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  1. CBS News on MSN: Patriots owner Robert Kraft on antisemitism in America: “It shouldn’t happen here”

    Like many Jews growing up in America, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft remembers the first time he faced antisemitism. “It was in high school, and there was a kid. He made a comment. It was laced with expletives

  2. Wall Street Journal: Billionaire Robert Kraft Takes On the Fight Against Antisemitism
  3. CBS News on MSN: Robert Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism launches ‘Stand up to Jewish Hate’ blue square campaign
  4. Ad Age: Antisemitism group begins $25 million campaign to raise awareness
  5. KHOU 11: Activists fighting back against antisemitism with a blue square
  6. The New York Times: Anti-Semitism
  7. NPR: Antisemitism is on the rise again. Here’s why

    Experts sometimes refer to antisemitism as a “canary in the coal mine” for hate generally. Whenever a minority group is blamed for some real or perceived harm, such narratives almost always find…

  8. NPR: 1 in 4 Jews in the U.S. experienced antisemitism in the last year

    An outbreak in violence between Israel and Hamas in the spring saw an uptick in antisemitic hate crimes thousands of miles away in the U.S. The Anti-Defamation League said it received 193 reports…

  9. Yahoo: The alarming rise of antisemitism in the United States

    The rise of antisemitism in the U.S. is part of a larger trend plaguing the world, with a 2021 report from Tel Aviv University shared by BBC News finding increasing anger toward Jews across the globe. In the U.S., the report noted that “the number of anti-Jewish hate crimes recorded in both New York and Los Angeles were almost twice that of the…

  10. The Week: America’s alarming rise in antisemitism

    The data follows an uptick in antisemitism over the past five years, and “the upward trend is alarming,” CNN says. The report includes anecdotal evidence from victims and community leaders and…

  11. CNN: As anti-semitism grows, so does its dangers to everyone

Vlad Khaykin directs the Anti-Defamation League’s programs on anti-Semitism. For him, it’s personal. He was born in the Soviet Union where Jew-hatred was entrenched in society. Khaykin’s…