New York Times: How Bad Is Antisemitism Online? It’s Increasingly Hard to Know.

Posted on November 19, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

New York Times: How Bad Is Antisemitism Online? It’s Increasingly Hard to Know.. “As the Israel-Hamas war flooded social media with violent content, false information and a seemingly limitless swell of opinions, lawmakers and users have accused platforms like TikTok and Facebook of promoting biased posts…. Where the truth lies, however, is hard to glean, according to academic researchers and advocacy groups.”

The Guardian: Elon Musk to file ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers desert X

Posted on November 18, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

The Guardian: Elon Musk to file ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers desert X. “Elon Musk has said he will be filing a ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ against Media Matters and others, after major US companies paused their adverts on his social media site over concerns about antisemitism.”

CNN: Disney and Lionsgate halt advertising on X

Posted on November 17, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

CNN: Disney and Lionsgate halt advertising on X. “Disney said it has suspended advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The decision by one of the world’s most prominent film and television companies suggests an intensifying advertiser backlash to X after the social media platform’s owner, Elon Musk, embraced an antisemitic conspiracy theory popular among White supremacists.”

New York Times: Jewish Celebrities and Influencers Confront TikTok Executives in Private Call

Posted on November 17, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

New York Times: Jewish Celebrities and Influencers Confront TikTok Executives in Private Call. “More than a dozen Jewish TikTok creators and celebrities confronted TikTok executives and other employees in a private meeting on Wednesday night, urging them to do more to address a surge of antisemitism and harassment on the popular video service.”

Insider: They survived the Holocaust. Then the online trolls came for them.

Posted on November 16, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Insider: They survived the Holocaust. Then the online trolls came for them. . “Business Insider talked to three survivors and their families, and the granddaughter of a fourth survivor who died in 2022, who are committed to detailing their lives during the Holocaust on TikTok. While they’ve counteracted the toxic denialism that flourishes on the app, they’re also worried their stories will die with them.”

CNN: Elon Musk agrees with X post that claims Jews ‘push hatred’ against White people

Posted on November 16, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

CNN: Elon Musk agrees with X post that claims Jews ‘push hatred’ against White people. “An X post Wednesday afternoon said: ‘Jewish communties (sic) have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.’ The post also referenced ‘hordes of minorities’ flooding Western countries, a popular antisemitic conspiracy theory. In response, Musk said: ‘You have said the actual truth.'”

Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Pittsburgh Jewish Federation deletes Twitter/X account after being hacked by pro-Palestinian activists

Posted on October 20, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Pittsburgh Jewish Federation deletes Twitter/X account after being hacked by pro-Palestinian activists. ” Pro-Palestinian hackers briefly took over the Pittsburgh Jewish Federation’s feed on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Hours later, after retaking control, the federation deleted its account on the platform. The federation said the hack impacted its Facebook account as well.”

Forward: The comprehensive lexicon of Jewish writers is now accessible on the Internet

Posted on October 15, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Forward: The comprehensive lexicon of Jewish writers is now accessible on the Internet. This article has been translated from Yiddish. “Researchers and simply lovers of the Yiddish word have long been interested in a digital encyclopedia of all writers who published in Yiddish. Now, in honor of its 75th anniversary, the Jewish Cultural Congress has digitized the Jewish original and installed a search function. His current website includes the entire content of the eight-volume Lexicon of New Jewish Literature, as well as the supplemental volume on Soviet Jewish writers.”

EBSCO: EBSCO Information Services Releases Moment Magazine Archive

Posted on September 27, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

EBSCO: EBSCO Information Services Releases Moment Magazine Archive. “Moment is a Jewish magazine founded by Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel and Jewish activist Leonard Fein, that explores the complexities of literary, political and cultural religious nuances of the Jewish world. Moment Magazine Archive’s coverage spans from May 1975 to December 2010 and provides in-depth analysis and unique perspectives, insightful articles and criticism on art, literature, world affairs and society, written by leaders and thinkers of the Jewish world and beyond.”

Gothamist: 7 artworks, seized by Nazis, returned to descendants in NY

Posted on September 21, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Gothamist: 7 artworks, seized by Nazis, returned to descendants in NY. “An epic legal affair involving artworks looted by the Nazi regime drew to a close on Wednesday in Lower Manhattan, where the works were handed over to the descendants of a Jewish collector who was murdered during the Holocaust. The artworks, by the renowned Austrian artist Egon Schiele, were forcibly taken from Fritz Grünbaum, a Jewish cabaret performer who was killed in 1941 at Dachau concentration camp, according to descendants of the artist as well as a pivotal court ruling.”

UNESCO: UNESCO and WMF join Forces to inventory the Jewish Heritage Worldwide

Posted on September 18, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

UNESCO: UNESCO and WMF join Forces to inventory the Jewish Heritage Worldwide. “UNESCO and World Monuments Fund (WMF) will establish a partnership aimed at accelerating the documentation of Jewish cultural heritage worldwide and better protecting these sites. The partnership will initially run for five years. It will benefit from an initial investment of $1 million USD and will be open to external funding.”

Jewish News: More than 36 volumes of work by Rabbi Lord Sacks to be made digitally available

Posted on September 13, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Jewish News: More than 36 volumes of work by Rabbi Lord Sacks to be made digitally available. “A digital library, leading publisher and The Rabbi Sacks Legacy are collaborating to bring previously unpublished literary works by the late Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks to the digital realm…. Ultimately, all of Rabbi Sacks’ works published by Koren, which focus on Jewish texts and teachings, will be available to the public on digital platform Sefaria—more than three dozen volumes in total.”

Forward: How I stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters and traced the stories behind them

Posted on September 11, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Forward: How I stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters and traced the stories behind them. “The letter was dated July 17, 1939, and signed by a man named Joseph Gross. He was writing from New York to thank the Forward for helping to find his relatives. Alongside it in the digital archive was a letter written in Yiddish, dated the following week, sent from Brussels and signed by Avrom Gross, Joseph’s cousin. ‘I read the letter with such great astonishment,” Avrom wrote. “I have no way of thanking you.’ I stumbled across these letters online, in the digitized archives of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Jerusalem, while searching for references to a column called Seeking Relatives that ran for decades in the Forward.”

Rolling Stone: Elon Musk Wades Deeper into Antisemitic Propaganda

Posted on September 2, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Rolling Stone: Elon Musk Wades Deeper into Antisemitic Propaganda. “On Thursday, a number of accounts began tweeting #BanTheADL, calling on Musk to remove the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) from the site. The ADL is a civil rights organization focused on combating antisemitism and extremism. Momentum for the action seems to have been stirred by a meeting earlier in the week between the ADL’s national director, Jonathan Greenblatt, and Linda Yaccarino, in which the pair discussed how to curb the hate and toxic propaganda that have flourished on X ever since Musk’s takeover last year.”

eJewish Philanthropy: Sefaria launches first-ever digital Torah writing project

Posted on August 29, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

eJewish Philanthropy: Sefaria launches first-ever digital Torah writing project . “Called the ‘Global Community Torah,’ the project, launched in honor of Sefaria’s 10th anniversary, is the first digital Torah scroll that provides the opportunity for Jews of all ages and backgrounds to participate in its writing — all 304,805 letters.”

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