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Jewish Atlanta showed how communities confront institutional failure on Israel - opinion

The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival faced backlash for retaining a juror who publicly delegitimized Israel, prompting the film festival to reverse course.

|ByDAVID ZALIK, HELEN ZALIK
Panelists speak onstage during the 25th Atlanta Jewish Film Festival’s ‘Bad Shabbos’ opening night premiere at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, last week.
Imam Tawhidi, the Imam of Peace, at European Parliament conference on September 24, 2025.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s real battlefield is TikTok, not the mosque - opinion

The West keeps trying to ban its way out of the Muslim Brotherhood problem – it needs a doctrine for actually competing with it.

|ByAVIRAM BELLAISHE
Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli.

Why political correctness has failed the fight against antisemitism - opinion

Antisemitism today is no longer limited to marginal expressions – graffiti on walls, isolated incidents, or offensive slogans at demonstrations. It has crossed into the realm of mass violence. 

|ByAMICHAI CHIKLI
Roula Allouch (L), chair of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and Rabiah Ahmed (C) of the Muslim Public Affairs Council listen to Nihad Awad (R), executive director and founder of CAIR, speak during a news conference with American Muslim leaders to discuss "growing Islamophobia" at t

US House refers CAIR's California branch to IRS, citing concerns over misuse of taxpayer dollars

According to the House referral, CAIR-CA may have improperly used millions in federal funds, provided misleading information to the IRS, and materially supported unlawful conduct.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Maryland CAIR chapter opposes IHRA definition of antisemitism

Montgomery County is Maryland's most populous region, encompassing the heavily Jewish town of Silver Spring as well as several heavily populated places in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.

JULY 26, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jewish Voice for Peace

Iran, Hamas top Simon Wiesenthal Center's antisemitism 2021 top ten list

Iran, Hamas and the BBC were listed as the top three antisemites on a top ten list published by the SWC on Tuesday.

DECEMBER 29, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PEOPLE DEMONSTRATE against antisemitism and in support of Israel at a rally in New York City’s Times Square in May.

Jews and Muslims must not be divided by politics - opinion

An argument between the ADL and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reflects what could be an alarming turning point in Jewish-Muslim relations in America.

DECEMBER 23, 2021ByYEHUDA KURTZER/JTA
Zahra Billoo (L), Executive Director, Council of Islamic Relations addresses the audience as Maya Wiley, civil rights activist, listens during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, US, October 28, 2017.

CAIR official takes sabbatical after Zionist Islamophobia speech outrage

CAIR San Francisco executive-director Zahra Billoo has gone on sabbatical after strain at work, but detractors argue she is taking a leave of absence related to her recent speech.

DECEMBER 22, 2021ByMICHAEL STARR
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American Islamic Relations (San Francisco) addresses the audience during a panel discussion titled 'Dismantling All Forms Of Oppression' during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 28, 2017

Letters to the editor December 15, 2021: I don't separate myself

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

DECEMBER 14, 2021ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

CAIR supports member that said 'Zionist synagogues' behind Islamophobia

Zahra Billoo claimed Zionist organizations were behind Islamophobia, police brutality, and border control.

DECEMBER 12, 2021ByMICHAEL STARR
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American Islamic Relations (San Francisco) addresses the audience during a panel discussion titled 'Dismantling All Forms Of Oppression' during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 28, 2017

Zionists are behind Islamophobia, US police brutality - CAIR official

Billoo claimed Zionist organizations were behind Islamophobia, police brutality, and border control.

DECEMBER 6, 2021ByMICHAEL STARR
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American Islamic Relations (San Francisco) addresses the audience during a panel discussion titled 'Dismantling All Forms Of Oppression' during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 28, 2017

Thousands call for congressmen to withdraw support for 'antisemitic' CAIR

Over 9,000 Americans have signed a petition calling on 120 members who recently wrote letters of support to CAIR to renounce their backing, arguing that they cannot also be against racism.

JANUARY 30, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
Rep. Ilhan Omar has made wearing a headscarf seem fashionable, chic and powerful.

Warren, Klobuchar, Omar support advocacy group with possible terror ties

The Council on American Islamic Relations celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2019, publishing a gala program which included full copies of the letters

JANUARY 21, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Minnesota, speaks at a rally ahead of a visit by President Trump in Burnsville, Minnesota, U.S. April 15, 2019

Muslim civil rights group ‘appalled’ by John Bolton’s interim replacement

“While we welcome the resignation of John Bolton, who has a long track record of promoting anti-Muslim policies and associating with hate groups, we cannot simply replace one Islamophobe with another

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Student watches the Republican presidential debate at the CAIR office (REUTERS/Jason Redmond)