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The Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut has determined that it would be beneficial to our entire community if the Federation were to issue a response to the recent mass dissemination of hateful information targeting the Jewish community.

Surging Twitter antisemitism unites fringe

Surging Twitter antisemitism unites fringe, encourages violence, officials say.
 

Current and former federal officials are warning that a surge in hate speech and disinformation about Jews on Twitter is uniting and popularizing some of the same extremists who have helped push people to eng…

EDITORIAL: The toxic stew of anti-Semitism

Kanye West proclaiming he loves Hitler comes from the same toxic stew of Jew hatred that demonizes and delegitimizes Israel, the world’s only Jewish state.

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https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-the-toxic-stew-of-anti-semitism

'We encounter mostly hate': Israeli reporters' notebook from Qatar

A YNET News article documenting that Israeli Reporters encountered hate at the World Cup soccer matches held in Qatar. 

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https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/hyqdlygdo#autoplay 

UNRWA discovers terrorist tunnel under Gaza school

A Jerusalem Post article noting that United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has discovered a “terror tunnel” located under a UNRWA sponsored school. 

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https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict…

Bomb victim Tadese Tashume Ben Ma’ada buried in Jerusalem

An article from the Times of Israel confirming that Tadese Tashume Ben Ma’ada, a husband and father of six children, became the second fatality of the terrorist bombing that targeted a bus stop in Jerusalem early in November. Ben Ma’ada escaped Ethiopia to return to the Jewish homeland o…