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On Sunday, July 31, 2016, I drove down to Ithaca, NY to give a talk titled “Hate Speech and the New Antisemitism: Why Anti-Zionist Extremism is on the Rise and What We Can Do to Stop It”. The lecture was…
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At just about this time last year TMR exposed Seattle School Board candidate David Blomstrom’s Jew hating screed featured in the 2015 Washington State Voter’s Guide. Readers may recall that King County officials had censored Blomstrom’s use of the “N…
read moreIt turns out that the one of the BDS movement’s biggest alleged successes is a colossal failure. Thanks to the new wave of state anti-boycott laws, it has emerged that far from boycotting Israel, the security giant G4S plans to…
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To the editor: While I agree that free speech should include the right to criticize and even boycott Israel, I dispute that the anti-BDS bill by state Assemblyman Richard Boom (D-Santa Monica) is an infringement on that right. (“Boycotts of…
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With his ready smile and gentle demeanor Rabbi David Basior’s disarming personality has earned him a loyal following as spiritual leader of the Kadima Reconstructionist Community. This past Shavuot the congregation based in the Madrona neighborhood of Seattle hosted an all…
read moreIn 2009, I was living in Tel Aviv during Operation Cast Lead. During that offensive, Israel killed about 1,400 Palestinians in Gaza. When small numbers of us went out into the streets to protest the war, we were often pelted with eggs…
read moreRevisiting some of the themes of her essay for Mosaic last year, Ruth Wisse discusses the history of anti-Semitism since World War II, the rise of left-wing anti-Semitism on college campuses, and the best ways to combat it. In particular, she…
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