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The main gate of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Credit: Angelo Celedon via Wikimedia Commons.

Visiting Auschwitz is not the answer

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American Jews are making a mistake. When Philadelphia Eagles football player DeSean Jackson made blatantly anti-Semitic remarks, Jewish Patriots player Julian Edelman invited him to visit Auschwitz. In fact, Jackson has accepted an invitation from Edward Mosberg, a...
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish groups, community weigh in on Eagles player’s apology for anti-Semitic posts

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The fallout from anti-Semitic social-media posts by Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson has prompted Jewish organizations not only to weigh in on the matter, but to apply pressure on the Eagles team itself. Earlier this week,...
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson during a 2008 game against the Washington Redskins. Credit: Mr. Shultz via Wikimedia Commons.

How much anti-Semitism does it take to cancel an NFL star?

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Imagine if a professional football player used his Instagram account to support the Ku Klux Klan and to promote hateful myths attributing horrible crimes to African-Americans. What would happen? It doesn’t require any imagination at...