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ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen / JNS.org
Eric Zemmour, Presidential Candidate
JNS.org – After months of speculation, the far-right columnist and TV pundit Eric Zemmour finally announced his candidacy in next year’s presidential election in France....
Europe’s Jews Have an Uncertain Future, but a Future Nonetheless
JNS.org - The continent of Europe ceased to be the center of Jewish life more than a century ago, when it yielded that status to...
Heard Again: Cries of ‘Death to the Jews!’ in a Polish City
JNS.org - In her recent co-authored book Philo-Semitic Violence: Poland’s Jewish Past in New Polish Narratives, the Warsaw-based literary scholar Elżbieta Janicka recounts an episode...
Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s ‘Thought Crime’ on Israel and the Palestinians
JNS.org - “Sanction.” “Boycott.” “Cancel.” “Expel.” “Reject.” These five words encapsulate the methods and approach of the Palestinian solidarity movement in Western countries. Theirs is the...
The Mireille Knoll Murder Trial: Will France Deliver Justice This Time?
JNS.org - Under different circumstances, it might have been the stuff of a modern fairy tale with two principal characters. The story of a Jewish...
German Antisemitism, Real and Perceived
JNS.org - There were more than 2,000 reported antisemitic incidents in Germany in 2020 and just under 2,000 the previous year. That’s around five or...
Is Eric Zemmour the New Bruno Kreisky?
Could a politician who positively identifies as Jewish and expresses pro-Israel sympathies ever be elected as head of state in a European country? The question is...
Can Jewish Life in Europe Start ‘Thriving Again’?
JNS.org - The European Union’s executive branch, the European Commission, unveiled a nine-year strategy last week to counter antisemitism and foster Jewish life among its...
Iraq Persecutes Its Heretics
JNS.org - It has the air of a witch-hunt. Many of the 300 leaders of Iraqi civil society, Sunni and Shi’a, who gathered in the...
On Visible and Invisible Jews
JNS.org - During the middle days of the Sukkot festival, small groups of haredi kids can be seen wandering along the thoroughfares of New York...
‘There Is a Jew Hiding Behind Me — Come and Kill Him’
JNS.org - When the former Trump administration announced that it was moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in December 2017, the reaction...
Accosted by a Hater: What Would You Do?
JNS.org – “Paul” is an Australian Jewish man in his late 40s who lives in the city of Brisbane, in the state of Queensland. On...
Islamism’s Brutal Face Is Back on Display
JNS.org – Any notion that the worst days of Islamist terrorism are long behind us was brutally shattered at Kabul Airport on Thursday, as twin...
‘Not Vaccinated’: How Refusal Is Spreading the Virus of Antisemitism
JNS.org - A sad sight has returned to the streets of New York — and doubtless to other cities around the country in which a...
