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The Anti-Defamation League, which bills itself as an anti-bigotry watchdog group, is curiously silent in the face of anti-Semitic remarks from an employee of a key member of its corporate diversity council.
The concept of missile defense, long mocked by mainstream journalists, was a big winner in the recent combat between Israel... The anti-Israel extremists also falsely accused me of “elevating white supremacy” for appearing on Dr. Sebastian Gorka’s pro-Israel radio show to champion pro-Israel and pro-Jewish causes. Gorka was the victim of an outrageous far left-wing calumny in which he was falsely accused of fascist connections. Those charges have been conclusively debunked by both the ZOA and Rabbi Heshie Billet. Yet my accusers proclaimed that my simply appearing on his show made me a ...
Sanity prevails: Boston JCRC rejects anti-Israel groups’ campaign to remove ZOA from board Sanity prevails: Boston JCRC rejects anti-Israel groups’ campaign to remove ZOA from board Far-left groups falsely accused us of racism and more, when the goal of the organization is to protect the Jewish people. (May 7, 2021 / JNS) The Boston Jewish Community Relations Council rationally rejected an absurd petition filed by far-left anti-Israel groups like J Street, New Israel Fund and Workers Circle to expel the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA). The petition ludicrously accused both me and ...
How quickly things change. It wasn’t that many years ago that Barack Obama—as a candidate, and then as President of the U.S.—was lauded with praise and descriptives that, if applied to a pontiff, would have caused many to wonder, “Has the Church declared the Pope to be the Fourth Person of the Trinity?” In 2008—which in the Age of the Internet is roughly 259 years ago—the victorious Obama told an ecstatic crowd in St. Paul, Minnesota, “America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our time to bring new energy and n...
The threats American Jewry refuses to face Featured Column The threats American Jewry refuses to face Given the data, it makes sense that 65-75 percent of American Jews remain in a political and ideological home that is hostile to Jews. It’s a matter of priorities. (April 4, 2021 / JNS) After being forced by COVID-19 restrictions to celebrate Passover alone last year, like their Israeli brethren, American Jews were by and large able to celebrate the Passover seder with their friends and families this year. And as in Israel, American Jewish families reveled in their deliverance from lonelin...