Cancel Culture is No Laughing Matter
Comedian Dave Chappelle may have crossed a line with recent anti-Semitic jokes, but his rejection of “woke” totalitarianism is a breath of fresh air.
Is it Ever OK to Praise the ‘Truth’ of an Anti-Semitic Blood Libel?
The vice president not only failed to challenge a student who smeared Israel, but praised her instead. What does this say about campus culture and politicians who see the hard-left as their party’s base?
Kamala’s Hillary Moment
Kamala addressed students at George Mason to mark National Voter Registration Day.
The Triumph and Tragedy of Jewish Self-Liberation
Ruth Wisse’s new memoir tells of the flowering of Jewish literature and of witnessing the miracle of Israel. But she is just as interested in the revival of anti-Semitism and Jewish indifference or complicity in the war on their own people.
On Visible and Invisible Jews
We all know that raw prejudice among Jews against those who are visibly Jewish—that they are loud, rude, unwashed, contemptuous towards outsiders and all the rest of that baggage—is our community’s dirty secret.
“Jewish Nose” Jokes aren’t Funny. In Fact, they’re Dangerous
A political candidate in Virginia, a television game show host, and a Washington, D.C. historian seem to think that jokes about “Jewish noses” are funny.
Why was the Jewish Response to Durban a Failure?
Twenty years ago, a U.N. conference against racism was hijacked by a revival of the “Zionism is racism” canard. You can draw a straight line from there to the way critical race theory legitimizes anti-Semitism today.
Time for Both Parties to Repent for their Nazi Analogies
A Jewish GOP Senate candidate was roasted for comparing vaccine mandates to the Gestapo. Democrats who have used such analogies about Republicans are not in a position to talk.
When Anti-Semitic Lunatics Take Control of the Academic Asylum
A new literary weapon by Andrew Pessin is a sparkling and savagely satirical novel about campus “cancel culture.”
J Street’s Atheist Rabbi Named Harvard’s Chief Chaplain
Where Greg Epstein’s influence may well be felt, I fear, is on Jewish students’ perceptions of Israel, the Holocaust and anti-Semitism.