Judith Bergman
ARTICLES BY: Judith Bergman
Once a Colonialist, Always a Colonialist
You can take the Europeans out of the former colonies, but you cannot take the colonialism out of the Europeans. That much is clear, at...
We Don’t Need the World’s Permission to Defend Ourselves
"Now there is one less of them," a Danish Facebook user wrote gleefully after a 13-year-old Jewish girl was stabbed to death in her sleep...
Ban Ki-Moon Does Not Deserve a Prize
Some things just do not make any sense, whichever way you look at them. Tel Aviv University's award of the George S. Wise Medal, its...
The UN Makes World Peace With Yoga
Tuesday was International Yoga Day, an initiative of the United Nations. Irina Bokova, the UNESCO director general, gave a speech on the occasion to those who...
Is Antisemitism the New ‘Normal’ in Europe?
In Michel Houellebecq's dystopian novel, Submission (2015), which takes place in an imaginary France in 2022, when the Muslim Brotherhood has won elections and rules...
Making America Safe Again
There is a deep and unacknowledged irony to the fact that US President Barack Obama, of all people, has opined in the days since the...
After Tel Aviv, We Must Hit Back Twice as Hard
There is really only one issue related to Wednesday night's savage terrorist attack at Tel Aviv's Sarona Market that you need to pay attention to, but it...
BDS: Terrorism by Other Means
While it may not always seem that way, in the cognitive wars being fought against Israel, most notably the hysterically high-pitched calls for boycott, divestment...
For Israel, There’s More to Europe Than Western Europe
The rift in the European Union between the older, mostly Western European, members and the newer ones from Eastern Europe has become increasingly clear lately...
Jew Hatred With — and Without — Algorithms
If you have ever found it profoundly disturbing that so much political debate centers on an online platform, Facebook, which was originally about social interaction,...
Let’s Take BDS to Court
The tactics of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement out to destroy Israel turn out to be in violation of the European Convention on Human...
More Positive Signs for the Israel-China Relationship
Welcome to the beauty of Chinese-Israeli cultural relations. Seen against the backdrop of solid loathing of all things Israeli that so dominates the European cultural...
‘Disproportionate’ Response to New York Stabber Highlights Hypocrisy Over Israel
"Knife-wielding man shot dead in midtown Manhattan" was the headline making the rounds on the Internet last week. The man with the knife had not shouted "Allahu...
The French Initiative Is Pushing an Agenda Down Israel’s Throat
Imagine this news story: Last week, Israel convened representatives of 20 countries from across the world for an international conference to discuss what to do about...
