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Opinion After White Supremacist Violence In Charlottesville, It’s Time To Insist On An America Without Hate
On Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, unapologetic racists marched in the face of local and national opposition. They carried torches and chanted racist slogans like “Blood and soil” and “Jews will not replace us.” Our correspondent Nathan Guttman, a seasoned political journalist, was shaken by the experience of covering it. To this our president responded by…
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News What A Jewish Journalist Saw In Charlottesville
I had come to Charlottesville, Virginia for the “Unite the Right” rally to gauge the level of Jew hatred, amid all the racism and bigotry. So when, after a night of hate-filled demonstrations and a morning of clashes, the mayor cancelled all permits and kicked the white supremacists out of Emancipation Park, I wasn’t sure…
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Fast Forward Mayor Tweets ‘GO HOME’ After Killer Driver Plows Car Into Virginia Protesters
Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer pleaded for calm after a car plowed into a crowd of demonstrators protesting a gathering of white supremacists in the Virginia college town, killing at least one person. I am furious & heartsick by the car crash that has injured many. Please all-go home to your families. We can work tomorrow….
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Fast Forward Charlottesville Jewish Mayor Blames Trump For Violent White Supremacist Rally
The Jewish mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia blamed President Trump for stoking the violence that has erupted at a white supremacist rally in the Virginia college town. “I’m not going to make any bones about it,” Mayor Michael Signer said. “I place the blame for a lot of what you’re seeing in America today right at…
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Community Neo-Nazis Are Rallying In Charlottesville. Will You Help Stop Them?
Never again. Like most American Jews, these words were at the core of my religious education. Growing up in Charlottesville, a town that 1,500 Jews and the University of Virginia call home, I learned about the importance of standing up against hatred before it’s too late. “First They Came for the Communists” felt like ancient…
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Fast Forward 50 KKK Members Rally In Virginia, Surrounded By 1,000 Counter-Protesters
Around 1,000 people showed up to protest a Ku Klux Klan rally at a public park in Charlottesville, Va. on Saturday that only drew around 50 white nationalists. The rally was mostly peaceful, with local and state police maintaining separation between the two groups — which upset some anti-KKK protesters, who chanted “Cops and the…
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