It was a familiar story but with an unfamiliar conclusion. A Jewish student objected to the anti-Semitic slanders promoted by a student organization dedicated to Israel’s destruction. For …
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By Jonathan Tobin
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3/10/21
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A comedian telling a bad joke that hurts someone’s feelings isn’t news. Or at least it didn’t use to be.
But when the bad joke validates a lie that is fueling the latest …
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Commentary by Jonathan S. Tobin
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2/24/21
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Following the Capitol riot, there has been a renewed emphasis on the threat from white-supremacist hate groups from the Biden administration, much of the media as well as the organized Jewish …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/29/21
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Two years ago, House Republican Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had no trouble in doing the right thing when it came to policing extremism in his caucus. But as calls grow for him to do …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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2/3/21
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They’ll always have the United Nations. Even as the rest of the world abandons their cause, the Palestinians can still count on the world body to be their faithful ally in their century-old …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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12/30/20
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It was about time. Almost exactly 35 years to the day after Jonathan Pollard and his former wife, Anne, were refused entry to the Israel embassy in Washington, the spy that the Jewish …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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11/25/20
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There are some ideas that are so seemingly logical and reflective of our best hopes about human nature that it doesn’t matter how often they are proved wrong. One such notion is the belief …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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11/19/20
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You didn’t have to agree with everything Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said or wrote to understand the value of what he was trying to teach. The former chief rabbi of Great Britain, who died of …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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11/12/20
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The murderous shooting attack in Vienna is one more wake-up call …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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11/12/20
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Many Americans are anticipating a return to normalcy following this week’s election. For some, that just means an end to the constant bombardment of election ads on television, the Internet …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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11/4/20
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