November 2017
Standing Up, Standing Proud for Israel
StandWithUs' I Heart Israel Gala returns Dec. 2
November 2017
- Is supporting peace illegal in Israel? A shocking arrest carries a warningA Jewish man is wearing his kippah at a local café when an angry customer accosts him. The kippah is against the law, the man is told; the other customer calls the police. Within minutes, officers arrive. They confiscate the Jewish man’s belongings, and place him in a cell without water for around 20 minutes.... […]
- The handwriting analysis that convicted Alfred Dreyfus is for saleThe false conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, a captain in the French military, for treason against France in 1894 is remembered by historians as a flashpoint of antisemitism in modern history. It spread a renewed hatred and suspicion of Jews throughout French society, birthed Emile Zola’s famous J’accuse and spurred early Zionists like Theodore Herzl, who... […]