I would hesitate to write this column had I not served as a national Jewish leader who faced similar dilemmas to those confronting the American Jewish leadership today, many of whom I was engaged with in various battles against enemies of the Jewish people and Israel. Yet, with considerable regret and notwithstanding notable exceptions, I believe […]

  Monday night saw the North American premiere of a new film, Body & Soul: The State of the Jewish Nation, by Gloria Greenfield, the director of 2011’s Unmasked Judeophobia. Body & Soul is meant to be an answer to all those in the media who have recently been heard denying that the Jewish people […]

Next Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument again in Zivotofsky v. Kerry, on the constitutionality of the law allowing Jerusalem-born Americans to have “Israel” as their place of birth in their passports, if they so request. The administration argues the Constitution’s “Reception Clause” (which provides the president “shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers”) gives […]

White House Distances Itself From ‘Chickenshit’ Insult Leveled at Netanyahu, Stops Short of Apology The White House has issued a cautious criticism of the anonymous Obama administration official who called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “chickenshit” in an interview with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, but stopped well short of an outright apology. “Certainly, that’s not the administration’s […]

RADIO SHOW:  Written by Alan Urquhart Denice Gary Pandol Show: Special Guests Jeff Daube, Director of the Zionist Organization of America in Israel and Todd Nettleton, Director of Media and Public Relations for The Voice of the Martyrs Despite approximately seven (7) weeks of U.S. bombing, Islamic State or ISIS/ISIL forces have made territorial gains […]

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus Published: October 28th, 2014   The Anti-Defamation League issued an important report on Monday, Oct. 27, finding a dramatic increase in anti-Israel activity, compared to last year. The ADL attributes the increase to the aftermath of the 50-day Gaza war this past summer. According to the ADL, this fall semester there have already been 75 […]

It’s time to beat the Jew-haters: How to do it By Caroline B. Glick Published Oct. 24, 2014 The decision by the most prestigious opera house in America to produce an opera that mainstreams Jew-hatred and anti-Jewish terrorism is a great victory for elitist anti-Semitism. In the world of elite anti-Semitism, Jews are told that […]

Anti-Semitism rears ugly head on UCF, Emory campuses Central Florida Future 5:06 p.m. EDT October 22, 2014 What does UCF have in common with Emory University and University of Oregon? They have all recently experienced anti-Semitism. In April at UCF, Michelle Feldman, a female Jewish student, found swastikas carved into the walls of her apartment […]

Sir, – The vote in the British parliament (“PA calls on UK gov’t to follow parliament’s lead and recognize Palestinian state,” October 15) is distressing but hardly surprising. The upsurge of international opprobrium directed at Israel is a product of the Oslo Accords. Once the idea was conceded that creating peace was chiefly a matter […]

Agence France-Presse October 21, 2014 6:00am Met defies protests to stage ‘Klinghoffer’ opera  Defying picketers and audience disruptions, New York’s Metropolitan Opera has opened “The Death of Klinghoffer,” which explores the psyche of Palestinian hijackers who killed a wheelchair-bound US Jew. Leading US composer John Adams operatized the 1985 seizure of the Achille Lauro cruise-liner […]