Category Archives: Jew Hatred

Concentrate on the signal, ignore the noise

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

The latest UNESCO resolution on “Occupied Palestine” is both nothing and something. It is nothing because it changes nothing. It cannot render “null and void” Israel’s possession of Jerusalem or its status as our capital city (echoing Hamas’ new document … Continue reading →

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Supersessionism, new and old

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Dr. Richard Landes has written a great deal about honor-shame cultures, like the Arab culture. In an honor-shame culture, what’s important is not how you see yourself, but how others see you. Loss of honor in such a culture is … Continue reading →

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No hope for slanderers

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

…ולמלשינים אל תהי תקווה וכל הרשעה כרגע יאבדו “Let there be no hope for slanderers (מלשינים, transliterated “malshinim”) and may all wickedness perish in an instant…” [tr. Artscroll with minor changes] That is the beginning of the twelfth blessing of … Continue reading →

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An explosion of Jew-hatred – or a coup?

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

It seems like every day brings a new anti-Jewish incident in the US. Journalists are harassed by anti-Jewish Twitter trolls, cemeteries are desecrated and Jewish organizations receive bomb threats. Of course it is not like Jew-hatred in France, where Jewish … Continue reading →

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Why they hate us

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. – Lev. 16:10 He … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe and Israel, Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Jew Hatred, Zionism | 3 Comments

Film Review: “Hate Spaces: The Politics of Intolerance on Campus”

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

“Hate Spaces” is a documentary film (view the trailer here) produced by Ralph Avi Goldwasser and Americans for Peace and Tolerance, who also gave us “The J Street Challenge,” and as the full title suggests, it describes the recent surge … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, American Jews, American society, Jew Hatred | 1 Comment

The Tribe of Barack

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

News item: On Monday, the American Jewish Committee and the Islamic Society of North America launched the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council, a group of religious and business leaders from both communities who will help draft domestic policy legislation and advocate on … Continue reading →

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The British betrayal of the Jewish people

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Today the “discovery” of Jew-hatred among British politicians, particularly in the Labour Party, is news. But the relationship of the Jews to Albion, since the citizens of York wiped out their Jewish community in 1190, hasn’t been smooth. Recently, I … Continue reading →

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