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Posts Tagged ‘antisemtism’
Jews in South Africa
In troubled post-Mandela South Africa, a fight or flight dilemma for the 70,000 Jews Next week’s local government elections amount to a referendum on ANC rule. With joblessness, inequality and violence all on the rise, many in the Jewish community are considering their future. Nelson Mandela has b[...]
March 18th, 2016 - 1:17 am § in Misc.
An antisemetic screed … rejecting the myth that Jews are white
Jews Are Not White Rabbi Gil Steinlauf is leading an important development in American race relations, the steady drift of Jews away from publicly identifying as “White.” The history of Judaism and Whiteness in America is a complicated one, and Steinlauf’s hackneyed historiography is far from [...]
January 7th, 2016 - 10:05 am § in Misc.
THEY WOULDN’T EVEN BURY HER
We’ll call her Yonah. ON MY MIND JANUARY 4, 2016 MANISHTANA From the Jewnited Nations website: “A mutual friend informed a group of us that Yonah had passed away and that the funeral would be later that week in Brooklyn, they weren’t sure when yet. But they wanted to make[...]
The Jews WERE here!
Despite the Torah, until now there has been little physical archaeological evidence for the Kingdom founded by David. Now, Eilat Mazar, director of excavations at the City of David’s site in the old city of Jerusalem, has found the seal — a “bulla” — from a Judea[...]
Stand With Us Fuels the Flames
The Stand With Us movement began as an admirable effort to oppose campus groups who target Israel under a less than thinly cloaked guise of antisemitism. Now, however, SWU has lost its way. Whoever write this piece is not promoting peace, she or he is attacking the media in Fox News style. Wh[...]
June 4th, 2015 - 6:38 pm § in The Ave Scene
Sawantism: The नेता* Explains Her Stand on Hamas Vs Israel
David Goldstein, a friend and fellow Jew, has castigated me for criticizing Kshama Sawant’s support for the Boycott Israel “Peace” Movement. (नेता* is leader in Hindi) He challenged me to react to the motion she unsuccessfully tried to get the Seattle City Council to pass c[...]
November 15th, 2014 - 7:14 am § in Misc.
Buchenwald 60: Antisemitism
Norway: Anti-Racism Activists Boycott Holocaust Ceremony as ‘Jews were Invited’ Activists boycott Holocaust remembrance ceremony after members of Jewish Congregation invited Incredible! “Anti racists” at the a Holocaust commemoration send the funds to Gaza. [...]
November 9th, 2014 - 4:48 am § in Misc.
Anniversary of Kristallnacht
From Wikipedia A ruined synagogue in Munich after Kristallnacht Hermann Göring met with other members of the Nazi leadership on 12 November to plan the next steps after the riot, setting the stage for formal government action. In the transcript of the meeting, Göring said, ‘I have received a[...]
July 3rd, 2014 - 10:54 am § in Israel/Palestine
Blood Libel
Jerusalem – Hamas Newspaper: ‘Murder Of Arab Teen Reminiscent Of Jewish Custom Of Baking Matzas With Blood’ Today 01:45 PM Jerusalem – The editor of a Hamas affiliated newspaper Al-Risala wrote an anti-Semitic article on Thursday that claimed the death of a Palestinian teen, [...]