Quote of the week
“Rabid anti-Semitism coupled with an addiction to implausible conspiracy theories is a very strong predictor of national -doom.”—Walter Russell Mead, Bard College
“Rabid anti-Semitism coupled with an addiction to implausible conspiracy theories is a very strong predictor of national -doom.”—Walter Russell Mead, Bard College
By Olivier Melnick, The NewAntiSemitism Blog— For as long as I have studied and taught against antisemitism, the United-States were never immune from the virus of Jew hatred, but they were not in the forefront either. Antisemitism has been expected from countries in the Middle East that are mostly Muslim countries. It has also been…
By Independent— A US Congressional delegation will visit Israel tomorrow to look into the option of relocating the American embassy to Jerusalem. President Donald Trump has previously said he would “love” to see the embassy moved from its current location in Tel Aviv. He made the comments during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to…
By Hana Levi Julian, The Jewish Press— Opposition leader Isaac Herzog warned Monday night that Israel should prepare itself for the possibility that Jews may flee to the Jewish State to escape anti-Semitism in Western nations. “I call on the government to urgently prepare and draw up a national emergency plan for the possibility of…
Torah: Exodus 25:1 – 27:19, “Terumah” (Contribution … ) Haftorah: I Kings 3:6 – 6:13 New Testament: II Corinthians 9:6 – 15 Gospel: Matthew 5:1 – 16, “Patach Peen” (He opened his mouth…)
By Caroline Glick, JPost— Was former secretary of labor and assistant attorney-general Tom Perez’s victory over Congressman Keith Ellison over the weekend in the race to serve as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee a victory of centrist Democrats over radical leftists in the party? That is how the mainstream media is portraying…
By Yoel Domb, Arutz 7— The Department for Homeland Security in the US has offered assistance Wednesday to US Jewish communities after a wave of fake bomb threats targeted them. Department Secretary John Kelly said that due to the types of threats on Jewish Community Centers he has ordered his men to increase assistance and…
By Nadiya Al-Noor, Times of Israel— Hating Israel is the thing to do today on university campuses. It makes you seem “progressive.” It means you’re “woke” and socially aware. It means you’re fighting against a tyrannical regime. It is supporting the struggle of an oppressed people at the hands of White colonialist supremacy. Zionism is racism.…