The State of Anti-Semitism: Better or Worse?
I remember years ago learning that there were Jewish institutions in some countries in Europe and South America (i.e., France, Argentina) that didn’t have signs, fearing that identifying themselves as Jewish would lead…
Israel Firster: The White Supremacist Roots
A case of leftist ‘McCarthyism’? So-called “progressives” should stop mimicking the far right and engage in that debate without questioning the allegiance of their fellow Americans. By James Kirchik for Haaretz One of…
Oh Those Jews!
It’s like been an avalanche of silliness for Jews, Jew haters, Jewish Jew haters, and just plain morons of late. I’m not goig to label anyone, because that would be politically incorrect, but…
Galliano Guilty Verdict for Racist Rants
Former chief fashion designer at Christian Dior, John Galliano, was found guilty of making “public insults” based on origin, religion, race or authenticity after an incident where he spouted racist and anti-Semitic insults…
Jedwabne Vandalism Opens Old Wound, Poland’s Reply Helps to Heal it
I got a text this week from a Polish friend that was particularly disturbing: the monument to the victims of the Jedwabne Pogrom was defaced by vandals who wrote, “I’m not apologizing for…
The Crown Heights Pogrom
As the press and the community asses the history of those days with 20 years of distance, more and more evidence shows that the “riots” was actually a “pogrom”. The Jewish Forward in…
Yesterday’s Gone, Yesterday’s Gone: Facing Tomorrow One More Time
I have been thinking about tomorrow, and not just because they told me not to stop. Actually, as historian Niall Ferguson noted at Jerusalem’s recent Presidential Conference (already discussed heavily on these pages),…
Shalom YPSA and Shalom YIISA
With commencement over and the campus empty of many students, activists, student newspaper editorial writers, and faculty, Yale University announced that it is shuttering its Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism,…
Stephen Harper – Moral Voice of the West
Under PM Stephen Harper, Canada has been supportive of Israel for several years now. In the recent election, he and his Conservative party were rewarded in several ridings where they beat Liberal candidates,…
Ian Baron, Synagogue Vandal: Please accept our apologies
When reports first came out about the anti-Semitic graffiti attack against B’nai Shalom synagogue of Olney, Maryland last summer, it seemed like your typical attack. Swastikas and Nazi references were sprayed on the…
Question Your Leaders AND Their Ideas
I worry about the masses who question the the idea that they live under tyranny yet fail to question the ideas of the tyrants. Once and for all people; Zionism and Nazism are…
Helen Thomas can suck my left testicle
Helen Thomas struck a defiant pose when she spoke recently at a workshop on anti Arab bias before a crowd of 300 people in Dearborn, Michigan. Despite her apology, she stated that she…
Presenting Islamic anti-Semitism to the UN Human Rights Council
New Trends in Arabic Anti-semitism from Henrik Clausen on Vimeo. Context by Yigal Carmon of MEMRI who presented this material to the UN Human Rights Council, a body that focuses on Israel to…
Do You Like “Jews Burn Again, Holocaust 2″?
Sick Facebook pages get sicker. We all know that lots of Jew hatred is out there. We know it ends up on Facebook and other social media sites. How long does it take…
When the Jew’s Blood Reds My Knife
Hey, a few days ago I covered this lovely song. Today I realized that it would go really well to the melody of Simon and Gurfunkel’s The Sounds of Silence. Try it and…
Get the Hell Out of…My Face
Here’s the thing. I’ve been thinking about poor Helen Thomas, who I believe was probably just saying what everyone thinks and has therefore been made a scapegoat. Not that I really care, because we…
The Toilet as a Sign of the Times in the University of California
Over the years, we have brought our readers numerous posts about the anti-Israel movement at UC Irvine, UC Berkeley and recently UC San Diego. These movements are typically led by those schools’ Muslim…
The inexcusable situation into which Jewish students are placed by their universities
We’ve all seen the video of the Muslim Student Association student at UC San Diego, who, during their anti-Israel week’s events attended a David Horowitz lecture and said she was “for” Nasrallah’s statement…
The Festival of Freedom
There are many who note that while we are free, there are those who are enslaved. There are slaves in the Sudan, Southeast Asia, and other places throughout the world. Lacking in specifics,…
Jewish Students at UCI Break Their Silence
We have been spilling digital ink about this for the last 6 years. Lo and behold there is an anti-Semitic group on the campus called the MSU! While the administration and the deans…
If it has Muffti and wimmins in it, it must be good.
CK and I were chatting yesterday. While this alone might be of little interest as the chat this time did not entail any risqué or gross topics (Will CK ever get used to…
Kick a Jew Day at Florida Middle School
Jewish students kicked at middle school in Florida. There are disturbing accusations of anti-Semitism at a Collier County school. Ten students are serving suspensions for their roles in what was called “Kick a…
Is Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic?
Fresh on the heels of their ground-breaking Jews can sometimes be cool story, CNN tackles the thorny, often contentious issue of whether or not criticizing Israel equals Anti-semitism. Titled “Anti-semitism revival,” the piece…
Marc Garlasco, Human Rights Watch’s leading critic of Israel, is a Nazi Fetishist
The lead investigator for Human Rights Watch, the one that accused Israel of intentionally bombing kids on a beach, and using phosphorous as a weapon, and other Gaza war-crimes has been discovered to…
FBI AIPAC Sting Motivated by Anti-Semitism? No Way!
Way! The FBI Investigation into AIPAC that resulted in dropped charges against two AIPAC staffers accused of passing classified information to Israel may have been motivated by anti-Semitism according to Larry Franklin, who…
Open Letter to Dr. Glen W. Thomas
Dear California Secretary of Education Thomas, The “UC Intifada” at UCI – is raging and Chancellor Drake and the University seem unable or unwilling to act in an effective way to protect the…
