The latest shocking development in the scandal over a horrific anti-Semitic murder in France not only trains a harsh light on that country’s attitude to Jew-hatred. It also illuminates a …
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4/28/21
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Last week, Riverdale’s congressman figuratively threw Israel under a bus, supporting anti-Israel legislation pushed by the “Squad.” This week, an anti-Semite literally threw rocks …
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4/28/21
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The campaign manager for a Democratic New York City Council candidate said last week that Manhattan’s Upper West Side is too white and Jewish, the New York Post reported.
Quinn Mootz, who is …
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4/22/21
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Riverdale has a large and diverse Jewish population and is home to several Orthodox shuls, Jewish schools, and kosher shopping and dining venues.
What it apparently no longer has is a voice in …
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For The Jewish Star
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4/22/21
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Many articles are published on how to talk to children about anti-Semitism, but nobody has explained why doing so is so important.
Some 88 percent of American Jewish adults surveyed in 2020 by …
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By Jennifer Shulkin
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4/22/21
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In the series “Letters to a German Friend,” written clandestinely during the Nazi occupation of France, the celebrated French writer and resistance figure Albert Camus conducted a …
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By Ben Cohen
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4/22/21
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Certainly, Israel’s struggle against the BDS movement has been a bitter PR battle, both angering and animating supporters of the Jewish state. After all, BDS has freely slandered Israel, …
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By James Sinkinson
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4/15/21
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A new report on European anti-Semitism reveals contradictory trends: On the one hand, there was a decrease in physical violence as COVID-19 lockdowns reduced interaction among Jews and anti-Semites; …
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4/15/21
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Anti-Zionists, especially BDS activists, have been successful in creating and spreading many false claims, exaggerations and misperceptions about Israel. I have been working with the campus …
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Jordana Schiff
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4/15/21
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The ancient blood libel — “Jews are poisoners,” used to stoke anti-Semitic violence through the ages, from the Black Death to tainted wells — has reappeared. This time, it …
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By Edwin Black
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4/7/21
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