Barney Breen-Portnoy

1 week ago | combatantisemitism.org | Barney Breen-Portnoy

A special message from Combat Antisemitism Movement CEO Sacha Roytman on the situation in Israel:Dear Friends,I started writing this update on Sunday night from inside our bomb shelter in Tel Aviv. As I sit here with my wife and our three young children, I can’t help but reflect on history — and my own family’s story — as well as the moment we are living in right now as Jews in Israel. Eighty years ago, my grandfather was the same age as my son Ari is today — just six years old.

2 weeks ago | combatantisemitism.org | Barney Breen-Portnoy

Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) CEO Sacha Roytman issued the following statement on Thursday following the launch of Israel’s pre-emptive military operation against Iran:Israel has begun striking Iran in response to escalating aggression and years of openly declared genocidal threats. Iran is now on the brink of acquiring nuclear weapons — a development that poses an existential danger to the national homeland of the Jewish people.

2 weeks ago | combatantisemitism.org | Barney Breen-Portnoy

Dr. Gunther Jikeli — a historian and sociologist specializing in contemporary antisemitism — holds the Erna B. Rosenfeld Professorship at Indiana University’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (ISCA) at the Borns Jewish Studies Program. He is also an associate professor of Germanic Studies and Jewish Studies at IU and leads the Social Media & Hate research lab.

2 weeks ago | combatantisemitism.org | Barney Breen-Portnoy

Portugal is facing a dangerous surge in antisemitism — from covert poison plots targeting Israeli festivalgoers to street protests demanding the removal of Jews from society. In a chilling exposé aired by KAN News, a Jewish artist using the pseudonym “Sarah” infiltrated a private WhatsApp group of far-left activists in Portugal through her work in the art scene.

2 weeks ago | combatantisemitism.org | Barney Breen-Portnoy

A major pro-Israel summit planned for this week just outside Dallas, Texas, was abruptly canceled after organizers received serious and credible threats from extremist groups.