Voting Trends Among Jews The Importance of an Individual’s Vote In a country founded on the basis of popular sovereignty, every individual’s vote is critical in order to uphold our fragile democracy. After all, when looking at their track record, popular votes have caused monumental changes in the US: they have elected leaders who have started wars, ended slavery, and broadened the scope of freedom. And despite the fact that the Jewish voting bloc only Read more…
Jewish Voters League of America Meets With US Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis Introduction On Thursday, February 11, 2021, the Jewish Voters League of America (JVLA) met with U.S. Congresswomen Nicole Malliotakis (Republican; NY-11) to discuss her recent election, the uptick in antisemitism in New York, and how politicians and everyday Americans alike can do their part to combat hatred. About the Congresswoman Born to immigrant parents from Greece and Cuba and growing up in Staten Island, Malliotakis Read more…
Is the UN Biased Against Israel? Just four years after the UN’s founding, on May 11, 1949, Israel was formally declared a member of the United Nations (UN). Since then, the UN Security Council has adopted seventy nine resolutions directly related to the Arab-Israeli conflict (as of 2010). Yet, over the course of its seventy-one year history with this national organization, Israel has been the target of one-sided condemnations by the UN that criticize the Jewish Read more…
Is Being Anti-Israel Antisemitic? Introduction Since the most recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict from March to June of 2021, a new wave of pro-Palestinian organizations and movements have been taking shape, and with them an increase in antisemitic attacks against American Jews. The Anti-Defamation League reported 222 incidents of antisemitic hate crimes in the two weeks encompassing the exchange of missiles fired in Gaza alone. Just a couple of examples include a Jewish diner in Los Angeles that Read more…
Everyone agrees that the future of America –and for that matter, the future of our world– lies in our youth. It is our children, our grandchildren, our nieces, and our nephews who will carry the burden of this world when we leave it. They will continue our legacies, and they will carve their own legacies for their children to pick up. We therefore must prepare our youth for a future in which they must stand Read more…
On September 16, 2020, the Jewish Voters League of America (JVLA) hosted a Zoom Question and Answer videoconference with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to discuss the recent uptick in bigotry, race, and religious-based attacks across the country. Mr. Adams is currently the Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City. He formerly served as an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department for 22 years. And Read more…
On August 25, 2020, the Jewish Voters League of America (JVLA) hosted a Zoom Question and Answer videoconference with United States Congressman Max Rose (D, NY-11) to discuss the recent uptick in antisimitic and hate crimes across the country. Congressman Max Rose is an American veteran and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York’s 11th congressional district, which includes all of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn. A Democrat, he defeated incumbent Read more…
Fighting Hate: A Guide Hate and bigotry are a human conditions, and American history is rife with this type of prejudice against groups and individuals because of their race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or other characteristics. As a nation, we’ve made a lot of progress, but stereotyping and unequal treatment persist. Since 2010, law enforcement agencies have reported an average of about 6,000 hate crime incidents per year to the FBI. But government studies show Read more…
Antisemitism and bigotry are on the rise. For the past five years, antisemitic acts and hate crimes against Jews have been on the rise all around the world. As a matter of fact, Israeli researchers reported that violent attacks against Jews spiked significantly in 2018. That year marked the largest reported number of Jews killed in anti-Semitic acts in decades, leading to an “increasing sense of emergency” among Jewish communities worldwide. Capped by the deadly shooting Read more…