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Liberal Jews Can Be Committed to Nationalism and Judaism
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat wrote that the choice between Jewish nationalism and Jewish liberalism is the crucial issue facing American Jewry today. He...
Arab Media Upset By Merkel’s Criticism of Arab Antisemitism
NBC reports: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has denounced a “different type of anti-Semitism” that has taken root in her country. She also vowed to do everything possible to...
At Least Five Imams in America Have Called for the Death of Jews; Where’s the Outrage?
Barely six months ago -- at the supposedly mainstream Islamic Center of Davis in Davis, California, an imam gave a sermon during which he plainly appeared (on video, no less) to exhort...
Islam’s Jewish Dilemma Revisited
JNS.org - In his important book Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition, the scholar David Nirenberg makes the persuasive case that Islam has faced similar theological challenges to...
Could This Extremist New Jersey Imam Be Deported?
Aymen Elkasaby, the extremist imam at a New Jersey mosque (now suspended) who called for genocide against the Jews in a December 8th sermon, appears to be in America...
Yes, Muslim Antisemitism Exists in the US
JNS.org - We were heartened to learn that a Philadelphia synagogue is offering an adult education course about antisemitism -- a timeless scourge that every generation must combat. But...
PA Says Muslim ‘Feelings’ More Important Than Human Rights for Jews
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning Israel for adding a type of electronic gate to the entrance of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in...
Is Antisemitism the New ‘Normal’ in Europe?
In Michel Houellebecq's dystopian novel, Submission (2015), which takes place in an imaginary France in 2022, when the Muslim Brotherhood has won elections and rules...
Survey Shows Antisemitism Rises With Muslim Religiosity
An Institute for the Global Study of Global Antisemitism (ISGAP) meta-survey of antisemitic attitudes in Europe showed a very consistent finding. It's conclusion: The review of surveys...
An Open Letter to Imam Ahmad on the Murder of Ezra Schwartz
JNS.org - Dear Imam Abdul Rahmam Ahmad, I read the text of the condolence letter that you wrote the Jewish community of Boston following the recent murder...
Study Exposes Depth of Muslim Antisemitism in Europe
A new study published by the Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy (ISGAP) confirms what many have long suspected: that the worst crimes...
European Anti-Semitism Isn’t Muslim Alone
"I came to Europe as an American," a friend once said to me. "I am leaving as a Jew." This was more than 20 years ago;...
The History of Judaism: An Undivided People
There are several words used in the Bible to describe the Jewish people. At one stage, we were simply tribal. Then we became an "Am,"...
Israel and the Jews Should Forget the West, and Look East
The anniversary of the Yom Kippur War always reminds one of Israeli fallibility, arrogance, and overconfidence, yet also of its capacity to defy the odds...
