“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.
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.
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.
The Real Danger of that Atheist Harvard Chaplain
Whether Greg Epstein will influence Jewish students’ religious beliefs remains to be seen.
What Exactly are ‘Auschwitz Borders’?
Longtime Israeli statesman Abba Eban made no bones about what would happen if Arab forces overran the nine-mile-wide coastal plain he was referring to.
They Love Us, They Love Us Not
I have been uplifted by a relationship with a young Polish man from the town where my grandmother was born, and from which, thankfully, she fled.
Is the ADL a Greater Threat to Liberty than the Extremists it Targets?
The group’s new deal to help PayPal shut down supposed radicals is part of a Big Tech corporate assault on free expression, not a defense of democracy.
Unstoppable: The Story of Siggi Wilzig: A Must Read Book
“Unstoppable – The Incredible Journey of Siggi B. Wilzig, the Auschwitz Survivor Who Overcame All Odds and Became a Wall Street Legend” is a must-read book.
The Case of Hungary: Anti-Semitism Without Violence
Why can Jews walk safely to synagogue in Budapest as opposed to peering over their shoulders when doing the same in Paris or Vienna?
The Lie of the ‘Jewish Nose’ Returns
Medieval Jew-haters introduced it in the 12th century C.E. as a way of singling out Jews for contempt; much later, Nazi Germany’s propaganda machine invoked the stereotype.