Health & Medicine

NHS trust director steps down after JN uncovers posts about Holocaust and ‘real Jews’ Exclusive: Maqsood Ahmad, non-executive director of the Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, previously held senior role at the Home Office including 'advising the home secretary on equality and policing'

(Jewish News) A director of an NHS foundation trust has “stepped down with immediate effect” from his role after Jewish News raised concerns about social media posts comparing Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians with the Nazi Holocaust, and comments about “real Jews.” […]

Academics & Education

She pushed back her student’s hijab. Was it a mistake or an act of hate? Evidence of antisemitism competed against allegations of Islamophobia as an online debate divided this suburban community along racial and religious lines

(Washington Post) Tamar Herman knew that a Muslim girl in her second-grade class always wore a hijab. But one day, Herman thought she saw a hoodie covering it. She asked the girl to remove it, she says. Then, depending whom you believe, […]