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Updating Anti-Semitism
In my latest piece for Souciant, I take on the growing use of Holocaust rhetoric to support an Israeli attack on Iran. In particular, the idea that Jews are more justified in drastic acts of...
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Solidarity With Israel
My latest piece on Souciant looks at Germany’s relationship with Israel through the lens of the recent controversy over Gunter Grass’ poem criticizing Israel’s actions vis a vis Iran and its own...
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The Scent of Anti-Semitism
In this week’s article at Souciant, I examine “two faces” of anti-Semitism, along with the question of whether being anti-Zionist or anti-Israel is the same as being anti-Semitic. As someone who is...
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Just Say No to Peace
This week’s piece in Souciant reminds my readers that I don’t write the headlines there. The piece actually follows up my article last week on Greta Berlin, the Christian letter regarding aid to Israel...
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The American Jihadist
Free speech is now a key battleground in the Israel-Palestine conflict. And, as with virtually all battlegrounds in this conflict, the debate is completely divorced from reason. The comparison of...
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A Holocaust Double Standard
This piece originally appeared at Souciant’s new blog. Check it out for a great deal of brilliant and different progressive thought. I wrote recently about the apoplectic reaction of some members of...
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Barbarians At The Gate
The Anti-Defamation League put out an exhaustive poll to find out how much anti-Semitism there is in the world. The poll is fatally flawed, with questions that often don’t describe anti-Semitism but a...
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Netanyahu Seizes Upon Brussels Jewish Museum Shooting
This article originally appeared at LobeLog. On May 24, an unidentified shooter opened fire at the Jewish museum in Brussels, killing four people. Two of the victims were Israelis, and the other two...
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Image of Hate
The photo you see to the left was found by Jewish Voice for Peace on the Facebook page (since removed) of a group that named itself “Hating Arabs Isn’t revenge–it’s values.” Hashtag reads Israel...
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Criticize Israel At Your Own Risk
I’d like to pose a question. Do you believe that someone who writes the following letter should be forced out of his position as chaplain at an Ivy League university? Read more at LobeLogFiled under:...
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Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorist Speaking At Progressive Sites in NYC and DC
There is a distinct tone-deafness in too many progressive circles about anti-Semitism. To some extent, I can understand where it comes from. Anti-Semitism is, thankfully, at a nadir at this point in...
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Busboys and Poets Cancels Christopher Bollyn Event!
This morning, I was notified by Busboys and Poets that they have cancelled the event that was to be held this week featuring the notorious anti-Semite and conspiracy theorist, Christopher Bollyn. Thank...
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Shame On Brooklyn Commons as Another Venue Cancels Bollyn Appearance (UPDATED)
Brooklyn Commons is continuing to resist calls from a very wide swath of the New York City progressive community to cancel the talk to be held at their site this week by the notorious anti-Semite and...
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Brooklyn Commons Owner Responds, Doubles Down on Anti-Semitic Speaker
The owner of Brooklyn Commons, Melissa Ennen, has finally responded to the controversy around the appearance of 9/11 Truther and anti-Semite Christopher Bollyn. Unfortunately, her response is to defend...
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Netanyahu And Trump: No Palestinian State, No Condemnations of Anti-Semitism
As the joint press conference by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rolled on, it became clear that their prepared remarks were going to contain very little of substance....
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Israel’s Silence on Charlottesville
UPDATE 8/16: Labor chief Avi Gabbay took a while, but today did issue a very strong statement condemning the events in Charlottesville, clearly blaming the white supremacists and implicitly complaining...
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Why Trump Can Do No Wrong In Netanyahu’s Eyes
“This is bonkers. Israel’s government says don’t overreact to neo-Nazis in the US because it could hurt relations with Trump. Totally insane.” So said Dr. Brian Klaas, a Fellow in Comparative Politics...
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Black Cube Crosses Another Line
Netanyahu and Orban, brothers in anti-Semitism The private Israeli intelligence firm, Black Cube, is back in the headlines. This time, ex-employees have spilled the beans on a program to throw shade on...
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Netanyahu Chooses Trump Over U.S. Jews…Again
On Saturday, Robert Bowers, a right-wing gunman strode into a synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh and began shooting. When he was finished, he’d murdered 11 people. Donald Trump led...
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Linda Sarsour on the Ongoing Attacks on Her and the Women’s March
The bad faith attacks on Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour have reached new heights in recent days. They have been revived and risen in intensity after the massacre of 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh...
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