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May 2, 2020

Hasidic Jews Defy New York’s Lockdown

Last Tuesday an estimated 2,500 male Hasidic Jews gathered in the streets of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn to attend the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Mertz. The gathering was contrary to New York City’s coronavirus lockdown, which forbids gatherings of more than ten persons while also mandating that individuals must maintain “social distancing” of at least six feet from each...

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April 14, 2020

Mossad False Flag Attacks on Jews

Even though distracted by the havoc resulting from the coronavirus, the United States and much of Europe is engaged in a frenzied search for anti-Semitism and anti-Semites so that what the media and chattering class are regarding as the greatest of all crimes and criminals can finally be extirpated completely. To be sure, there have recently been some horrific instances...

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February 23, 2020

The Government of Israel Has A Very Serious Antisemitism Problem

As Zionist organizations around the world weaponize antisemitism and use it as a tool to bring down politicians and other public figures with whom they disagree, the state of Israel is engaged in what is perhaps the worst example of antisemitism in the world today. A rebellion against the Almighty According to Halakhah, strict Jewish law, the Jewish people have been...

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February 14, 2020

Invoking ‘Anti-Semitism’ to Silence People Works – Until It Doesn’t. Then What?

Musician and activist Roger Waters is the latest public figure targeted for cancelation on charges of anti-Semitism, but the heavy-handed pressure tactic is actually doing advocates of Israel more harm than good. Waters got advertisements for his concert tour yanked from Major League Baseball platforms, after the Jewish organization B’nai Brith wrote an angry letter to MLB last month. The...

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February 5, 2020

The Holocaust, the BBC and Antisemitism Smears

Senior BBC news reporter Orla Guerin has found herself in hot water of an increasingly familiar kind. During a report on preparations for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, she made a brief reference to Israel and an even briefer reference to the Palestinians. Her reporting coincided with Israel hosting world leaders last...

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January 31, 2020

‘Wave of Anti-Semitism’ Exaggerated

One of the few growth industries in Donald Trump’s United States is the protection of Jewish citizens and their property from a largely contrived wave of anti-Semitism that is allegedly sweeping the nation. Even while potentially catastrophic developments in the Middle East continue to unfold, the threat of anti-Semitism continues to dominate much of the news cycle in the mainstream...

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January 27, 2020

How the Israeli Government Is Exploiting the Tragedy of the Holocaust

I guess it should come as no surprise. Everything about contemporary Israel is embroiled in exploitation of traditions and history for political gain, so why should the Holocaust be any different? Well, for one thing, it’s the most profound catastrophe in Jewish history. And that includes some pretty devastating events, such as the Roman conquest, the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades,...

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January 18, 2020

Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel’s Misuse of “Antisemitism”

At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any way. “Reclaiming the Palestinian narrative”...

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Tag: Anti-Semitism

Hasidic Jews Defy New York’s Lockdown

Mossad False Flag Attacks on Jews

The Government of Israel Has A Very Serious Antisemitism Problem

Invoking ‘Anti-Semitism’ to Silence People Works – Until It Doesn’t. Then What?

The Holocaust, the BBC and Antisemitism Smears

‘Wave of Anti-Semitism’ Exaggerated

How the Israeli Government Is Exploiting the Tragedy of the Holocaust

Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel’s Misuse of “Antisemitism”