The outbreak of Measles provides another justification for the inherent hatred towards Jews; a way to rationalize anti-Semitic sentiments. Even in the Middle Ages Jews were blamed for spreading diseases, but the claim was opposite: Since bathing regularly wasn’t common,…
Dear Secretary Pompeo, I appreciate that your office is allocating funds to fight anti-Semitism around the world. As we saw at the recent AIPAC gathering, anti-Semitism appears to be the only issue that truly unifies the Jewish people above the…
$2 million is the amount allocated by the U.S. State Department for two projects to combat the growing anti-Semitism in Europe and Central Asia. This proposal itself highlights the problem with the approach to anti-Semitism. The premise is wrong. We…
“He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them.” (Daniel 2:21) At the time when the pro-Israel AIPAC lobby is making headlines, there are other players whose influence is no less important in safeguarding the interests of…
𝗞𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗵 𝗜𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 Animals never make mistakes, because nature operates them perfectly. Yet people go wrong all the time. In the 21st century, we have reached an absurd state where our existence on this planet…
Stability and safety are not synonyms of today’s Europe. A possible terrormotive behind the tram attack in the Netherlands where three people died; a Brussels “bomb threat” that was a false alarm but increased the tension near the European Union’s headquarters, forcing evacuation…
Less than 48 hours after we heard about the terrible massacre in the remote and peaceful New Zealand, we were struck by yet another terrorist attack near an Israeli settlement. In New Zealand, solidarity is on the rise, and promises…
Thirty days to the elections in Israel, Israelis are so entrenched in their daily fix of political and cultural bashing, that they barely notice the global resurgence of anti-Semitism. A giant parade in Belgium featured floats of two Hasidic Jews…
When I look at the resurgence of anti-Semitic propaganda, I see a desperate demand of people to free themselves from their sense of dependence on the Jews. Both Jews and non-Jews will ultimately have to realize that liberation from hatred…
Anti-Semitism has become a problem on different levels in America. Repeated anti-Semitic tropes by Rep. Ilhan Omar, suggesting American Jews’ dual-loyalty to Israel and the US, prompted the US House resolutionthat denounces anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry. However, it will be a finger-in-the-dike fix…
Dear Jared, I share your concern over the decades-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Needless to say, people around the globe feel that finding a solution to this conflict is long overdue. If there is world consensus about the urgent need to put…
“The human is the inclusion of male and female, and the world cannot be built, if male and female are not both present” (The Book of Zohar). International Women’s Day is upon us again, and this year’s keyword is “balance”…