Posts Tagged: attacks on Jews
Is a Rally Enough to Fight Antisemitism?
Approximately 3,000 American Jews participated in a rally on Sunday in Washington, DC, called "No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People." It...
It Has Happened Here
As a Jew, I have lived my whole life with the ominous cold comfort of the words, “It can’t happen here.” It’s what my parents told...
We Must Tighten Hate Speech Laws to Combat Antisemitism
For many years now, I have written and advocated for stronger laws in Canada against hate speech. In 2019, I testified at an inter-parliamentary committee...
Dear American Jewish Mothers
Dear American Jewish mothers, Do you remember where you were when you heard about the deadly attacks on Jews in Pittsburgh? In Poway? Remember the emotions...
A Message to Our Jewish Children
Here are some horrible things that I and all Jewish parents must tell our children: My child, come here, we need to talk. For a moment,...
An Appeal to Politicians, Journalists, and Scholars: Stop Excusing Jew Haters
The spectrum of antisemitism is widening. The call for murder, which is what modern antisemitism amounts to, is also becoming louder. On the left, on...
Hate Signaling: How the Media Spreads Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism
I have a love-hate relationship with the New York Review of Books. I love the range of articles and reviews on literature and culture. But...
The Pathetic Response to the Scourge of Antisemitism
May was Jewish American Heritage Month, which is supposed to recognize and celebrate the achievements of American Jews and their contributions to the United States....
The News Unfit to Print in The New York Times
The case of Jordan Burnette and his repeated attacks on synagogues in New York’s Bronx borough comes at a period when hate crimes against Jews...
Antisemitism and Four Travesties of Justice
Four years after the murder in Paris of Sarah Halimi, a 65-year-old French Jew, mother, and doctor, the case is back in the news in...
The Threat to American Jews Is Real
Extremists around the world have been emboldened in recent years, due in large part to changing political and economic currents, some of which have been...
Sarah Halimi Atrocity — There Is No Law Without Justice
In a democracy worthy of the name, the mentally invalid are not judged. But in a true democracy, one is criminally irresponsible if they, by...
Asians and Jews — Standing United
Within a matter of days, two violent hate crimes targeting Asian Americans and Jews occurred in broad daylight on the streets of New York. In...
President Biden, Please Appoint an Antisemitism Ambassador Now
Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Israel. On this day, we are taught not only to mourn the millions senselessly slaughtered in Nazi...
