A Passover synagogue shooting and a despicable NYT cartoon: the face of...
We emerged from Pesach only to hear the most dreadful news from Poway, near San Diego in California. A hate-filled antisemite, all of 19 years old, burst into the Chabad synagogue and opened fire,...
View ArticleThe state of Britain today – good for the Jews?
For months now Britain has been roiling in its Brexit woes. Theresa May resigned (or was she pushed?) and the race is now on to choose a new Prime Minister. The internal voting amongst Tory MPs is now...
View ArticleThe importance of the spelling and correct definition of “antisemitism”
This post was written (with a slightly different headline) by Shirlee Finn and published originally both at Honest Reporting and at Jews Down Under (of which Shirlee is the editor). The subject may...
View ArticleReclaiming the word “Zionism” from the antisemites
Continuing with the theme of the previous post, where the importance of correct terminology and spelling of the term “antisemitism” was stressed, a similar need to reclaim the term “Zionism” from the...
View ArticleBBC Panorama documentary – is Labour antisemitic?
Anyone who has been following the Labour antisemitism scandal – which will include readers of this blog – will be able to provide the spoiler to my headline. The answer is simply a resounding “Yes”....
View ArticleGood News Friday
Apologies for the long hiatus in blogging. Family life, crises and dramas keep getting in the way. But now it’s time to catch up on some good news for a change, so here is my latest Good News Friday...
View ArticleGuest Post: An end to #LabourAntisemitism? The EHRC publishes its report
This is a guest post by reader and frequent contributor Brian Goldfarb. Before we begin, I just want to mention that Labour Antisemitism has been a key issue of this blog ever since Jeremy Corbyn was...
View ArticleGuest Post: Is it Antisemitic?
This is another guest post by frequent contributor Brian Goldfarb. Brian wrote this article since arguments about what constitutes antisemitism continue to rage on on the internet, social media and in...
View ArticleSwords of Iron: A view from outside Israel (Guest Post)
This is another guest post by Brian Goldfarb, who sent me a kind of war diary as the horrific events of Simchat Torah, 7th October 2023 unfolded in front of his eyes while he was visiting family in New...
View ArticleKristallnacht 2023: Swords of Iron and an alarming rise in Jew-hatred
Here we go again. Tonight it is the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass” when hundreds of synagogues were burnt down across Germany and thousands of Jews were arrested, some...
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