Fighting Anti-Semitism

by Richard Friedman Criticism of Israeli policies is fair game — it can be expected of a robust democracy. What is not fair game, however, are antisemitic attacks against Israel, in which the world’s only majority Jewish state is demonized and delegitimized. […]

A QAnon supporter at a rally for U.S. President Donald Trump. Source: YouTube. by Jackson Richman (JNS) — The word QAnon — and the conspiracy theories behind it — keep making headlines of late. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican congressional […]

by Richard Friedman  Powerful words from former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright about the Holocaust, coupled with an emotional reference to Israel from Auburn University’s Jewish basketball coach, Bruce Pearl, highlighted the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center’s annual fundraiser August 23, […]

Photo: Ahmad Daraldik While many groups are praising Florida State University for adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, the move comes after a contentious summer that saw the student senate refuse to act against a president who […]

A poster from a protest in London linking Black Lives Matter movement to the situation facing the Palestinians. Source: Apartheid Off Campus via Facebook by Sean Savage (JNS) — Groups on the far-right and far-left, including pro-Palestinian organizations with links […]

A medieval depiction of Jews being burned alive during Europe’s Black Death. Source: Wikimedia Commons by Ricki Hollander (CAMERA.org) — For centuries, blood libels and conspiracy theories have played a tragic role in Jewish history, inciting pogroms, and responsible for the […]

by Larry Brook (Israel InSight) — At February’s National Religious Broadcasters convention, Tennessee-based Proclaiming Justice to the Nations challenged Christian media outlets to join in the fight against antisemitism. The organization held a lengthy panel discussion on Feb. 27 at […]

From left: Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz; Dan Diker, director of the Project on BDS and Political Warfare at the JCPA; and Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini. Credit: Judy Lash Balint. by Judy Lash Balint (JNS) — With the […]

Princess Alice as she’s portrayed in the Netflix series “The Crown.” by Richard Friedman  Those who’ve watched the Netflix series “The Crown” likely have come to a deeper understanding of the British monarchy and, especially, its colorful characters, twists and […]

As anti-Semitism grows, more and more Jewish graves are being defaced. (ADL) by Richard Friedman  Anti-Semitism — hostility and hatred toward Jews — seems to be growing by the week as reflected in news media accounts. The problem is particularly […]

(CAMERA) — In light of the tendency by some propaganda films and anti-Israel speakers to posthumously enlist Martin Luther King, Jr., for their attacks on the Jewish state, it’s worth noting what the civil rights hero actually felt about Israel and […]