One person has been killed and three are hospitalized with what is described as non-life-threatening injuries when a man entered a San Diego Chabad synagogue during services on the last day of Passover and opened fire. The mayor of San … Continue reading →
You think I exaggerate? Not much. Take a look for yourself: The cartoon, apparently by a Portuguese artist named Antonio Espresso, depicted a blind Donald Trump, resplendent in the kippah he wears at all times except when the cameras are … Continue reading →
[The following is a slightly edited repeat of a previous post.] Tonight is the beginning of the Jewish holiday Passover. In recent years whenever I’ve attended a Seder, I’ve been impressed by the fact that Passover is a religious holiday … Continue reading →
Seems possible, although it’s difficult to know how widespread it is: Jewish voters furious at Democrats’ defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar say they’re done with the party that has held their support for generations. “We felt we had a home … Continue reading →
Nancy Pelosi is used to making excuses and dancing around issues. In this, she’s no different than most politicians, and as the leader of the House Democrats for years, she’s had a lot more experience at it than most. The … Continue reading →
What began as a move to condemn Ilhan Omar’s recent anti-Semitic statements morphed into a much broader statement that didn’t even mention her: The resolution approved Thursday condemns anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry against minorities “as hateful expressions of intolerance.” … Continue reading →
When a party devolves into a bunch of entitled ethnic groups, and judges a person’s worth by his or her place on the hierarchy of victimhood, clashes are inevitable among those groups. You’ll see some unite against others in a … Continue reading →
Mark Steyn has a catchy phrase about it: “Jew-hate junction”: As Laura Rosen Cohen likes to say, everyone meets at Jew-Hate Junction: excitable young Mohammedans, secular polytechnic Euro-lefties, anti-globalist conspiracy theorists… It’s getting pretty crowded over there. The list is … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed many pundits, in the fallout from the Covington boys vs. the Native American incident, saying that the kids shouldn’t have worn MAGA hats. I’ve seen it said over and over, mainly by people walking back previous vicious comments … Continue reading →
For those of you who read my recent post about the Yiddish “Fiddler on the Roof” currently playing in New York and were curious to get a taste of what it’s like, here’s a clip of very short excerpts. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →
I’m in New York for Christmas, and the other evening I went to see a production of “Fiddler on the Roof”—in Yiddish. No, I don’t speak Yiddish, except for the usual 100 words of insult that have somehow crept into … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Please see Part I here.] I ended Part I in the following way: …accusing Soros of being a “formenter of social dissent” and an “agitator funding and masterminding protest” is simply the truth about Soros. If it’s the truth, … Continue reading →