In his latest anti-Semitic outburst, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan spoke in defense of the Women’s March national leadership and charged “wicked Jews” were trying to use him to break up the movement, The Jerusalem Post reported. Farrakhan made the comments during the annual Saviours’ Day conference in Chicago...

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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is the latest organization to distance itself from the Women’s March over allegations of anti-Semitism, as the January 19 annual march is overshadowed by criticism of the leadership’s affiliation with and failure to denounce Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. The SPLC has designated...

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Pittsburgh was a wake-up call to a Jewish community often focused on combating threats to others. Today, anti-Semitism not only survives but flourishes on both Right and Left, and Jews need to confront it. In doing so, Jews would strengthen internal unity and increase their credibility by borrowing a page...

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The Women’s March movement of Washington State has announced its dissolution over the ties leaders of the national organization have with anti-Semitic preacher Rev. Louis Farrakhan, The Spokesman-Review reported Friday. Angie Beem, who served as president of Women’s March Washington, announced the disbanding of the group in a statement on Facebook...

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The founder of the Women’s March has called on the movement’s current co-chairs to resign over anti-Semitic rhetoric and bigotry, just days after Linda Sarsour suggested American Jews have dual loyalties, CNN reported Monday. Teresa Shook, a retired lawyer based in Hawaii, who first called for a women’s march after...

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Hate preacher Louis Farrakhan, on a solidarity trip to Iran ahead of the reimposition of United States sanctions on the clerical regime, led chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” The Algemeiner reported Sunday. During his public appearances, Farrakhan, who heads the Nation of Islam and recently compared...

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Facebook has deleted a video from Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s account that compared Jews to termites, the social media giant confirmed on Thursday. The company said Farrakhan’s video was taken down due to the platform’s policies regarding hate speech, The Times of Israel reported. In the video, Farrakhan...

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Netflix will not release a documentary about the life of anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, despite the Nation of Islam leader’s claim that it would air on the streaming platform on Wednesday, The Jerusalem Post reported. “This film will not be released on Netflix. Due to an internal miscommunication, it appeared to...

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After calling the establishment of Israel a “human rights crime,” Tamika Mallory, a leader of the Women’s March, who supports Rev. Louis Farrakhan, was disinvited to speak next week at an event hosted by an Australian social service agency, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. The Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)...

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A Democratic lawmaker from Chicago who called Rev. Louis Farrakhan “an outstanding human being,” lacks “courage,” a spokesman from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Sunday. The ADL criticism was prompted by two interviews in which Rep. Danny Davis (D – Ill.) praised the Nation of...

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