Elad Nehorai is the co-founder of Hevria and one of the leaders of Torah Trumps Hate. His writing can be found in the Daily Beast, Huffington Post, the Guardian, and other outlets. A formerly Orthodox Jew, he is an outspoken activist on extremism both within and outside of the Jewish community.
Nothing the mass shooters inspired by it believe is, philosophically, much different than what many Republicans believe.
Social media sites with no limits on free expression have emboldened mass shooters and those who exploit minors to take their hate offline
(JTA) — This article originally appeared on Alma. A year ago, I was watching “Schitt’s Creek” with my wife. It was the last season, second to last episode, so things were already emotional. Then there was that scene. The one where David is sitting on the car with his best friend Stevie and looking at…
The Jewish community is once again in mourning. Another white supremacist shot up a Chabad synagogue in Poway, just six months after the most violent attack against Jews on U.S. soil in Pittsburgh. And yet, despite the fact that the shooting was a horrific act of anti-Semitism, it was not just the Jews who were…
In the wake of the horrific massacre in Pittsburgh that left 11 Jews dead, the Jewish community came together. Groups that are often at odds with each other found unity in mourning the slain. While the attack happened at a Conservative synagogue, the Orthodox community was just as vocal in its communal mourning. There were…
Yesterday, a man angrily posted on his social media account, “I can’t sit by and watch my people slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.” And then he walked into a synagogue and killed 11 Jews. We already know what will happen now. They will tell us not to politicize this. They will tell us…
Last week saw a number of horrifying spectacles. Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, overturned asylum protections for domestic violence and gang violence victims while also quoting the New Testament to justify separating illegal immigrant parents from their children. As if that weren’t bad enough, Corey Stewart, a fervent praiser of white nationalists, won his GOP…
Like many Jews I know, I experienced the election of Donald Trump to the highest office in the country as a wake up call. Once a-political, I’ve spent the last two years in a fury of activism. But it hasn’t pleased everyone. In addition to the Trump supporters in my community, I recently got some…
ער פֿלעג זיך צוהערן ווי די מאַמע און באָבע שמועסן אויף ייִדיש און נישט באַנומען פֿאַר וואָס ער פֿאַרשטייט זיי נישט.
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