The current so-called anti-Semitism crisis in the British Labour Party is founded on a complete misunderstanding of what anti-Semitism really is. It is based on a complete misunderstanding of Jewish history and the real suffering of the Jewish people over the centuries. Today, anti-Semitism poses nowhere near the danger it once did to the Jewish people. And … [Read more...]
Facebook Suspends Me, Calling Criticism of Israeli Settler “Hate Speech”
Yesterday, I was using Facebook when a message popped on my screen saying that a post I'd published on the platform had been found to be "hate speech." My account was suspended for seven days. I would have no access to publishing content or comments during that time. The post consisted of a link to an Al Monitor article about a Palestinian family which had … [Read more...]
Labour Party’s Alleged Anti-Semitism Crisis
Earlier today, Middle East Eye published my latest piece about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's private briefing with American Jewish leaders. In response to a suitably hysterical questioner who implied that UK Jews faced massive pogroms if Jeremy Corbyn were elected premier, he intimated that the Trump administration was prepared to sabotage Jeremy Corbyn's … [Read more...]
Yom HaShoah and Its False Premises
Today is Yom HaShoah, an international day of mourning for victims of the Holocaust. I have written often here on this subject. When I was a graduate student I compiled the oral history of an Auschwitz survivor, publishing it in the Los Angeles Times on Yom Hashoah 1977. In the 1990s, I visited Theresienstadt while leading a New York Jewish Federation … [Read more...]
