Human nature requires a belief system to explain the universal questions of why and how? Above all, it rationalizes the question of existence. Whether based in universalism or particularism, the modes of belief vary from fervent orthodoxy to fervent atheism,…
read moreThe old anti-Semitism was mostly, but not exclusively, a tribal prejudice expressed in America up until the mid 20th century most intensely on the right. It manifested itself from the silk-stocking country club and corporation (“gentlemen’s agreement”) to the rawer…
read moreA court in the southern German state of Bavaria affirmed the right of the city of Munich to ban Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions events from its public space, delivering a stinging defeat to BDS activists. According to the December 12…
read moreJewish and Zionist groups at Wake Forest University in North Carolina applauded their student government this week, after it endorsed a resolution condemning antisemitism and adopting a definition of the hatred that includes anti-Zionism. In a measure passed earlier this month, Wake…
read moreMichael Goldstein is a midlevel administrator and adjunct professor in the business department of Kingsborough Community College. For the past 10 months, he has been the target of a sustained campaign calling for his termination. In late May, as many as…
read moreTwo American NGOs – Interfaith Peace-Builders and Dream Defenders – support and promote the mission of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a U.S.-designated terror organization. The PFLP has used bombings, shootings, and plane hijackings to achieve…
read moreHate in the name of “justice” — even justice for a cause you may have sympathy for — is still hate. No one should whitewash, rationalize, or excuse what former CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill did this week. He spoke…
read moreAnti-Israel activists thrive in darkness. On campuses and municipalities, they spend months and sometimes years planning attacks on Israel that are often unveiled only at the last second, leaving Israel advocates scrambling. That is unfolding with a vile antisemitic campaign…
read moreNew York University student senators approved by secret ballot a resolution Thursday in support of the college divesting from three companies associated with the Israeli government. Pro-Israel students claim the NYU student government does not represent their interests, further pointing…
read moreIn 2002, Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, was said to have given a speech noting that the creation of the state of Israel had spared his followers the trouble of hunting down Jews at “the ends of the world.”…
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