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A group of 122 Palestinian academics, journalists, writers and filmmakers signed a letter last month taking issue with the widespread adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA)’s definition of anti-Semitism. Their statement has...

A group of 122 Palestinian journalists and intellectuals has written a letter to the British Observer newspaper outlining their objection to the definition of anti-Semitism given by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). They claim it has been “increasingly...

Since Trump became president, there has been an enormous growth of private militias in the United States.  There are a few reasons for this.  One of them is based on pure racism.  There is...

It all comes down to “promote the general welfare” vs. “the free exercise…of religion.” On Nov. 8,  Satmar Grand Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum more than freely exercised his religious traditions by hosting a family wedding in...

Recently I had an opportunity to brief a group of European diplomats and journalists on a variety of conflicts, with a focus on the Middle East. During the Q&A I was asked which of...

This week, we mark yet another agonizing birthday. My sweet daughter, Malki, would now be 35 years old if Hamas operative Ahlam Tamimi had made some misstep on Aug. 9, 2001. But Tamimi was and still is...

How would you characterize someone who compared Israel to apartheid-era South Africa? Or who called Israel’s defense of its border with Gaza against Hamas demonstrations that called for the “right of return” and the Jewish state’s...

Here’s the bad news about anti-Semitism in America: It’s surging. According to a recently released FBI report, hate crimes against Jews rose 14 percent last year. But here’s the “good” news: The U.S. government has agreed to...

I’ve been binging on “The West Wing,” and there was an episode where the president’s assistant gives him the gift of a Joe Biden,Biden Administration,Reema Dodin,Anti-Israel Bias. The president is enamored with the map...

“One must become accustomed to living on mountains, to seeing the wretched ephemeral chatter of politics and national egotism beneath one.”-Friedrich Nietzsche, Zarathustra During the dissembling Trump Era, perhaps more than ever before, Americans have had...