Fighting the darkness of anti-Semitism one candle at a time
The 5th Global Forum for Combatting Anti-Semitism took place in Jerusalem on May 12-14, 2015. The theme was: “The Oldest Hatred in the Newest Vessels: Confronting Antisemitism and Hate Speech on the...
View ArticleThe Pope who loved the Jews…Really?
It doesn’t matter if you are Catholic or not, the Pope is an international figure that cannot be ignored. As a Jew, I do not fall under his authority like a Roman Catholic would, but I understand that...
View ArticleCould the conspiracy of Psalm 83 against Israel involve ISIS?
It was only 15 years ago that I was conducting research for my first book on anti-Semitism, They Have Conspired Against You. This led me to an in-depth study of the 83rd Psalm written by Asaph who was...
View ArticleObama’s Legacy and Tisha B’Av
We often say that the Jewish life cycle revolves around the Jewish calendar, its holy days and the foods we eat accordingly. There is even a a Jewish motto about it: “They tried to kill us, we won,...
View ArticleAs a Jew, I can support Palestine
Depending on which side of the Middle East fence you are on, Palestine and the Palestinians can be defined in very different ways. Of course, your understanding and supporting of the Arab/Israeli...
View ArticleNow you can be a “Dirty Jew” even if you are not Jewish
It was about a year ago that a café in Belgium posted a sign on its window stating that dogs were allowed inside but Jews weren’t. The sign didn’t stay on the window for very long as the outrage of...
View ArticleIsrael not taking refugees is not a humanitarian crime
There are those who claim that the world is getting better as we are increasingly becoming more tolerant and accepting a multicultural/holistic approach to sharing our planet. I am not one of them....
View ArticleRefugees, Migrants and Terrorists: Europe is out of control
At the very time when global borders should be tightly monitored because of the ISIS invasion, Europe is faced with a tsunami of migrants. I choose to call them migrants because they are far from all...
View ArticleHave we learned anything from Kristallnacht?
Seventy-seven years ago during the nights of November 9-10, 1938, Jewish people, businesses and synagogues suffered greatly throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria and Czechoslovakia. This ominous...
View ArticleNo hate speech on Facebook, unless it’s against the Jews of course
In December 2015, the NGO Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center, started an experiment on Facebook to see if the social network giant was indeed guilty of double standards when it comes to Israel and the...
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