The recent increase in anti-Semitic attacks in cities and suburbs in New York and New Jersey perplex the left because it’s hard for them to place in the correct category. Hard, but certainly not impossible – where there’s a will … Continue reading →
Johnson: “To all our Jewish friends, neighbors, and relatives, wherever you are in the world, let me wish you a very happy Hanukah,” said Johnson… …Today, as Britain’s Jews seek to drive back the darkness of resurgent anti-Semitism, you have … Continue reading →
I sometimes reflect on the fact that Hitler nearly succeeded in making Europe Judenfrei. He certainly succeeded in reducing the number of Jews there almost to the vanishing point. But for the ones that remain, the present-day governments in Western … Continue reading →
An interesting piece by Melanie Phillips: The stakes in this election were enormous, not just for Britain but for the world. Labour is led by the most far-left leadership in its history, supporting terrorists abroad and incubating virulent antisemitism at … Continue reading →
The upcoming UK election (December 12) has focused on the Brexit issue, but there’s another one: the Labour Party’s anti-Semitism. You can find several articles on the topic in today’s Telegraph: for example, this one as well as this. You … Continue reading →
It’s Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. A Happy New Year to all who celebrate the holiday! Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar (a cleaned-out ram’s horn), as prescribed in the Torah, following the prescription of the Hebrew Bible … Continue reading →
Glick starts out this way: The US media coverage of the Israeli election has misrepresented the results of Tuesday’s vote. This isn’t necessarily deliberate. Israeli elections are inscrutable for most foreigners, particularly for Americans who are used to the clarity … Continue reading →
The politics of American Jews have come up recently, due to Trump’s “disloyal” remarks. The majority of Jews certainly do vote for Democrats, as Trump noted. But it’s not that simple. For some secular Jews, leftism has replaced Judaism as … Continue reading →
The latest brouhaha over a word Trump used (“disloyalty”) stems from this Trump quote: Trump made the comments after he was asked about Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s suggestion that the U.S. might want to reconsider how much it pays Israel … Continue reading →
The left has been anti-Israel for a long, long time. And “anti-Israel” is often a cover for anti-Semitism, and a rather poor one at that. The main clues that indicate anti-Semitism rather than mere criticism of Israel are (1) if … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Please see my earlier post on California’s proposed curriculum.] The pressure from the public worked—for now anyway: The California State Board of Education (SBE) announced on Aug. 12 that the proposed anti-Israel Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) will be … Continue reading →
Unfortunately, this is unsurprising news: The California Department of Education is facing backlash after permitting a host of anti-Israel activists to build a statewide educational curriculum that demonizes the Jewish state and is said to be fostering hatred of Jewish … Continue reading →