Category Archives: Media

Social Media and Radical Freedom of Speech

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

The Internet and its functionalities, like email and the World Wide Web, were created by academic researchers. Although the military paid for a lot of it, there was little attention paid to security and none at all to control of … Continue reading →

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Statues, Slavery, and the NY Times

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

Irony may be dead in America, but if any were left alive, this would count. Consider the work of Vincenzo Miserendino (1875-1943). An Italian-American sculptor, he created statues and busts of famous Americans and other notables, including several of Theodore … Continue reading →

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How “Wokeness” is Wrecking Journalism

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

Yesterday I got into an argument on Facebook: does this article in the NY Times reporting on the speech Donald Trump made at Mt. Rushmore constitute good journalism? I noted that the writer, Annie Karni, used pejorative language – she … Continue reading →

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Jews and Evangelicals: it’s Complicated

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

I have lived a large part of my life outside the Jewish bubble. I have known many Evangelical Christians, and some of them have been good friends. So I wasn’t surprised to hear about “God TV” and its attempt – … Continue reading →

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Batya Ungar-Sargon Meets Amon Göth

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Victor Rosenthal

Batya Ungar-Sargon, Opinion Editor of the Forward, is shocked, hurt, and very angry after coming face to face with antisemitism at Bard College. Invited to participate in several panels, she was informed that one of them – on  “Racism and … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, American Jews, Media, Zionism | 1 Comment

The nakba that is Ha’aretz

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Victor Rosenthal

One   who   becomes   compassionate   instead of   cruel,   will   ultimately   become   cruel   instead   of   compassionate… Midrash Kohelet Rabba (a discussion of this is here) The lead editorial in Ha’aretz today is headlined “The Nakba isn’t Going Away,” and it touts a … Continue reading →

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Cartoons, “criticism of Israel,” and Jew-hatred

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Victor Rosenthal

The publication in the International Edition of the New York Times of a classically antisemitic cartoon ignited a firestorm of criticism (see also here) against the paper. The ADL, American Jewish Committee, Israeli Ambassador to the US, US Ambassador to … Continue reading →

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The Marc Lamont Hill affair

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Marc Lamont Hill, a CNN political analyst, went to the UN on Nov. 29, its annual “Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People,” which just happens to be the anniversary of the partition resolution which could have created a state … Continue reading →

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