When I read that Eli Valley had been named Anti-Semite of the Week by an obscure group called StopAntiSemitism, I started to do some digging. First, I discovered that the group barely exists. Its website lists no board and no staff. It does find itself often mentioned alongside another group called Zachor Legal Institute, which […]
Halle Attack Highlights Germany’s Misplaced Terror Priorities and Hostility to BDS
Today, on Yom Kippur, a German anti-Semite, Holocaust denier, and neo-Nazi, Stephan Balliet, sought to kill Jews praying on the holiest day of the Jewish year. His self-declared goal was to “kill as many anti-whites as possible, Jews preferred,” Despite there being no German police providing security for the Halle synagogue, the terrorist could not […]
Trump’s Attack on Congressional Women of Color Weaponizes Hate, Anti-Semitism and Israel
In his latest Twitter assault, Pres. Trump again targeted ‘The Squad’ (two of whose members are Muslim-American and two of whom are Black), the progressive Congressional women of color. His comments have taken an even more ugly twist in the past few hours, as he’s targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar claiming that she is anti-Semitic, anti-Israel […]
Jews Without Mercy in Seattle and Washington DC
Earl Schorris wrote a wonderful book a few decades ago called Jews Without Mercy. It was a savage, incantatory attack in the era of Reagan on the Jews who first advanced neoconservatism and brought it to a wider audience. I thought of his evocative title when conceiving this blog post about the response of some […]
