Pondering the state of American Jewry
Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara deleted an antisemitic tweet after she got caught out by the Twitterverse. “Ya’ll are letting the Zionists SHAKE YOU DOWN. phew!” tweeted Lara on Thursday, in response to the 8th Circuit US Court of Appeals ruling Wednesday that laws restricting corporations from boycotting Israel are protected by the constitution. After …
The Los Angeles Times has ruled Israel as the guilty party in Shireen Abu Akleh’s death, going so far as to suggest that IDF soldiers deliberately targeted the Al Jazeera journalist. This conclusion, of course, is not based on any evidence. It cannot be based on evidence, because the PA will not release the bullet. …
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow has announced he will be leaving his position in 2023, this just after an April announcement that Lee Bollinger, president of Columbia, would similarly be stepping down. It’s all part of a shake-up begun during the pandemic, which brought about a large number of resignations and retirements, contributing to disruptions in …
IDF reserve soldiers took part in a protest outside the United Nations office in Geneva on Tuesday dressed as Hamas terrorists complete with “Palestinian” flags and ski masks. The protest, organized by the Shurat HaDin Law Center, is the right-wing legal association’s opening salvo against the UNHRC Pillay Commission of inquiry into alleged Israeli war …
The so-called “Palestinian” people were out celebrating this week with the release of Fusako Shigenobu, whom they refer to as a “Japanese freedom fighter.” Shigenobu collaborated with the PFLP in the 1972 Lod Airport Massacre, which killed 26 and injured 80 more. Arrested in 2000 and subsequently imprisoned, the terrorist, who killed way more many …