Antisemitism
Anti-Semitism Is Creeping Into Progressivism
Last weekend, organizers of a gay pride parade in Chicago ejected three people carrying pride flags emblazoned with a Jewish Star of David. Subsequent bizarre statements attempting to rationalize their action, claiming that Zionism is “an inherently white supremacist ideology”…
read moreThe Indelible Stain of Antisemitism: The Failed Practice of “Jew-Washing”
[In the days just before the Messiah] a man’s enemies will be the members of his household …. [Sotah 49b (quoting Micah 7.6)] When a man can longer be a Jew, he becomes a Zionist. [Haim Hazaz character, “The Sermon,”…
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Fliers Call to End “Jewish Privilege” at U. Illinois
Several weeks ago a series of fliers appeared on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Most of the hateful fliers disparaged American Jews as privileged whites and connected this alleged ‘Jewish privilege’ to social injustice in…
read moreThe Israelization of anti-Semitism
In the twenty-first century, criticism of Israel that is grounded in antisemitic thinking and aimed at Jews in general has become the dominant verbal form in which Judeophobic ideas are articulated and disseminated. Between 2002 and 2012, the Israeli Embassy…
read moreNatan Sharansky: Anti-Semitism of far right, anti-Israelism of radical left no different
Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky, a former refusenik who was persecuted in his native Soviet Union, expressed his deep concern about the recent wave of anti-Semitic incidents and threats in the United States. “If ever there was a…
read moreThe CIA Roots of BDS?
The Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is the most prominent effort today to single out and delegitimize the State of Israel. In recent months, BDS has lost some steam both because it ties itself to extreme and often anti-Semitic…
read moreAnti-Semites are becoming bolder in Britain, and that should worry us all
Today in Britain, it is practically impossible for a Jewish layperson to achieve a prosecution for an anti-Semitic hate crime. I see you raising an eyebrow, so I will explain. Recently my charity was approached by a non-Jewish lady who…
read moreUK universities urged to tackle rising tide of antisemitism on campus
Universities are being urged to act swiftly to tackle antisemitism on campuses after a series of incidents in recent weeks – including Holocaust denial leaflets, fascist stickers and swastikas etched on and around campuses – which have fuelled anxiety among…
read moreFive myths about anti-Semitism
For a phenomenon often dubbed “the world’s oldest hatred,” anti-Semitism is not well understood. From top Iranian officials who blame the Talmud for the international drug trade to British political activists who claim that the Mossad is stealing their shoes,…
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