Posts Tagged: anti-semitism
Virginia State Candidate’s Antisemitism Has a Long, Dangerous Past
A Virginia General Assembly candidate has apologized for past social media posts excoriating Jews and Israel. But Ibraheem Samirah continues to shade his involvement with...
Ten Arab Entities Among 25 Most Racist Nations on Earth
When I recently saw an op-ed that casually referred to Israel as "racist," I decided to see if anyone had actually ranked nations on their...
Stop Whitewashing Ilhan Omar’s Antisemitism
“Strong language,” Winston Churchill once said, “is often used by weak men and it is never used more strongly than on a weak case.” The...
‘What Must Be Said:’ An Enduring Antisemitic Trope
JNS.org - When the late German writer Günter Grass decided, seven years ago, to publicly denounce Israel as the greatest threat to the planet’s existence,...
Radicals Rally to Support Ilhan Omar’s Antisemitic Tweets — Will She Disown Them?
Antisemitic sentiments and incidents continue to rise worldwide, particularly in the West. Sometimes this form of bigotry is perpetrated by far-right elements, other times at...
Donors Give Money to Support Ilhan Omar’s Antisemitic Remarks — Will She Return Them?
Maybe Ilhan Omar had a point -- it is all about the money. After the freshman Congresswoman was called out by her own Democratic Party leadership...
The New Religion of Anti-Zionism
Being anti-Israeli is the modern face of antisemitism. And it is just as toxic. Anti-Israelism is also a modern-day religion, in that it demands unquestioning...
Indiana Jones, Nazis, and the Persistence of Antisemitism
The polar vortex that hit Minnesota last week led my children to a home marathon of 1980s film classics. I’ve been anxiously waiting for them...
Antisemitism and the ‘Visible’ Jews
JNS.org - One evening about 30 years ago, my girlfriend, who is now my wife, came home to our small flat in London, her eyes...
Europe’s Empty Words on Antisemitism
This year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day was preceded by what might be called “European antisemitism worrying week.” Leading European politicians issued many statements saying that...
Racializing Antisemitism
Long ago, Raphael Patai’s The Myth of the Jewish Race (1975) should have dispelled the pernicious notion that Jews are a biological “race.” We are...
Behind Europe’s Antisemitism ‘Perception Gap’
JNS.org - A comprehensive survey of European attitudes to antisemitism released this month by the European Union displays what its authors call a “perception gap.”...
I’m a Jew, So I’ll Define Antisemitism
You would not ask an engineer to diagnose tuberculosis, nor would you ask a doctor to identify a tax problem. So why is it that...
The Persistence of European Antisemitism
The fight against antisemitism on the international level continues to be characterized by restraint combined with ignorance -- a potentially deadly combination. European hand-wringing and...
The Escalating Campus War on Pro-Israel Jewish Students
Amnesty International Campus Group Torpedoing Creation of Jewish Society at University of Essex, Students Say
Mother of Hamas Murderer Proudly Lauds Him as a 'Butcher'
Rep. Omar Apologizes to Jewish Groups for Latest Round of Antisemitic Tweets
Human Rights NGO Urges UN Secretary-General Guterres to Condemn Palestine Rapporteur's Association With Antisemites