism strategy; shaped by antisemitic CAIR

May 25, 2023 Joel B. Pollak

(Breitbart) The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) blasted President Joe Biden’s new antisemitism strategy on Thursday, as it emerged that it was crafted with help from the antisemitic Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The strategy excludes extreme criticism of Israel from the definition […]

Anti-Israel nonprofit continues to sabotage efforts to pass antisemitism definition into Georgia law

March 29, 2023 Kate Anderson

(Daily Caller) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a nonprofit known for its anti-Israel rhetoric and ties to terrorist groups, has been actively working to prevent the Georgia legislature from passing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. CAIR campaigned […]

Kanye West becomes part of CAIR’s antisemitism con

October 27, 2022 Steven Emerson

(IPT) If disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein issued a statement condemning Bill Cosby’s alleged abuse of women, would you take it seriously? I sure hope not. Weinstein is on trial in Los Angeles for alleged rapes after being convicted in 2020 […]

Zahra Billoo removed as keynote speaker at San Mateo women’s conference

February 10, 2022 Emma Goss

(Jewish News of Northern California) Zahra Billoo, a Muslim civil rights attorney and activist in the Bay Area who came under fire recently for controversial remarks attacking mainstream Jewish organizations, has been removed as a keynote speaker from San Mateo County’s RISE […]

Council on American-Islamic Relations, Sunrise Movement included in Jewish group’s ‘Global Antisemitism’ list

December 27, 2021 Benjamin Kerstein

(Algemeiner) The Council on American-Islamic Relations and the climate change group Sunrise Movement have been jointly ranked eighth on a “Global Anti-Semitism” top ten list to be issued Tuesday by the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), the Algemeiner has learned. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, […]

Muslim civil rights group leader continues attacks on ‘Zionists’ as she goes on sabbatical

December 21, 2021 Ron Kampeas

(JTA) A Muslim civil rights leader who stirred outrage when she said “polite Zionists” like Jewish federations “are not your friends” continued her critique of “Zionists” as she announced that she is going on a sabbatical. “I am still in the middle […]

Head of ADL blasts Muslim advocacy org CAIR for ‘blatant antisemitism’

December 13, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Algemeiner) The head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a strong condemnation of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Sunday after the Muslim advocacy group backed racist and antisemitic statements made by one of its executive directors, accusing both of “blatant […]

CAIR supports member that said ‘Zionist synagogues’ behind Islamophobia Zahra Billoo claimed Zionist organizations were behind Islamophobia, police brutality, and border control.

December 12, 2021 Michael Starr

(Jerusalem Post) After the outrage following remarks by CAIR San Francisco executive director Zahra Billoo — who said that Jewish Zionist organizations are “enemies” who are part of a conspiracy behind [Islamophobia] — the Council on American-Islamic Relations came out in support […]

Muslim leader’s warning about Hillel, ADL and other pro-Israel groups prompts backlash

December 8, 2021 Arno Rosenfeld

(Forward) A speech by a leader in the Council on American-Islamic [Relations] — the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group — drew a concerned response from some pro-Israel Jewish groups after she warned that Muslims who support Palestinian rights should not work […]

Zionists are behind Islamophobia, US police brutality — CAIR official Billoo claimed Zionist organizations were behind Islamophobia, police brutality and [US border control]

December 6, 2021 Michael Starr

(Jerusalem Post) “Zionist synagogues,” the Anti-Defamation League, Hillel and other Jewish organizations are “enemies” who are part of a conspiracy behind [Islamophobia], American police brutality, and US border control, according to a speech made by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) San […]

CAIR’s Awad considers Tel Aviv ‘occupied,’ prays for its liberation

December 1, 2021 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Nihad Awad normally presents himself as mild mannered and measured. That demeanor has helped the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) co-founder and executive director appear on national news channels and be welcomed in congressional offices. But his true radicalism was exposed […]

Ilhan Omar dodges when asked by Chris Hayes what Jewish community thinks of her comments criticized as anti-Semitic

November 17, 2021 Jackson Richman

(Mediaite) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) dodged a question during a friendly interview with Chris Hayes when the MSNBC anchor asked what the Jewish community thinks of her comments that have been criticized as anti-Semitic. During a Tuesday episode of Hayes’s podcast, Why […]