Bentley Addison
By Bentley Addison
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Opinion Ilhan Omar’s Words Hurt. But We Can’t Let Our Pain Be Weaponized Against Her.
The first time the accusation of “Jewish money” hurt me, I was in ninth grade. I sat in the cafeteria as classmates — people I’d thought of as friends — taunted me by snarling the word “Jew,” and pelted me with pennies and nickels. After sitting through what felt like an eternity of this, the…
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Opinion Roundtable | White Jews: Here Is What Black Jews Need From You In 2019
I’ve never felt fully welcome in Jewish spaces. I’ve never felt like I truly belonged. This is common among Black Jews. There’s a subset of us that just wish to proceed in the Jewish world unbothered, and to continue our Jewish lives as we see fit, apart from the assumptions and stereotypes assigned to us…
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Opinion Demonizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic — But Marc Lamont Hill Crossed The Line
On Wednesday, Marc Lamont Hill, then a CNN contributor and professor at Temple University, came under fire for a speech he gave at the United Nations to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The impassioned speech was existentially critical of Israel, and Hill stated that “we have an opportunity to not…
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Opinion Yes, There’s Anti-Semitism On The Left. But That’s Why Jews Need To Stay There.
Minnesota congresswoman-elect Ilhan Omar has come under fire for her lukewarm support of BDS, the nonviolent movement to boycott, divest from and sanction the state of Israel, as well as for an anti-Semitic comment she made in 2012 and has not redacted. “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them…
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Opinion Arming Synagogues Will Make Them Less Safe – For Black Jews. Stop Erasing Us.
The Jewish community isn’t going to forget Saturday, October 27, 2018 anytime soon. A gunman, armed with an AR-15, burst through the doors of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. Shouting anti-Semitic slurs and exclaiming “All Jews must die,” he opened fire, killing 11 members of our community who had gathered to pray and celebrate Shabbat….
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Opinion What Chelsea Clinton Got Wrong About Louis Farrakhan
In a recent if typical tweet, Louis Farrakhan posted a video in which he used dehumanizing rhetoric to compare Jews to insects. I’m not an anti-Semite. I’m anti-Termite. pic.twitter.com/L5dPQcnVg4 — MINISTER FARRAKHAN (@LouisFarrakhan) October 16, 2018 Watching video recording broke my heart. Hearing these words directed at me and my community shook me to my…
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Opinion Louis Farrakhan Had Every Right To Be At Aretha Franklin’s Funeral
One of the most incredible Black cultural icons, the voice of a generation and the Civil Rights Movement, passed away several weeks ago after a period of ill health. Aretha Franklin was mourned in a widely publicized service whose guest list was a cross section of Black America and leaders relevant to it. Dozens of…
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