Posts Tagged: anti-semitism
Has the Heat of Worldwide Antisemitism Become Too Hot for the Jewish People?
JNS.org - The stinging heat of antisemitism is being felt around the world. Whether you live in Miami, Rome or Santiago, the goosebumps we all got...
Mr. Trump: The Charlottesville Attack Was Domestic Terrorism
The Investigative Project on Terrorism has long criticized those, like President Barack Obama, who refuse to use terms like "radical Islamic terrorism" in the wake of jihadist...
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Encountering Vile Antisemitism at NY’s Whitney Museum
It has become part of my family's post-aliyah ritual: the annual trip back to the Old Country, to visit the family and friends that we left behind. Landing...
A Jewish Version of Intersectionality
JNS.org - Whatever else is said these days about antisemitism, it remains the case that being accused of it is a surefire way of gaining name...
South Carolina Democrat Stalls Antisemitism Bill
JNS.org - South Carolina House Bill 3643, which would see the southern state adopt the US State Department’s definition of antisemitism, was on the cusp of...
Sarsour Doesn’t Pass ‘3D’ Antisemitism Test
Natan Sharansky, the former Soviet political prisoner and current Jewish Agency chairman, put forth a "3D test" to distinguish between criticism of Israel and antisemitism. Criticism crosses...
Antisemitism and Aliyah
Many people argue that antisemitism in Europe and other parts of the world should not make Jews instinctively flee to Israel. But it is high time for Diaspora Jews...
Using Humor to Expose Hatred
Tuvia Tenenbom's fantastic new book, The Lies They Tell, uses humor as a weapon to expose hatred. The playwright, who runs the Jewish Theater of New York...
Antisemitism Isn’t Caused by the Political Left or Right
The recent attacks against the Jewish community have revealed a surprising abundance of self-proclaimed experts on the causes of antisemitism. For example, a Jewish ex-New York Times reporter,...
Dead Jews Matter, But So Do the Living
Last week, more than 150 headstones were vandalized at the Chesed Shel Emeth Jewish Cemetery in University City, Missouri. Similar acts have been taking place all across...
Two Canadian Imams Call for Death of Jews
Two Canadian imams have attracted media attention for giving incendiary, antisemitic sermons. In the first case, Ryerson University in Toronto announced that it had fired Ayman Elkasrawy from...
Confronting Antisemitism in America
No one is born hating other people. Yet, tragically, some are taught to hate -- whether in the name of racial purity, religious doctrine, political dogma, ethnic...
What American Universities Can Learn From the UK
Yesterday, I wrote about the outrageous decision by students at the University of London to deny Jewish students the right to define what constitutes hatred against their...
Difficult Questions and Contested Answers on Antisemitism
JNS.org - In his magnum opus A Lethal Obsession, the late Robert Wistrich, one of Israel’s finest scholars of Jew-hatred, elegantly summarized the character of antisemitism at...
