Category Archives: Jewish

It is unacceptable that while non-Jewish students get protection from microaggressions, Jewish students don’t merit protection from macroaggressions, especially when those aggressions have nothing to do with academic freedom

JEWISH JOURNAL Princeton Case Shows That When Jews Get Attacked, It Suddenly Becomes “Academic Freedom” Lori Lowenthal Marcus August 30, 2023 “Wokeness” and cancel culture operate in reverse when it comes to the Jews. For all other minorities, the Woke … Continue reading

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“Her group’s success in “breaking a billionaire’s soul” whet her appetite, and the next targets, she insisted, must be everyone associated with Kohelet—intellectuals and donors”

JNS Israel’s #MeToo Stalinists celebrate their victory Caroline Glick August 20, 2023 Campaigners against Israel’s Netanyahu government scored a notable victory on Aug. 4. After a six-month demonization, defamation and harassment campaign against the Kohelet Policy Forum and its chief … Continue reading

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“The message currently being sent to Americans that Israeli democracy will be destroyed unless the protesters get their way is a falsehood”

JEWISH PRESS Want to Support Israeli Democracy? Then RESPECT Democratic Elections Jonathan Tobin August 22, 2023 …As the political warfare inside Israel has escalated since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition won a clear majority in last November’s election to the … Continue reading

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When Biden was elected in 2020, many hoped and some predicted that his would be an administration far friendlier to Israel than Obama’s. It’s not turning out that way.

COMMENTARY The Biden Turn Against Israel and the mishandling of the problem of anti-Semitism by Michael R. Pompeo and Elan S. Carr September 2023 …More than halfway through the 46th president’s term, the facts are these: At almost every turn, … Continue reading

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What the latest outburst of anti-Haredi misinformation on a United flight tells us about progressive notions of identity and power

TABLET MAG Admit It: You Hate Religious Jews Liel Leibovitz August 22, 2023 Late last week, a 29-year-old Israeli reporter boarded a United Airlines flight from New York to Tel Aviv. A short while later, she tweeted a photo of … Continue reading

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“No other group would have to silently watch as members from outside their community get to portray inaccurate stereotypes, but for some reason, Jewish people have to take it”

JPOST Hollywood must challenge the ‘Jew Face’ stereotype Zina Rakhamilova August 22, 2023 In film and entertainment, portraying historical figures has always been a subject of intense scrutiny and debate. A recent controversy has grown around actor Bradley Cooper and … Continue reading

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Natan Levy’s opponent denied six million Jews died in the Holocaust… until he lost his fight

JEWISH CHRONICLE Jewish MMA fighter beats antisemitic troll into submission in Vegas fight Felix Pope August 18, 2023 When Jewish cage fighter Natan Levy saw antisemitic trolls defending a prominent Holocaust denier online, he knew he had to teach them … Continue reading

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Kontorovich: “What is clear is that in the late 1960s, the moment that mattered, nothing in international law demonstrated that Israel must engage in the unprecedented action not allowing its Jewish population to live in the areas from which they were expelled”

TABLET MAG Israeli Settlements Are Not Illegal Eugene Kontorivich August 9, 2023 …Moreover one cannot occupy one’s own territory: If Ukraine retakes Crimea from Russia, it will not be an occupation just because it had long been administered by Moscow. … Continue reading

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The resurrection of professor Jasbir Puar’s modern blood libel as part of an Ivy League humanities course has the Jewish community up in arms

JNS Duke University Press enables blood libel at Princeton Amy Rosenthal August 11, 2023 Do Jews maim innocents to control them and reap economic rewards? Do they target the vital organs of their victims? Do they starve children? This is … Continue reading

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“But in a free country, people may choose to make Shabbat special in their own way. Some may light candles, eat a family dinner, and walk to synagogue. Others may drive a car or take public transit to do those things, and many may choose not to do them at all”

JPOST Israel must find a Shabbat compromise on public transport Editorial Board August 13, 2023 …Last week, the Transportation Ministry made yet another decision that has a clear political logic but makes little sense for Israelis’ transportation needs. The Tel Aviv … Continue reading

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