Posts Tagged: Ben Cohen Anti-Semitism
How to Misread Antisemitism
JNS.org - In all the furor around the antisemitism plaguing the British Labour Party, I’ve noticed two distinct forms of defense of both the party...
‘Anti-Zionist and Jew:’ Behind Jeremy Corbyn’s Apology
JNS.org - “I refuse to characterize as opinion,” wrote Jean-Paul Sartre in Anti-Semite and Jew, “a doctrine that is aimed directly at particular persons and that seeks...
On Zionism, Progressives Take a Page Out of the Socialist Playbook
JNS.org - There is a tragic account of the last moments of Grigori Zinoviev, the veteran Russian Bolshevik leader of Jewish descent who was executed by...
From Holocaust to ‘Polocaust’: A Change in Parlance Doesn’t Change the Facts
JNS.org - I interviewed Mateusz Morawiecki, the current prime minister of Poland, during his September visit to New York. The public-relations maven who arranged the meeting pitched Morawiecki -- then...
Why an Antisemitism Commissioner for Germany Is a Good Idea
JNS.org - There’s an intense debate going on in Germany right now about whether to create a post for a federal commissioner to deal with the...
France’s Socialist Party Shows the Right Way to Respond to Antisemitism
JNS.org - It has been a long time since I’ve heard anyone say anything positive about the French Socialist Party (PS), once the giant of that...
Hopes Betrayed: The Russian Revolution and the Jews
JNS.org - Another week, another centennial. Following the Balfour Declaration’s milestone, it’s now time to look back on the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, where a communist...
Harvey Weinstein’s Disgrace Produces Another Nasty Caricature
JNS.org - Walking through central London last week, and with a spare half hour on my hands, I decided to pay a quick visit to the National...
Leave the Symbols of Nazi Persecution Alone, Billy Joel
JNS.org - Billy Joel’s decision to sport a yellow star on the front and back of his jacket during a concert this week was a nod...
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...
Worldwide Anti-Semitism Gets a Boost From the Iran Deal
JNS.org - In Europe, Jewish communities are still licking the wounds from a miserable 12 months that saw deadly jihadist violence erupt against them in Paris,...
Getting Anti-Semitism Wrong at the United Nations
JNS.org - You have to hand it to the United Nations, I guess. It's hard to think of another body that would organize a...
Europe’s Jews Tied to a Declining Political Class
JNS.org - As regular readers of my column will know, I am not an admirer of the analogy between the situation that Jews faced...
Can the Political Left Tackle Anti-Semitism?
JNS.org - While I've never been a big fan of celebrity interventions in politics, I will concede that, on occasion, a big-screen actor or...
