Overview for anti-semitism

Truth Hurts

In my column for The Week , I discuss the recent debate in the left-wing bloggosphere over former AIPAC spokesman Josh Block: A blogosphere spat is revealing an important fracture in the Democratic Party and liberal institutions. The spat erupted nearly a week ago. The website em> …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday December 14, 2011

What Friends of Israel Face in Britain

As an example of the attitudes my friends at the Anglo-Israel Association bump up against in contemporary Britain, there's this : A Labour MP has caused outrage by suggesting that Britain's first Jewish ambassador to Israel has divided loyalties because he has "proclaimed himself to be a …

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Written by David Frum on Thursday December 1, 2011

Germans Learn Their Taxes Support the Far Right

The German public is in shock as details emerge of a brutal and inhuman neo-Nazi cell that has roamed the country over the past decade. Current investigations have unveiled that a trio of neo-nazis; Beate Zschäpe, Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt have killed ten people, robbed a string of banks …

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Written by Robin Tim Weis on Monday November 28, 2011

Where Are the Anti-Semites at Occupy Wall Street?

Back in late 2009, when many still believed that Sarah Palin was the future of American politics, left-wing filmmakers Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll took their camera to a Borders book store in Columbus, Ohio, where the former Alaska governor was signing copies of her book Going Rogue . …

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Written by Jonathan Kay on Wednesday October 26, 2011

Palestinians Behaving Badly

The Palestinian envoy to Canada is asked to leave after she tweets a link to a call to "destroy the Jews." Linda Sobeh Ali, the chargé d’affaires of the Palestinian delegation in Ottawa, is just one cut above persona non grata. The Canadian government called her in for a high-level …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday October 18, 2011

How Israel's Lawyers Stopped the Second Flotilla

Israel has deployed a powerful new strategy against the latest wouldbe Gaza flotilla activists: Bore them to death. Israel has deployed a powerful new strategy against the latest wouldbe Gaza flotilla activists: Bore them to death. For three weeks, the activists aboard the lead flotilla …

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Written by David Frum on Saturday July 9, 2011

The Sinister Agenda of the Gaza Flotilla

The strategy to end the embargo imposed by Israel on Gaza is simple: create a clash with the IDF, portray Hamas as the victim and Israel as a bully. Is it a coincidence that the last flotilla desperately trying to reach Gaza is setting sail from Greece?  While the Greek economy is imploding, …

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Written by Emmanuel Navon on Wednesday July 6, 2011

Why Did Yale End Anti-Semitism Program?

Yale won't say why it canceled the program. Did its focus on modern anti-Semitism in the Moslem world not meet with the administration's approval? Much has been written about the recent closure of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism. Many argue that the …

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Written by Uriel Epshtein on Wednesday June 22, 2011

Scenes From Londonistan

Is the UK the only place on the planet where a peaceful demonstrator can be attacked, bitten, have his face ripped -- and then be charged with the same crime as his assailant? Is the UK the only place on earth where a peaceful demonstrator can be attacked, bitten, have his face ripped -- and …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday June 22, 2011

Yale's Anti-Semitism U-Turn

Yale University today announced a new anti-semitism program just weeks after scrapping another initiative, a move which drew widespread criticism. Just weeks after deciding to close the Yale Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism, Yale University  announced today that it …

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Written by Fred Messner on Monday June 20, 2011

Face to Face with the Anti-Israel Young

Last week, after my lecture at Montréal University, bodyguards who rushed me through a backdoor and away in a speeding car. The reason for the drama? I'm Israeli. Last week, Montréal University (l’Université du Québec à Montréal, or UQÀM) made me feel good: After I delivered my lecture there, …

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Written by Emmanuel Navon on Wednesday April 6, 2011

The Jewboy Email: Let's Go to the Tape!

NM Exclusive: Americans for Limited Government’s communications director charged today that NBC producer Jane Stone had originally denied sending any email to ALG. This claim, which diverges from statements by NBC News, reveals an apparent inconsistency that is sure to add more fuel to the …

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Written by Tim Mak on Monday September 28, 2009