Accosted by a Hater: What Would you Do?
We are bound to engage in soul-searching about how we might balance the duty to our own safety and the safety of those in our care with the impulse to defend our integrity from those who want to humiliate us.
Why the Crown Heights Pogrom Still Matters
Thirty years ago, anti-Jewish violence was prompted by the idea that Jews were privileged. The rise of critical race theory makes the tragedy an important lesson in enabling anti-Semitism.
Dr. Fauci Must Apologize For Comments on Hasidic Jews
Dr. Anthony Fauci was discussing herd immunity, and said we had over 90% immunity to measles but NYC had “Hassidic Jewish People” who were the cause of the outbreak, by choosing not to vaccinate.
Can the West be Honest About the Islamist Threat?
For 20 years, Americans have failed to adequately confront radical Islam as an ideology and faith. The fall of Afghanistan is a reminder that defending liberal values requires truth-telling.
When the Jew-Bashers are Jews
Their values turn Jewish principles of justice and truth on their heads, and their Israel-bashing is but a thin veneer for a hatred of other Jews or Judaism itself.
No Easy Fix for Israel’s Gold-Medal Civil Marriage Dilemma
Olympic hero Artem Dolgopyat has become the face of the Law of Return conundrum facing those who qualify for citizenship but aren’t classified as Jews.
‘Not Vaccinated:’ How Refusal is Spreading the Virus of Anti-Semitism
Like COVID-19 seeping around the world, anti-Semitism whipped up during the pandemic, with its echo of the medieval slander that Jews spread the Black Death by poisoning wells, remains with us.
Ice-Cream Anti-Semitism
We need to stop pretending that the Ben & Jerry’s argument is over a handful of wild-eyed “settlers” on remote hilltops. This is a fight over boycotting the Western Wall.
‘Jews Always Run Away’: Fighting Stereotypes in Sports
As the world tunes in to the Olympics in Tokyo, watching an enormous variety of sports in which athletes of all nationalities compete, it’s evident that these ideas connecting race with sporting ability belong in the garbage can of history.
Why are ‘Progressive Jews’ Defending Ben & Jerry’s?
Despite left-wingers’ claims, there’s no real difference between an anti-Semitic BDS campaign that threatens Israel and one that only wants to boycott Jews in Jerusalem.