Pondering the state of American Jewry
The recent decision in favor of a BDS-inspired call at Princeton University to boycott the Caterpillar Inc. construction company has successfully been appealed. In the run-up to the referendum on the motion, Jewish students were assured that abstentions would not be counted as non-votes, when in fact, they were, the only reason the vote passed. …
The Sierra Club, national environmental nonprofit, has canceled scheduled trips to Israel after pressure from progressives and anti-Zionist groups. BDS activists threatened the organization, stating that it was “greenwashing the conflict” and “providing legitimacy to the Israeli state, which is engaged in apartheid against the Palestinian people,” this according to an email from a volunteer …
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill, was unfairly fired from the network for comments he made about Israel. “You talk about cancel culture,” said the New York congresswoman in an interview. “But notice that those discussions only go one way. We don’t talk about all the people who were fired. You …
Honda salesman “MikeMaali” as he is known on Tiktok, just got fired for impersonating Jews in a mocking way in order to sell cars. The Long Beach, CA ex-Honda salesman wore a white yarmulke and said his name was Shlomo. He also referred to himself as an MOT (member of the tribe). The sly grin …
Whoopi Goldberg got her hand slapped by ABC, for her comments on The View about the Holocaust. The network suspended her for two weeks, in my view, not nearly long enough. Most people were upset because “Goldberg,” whose real name is Caryn Johnson, said that the Holocaust was “not about race.” As we all know, …
Ana Luisa Nevárez of Mexico City is teaching her high school students at the PrepaTec Ciudad Juárez how to do Nazi salutes. That’s when she’s not “shooting” them with super soakers, or having them pledge fealty to a specially commissioned custom Hitler doll. Complaints made to the both Nevárez and school administrators were ignored. Nevárez …
Beverly Hills residents had a surprise when they woke up on the first day of Chanuka: antisemitic flyers papering their yards. Local police got a call at 6 AM from someone reporting a flyer with hate speech. After canvassing the area, police officers determined that the flyers had been widely distributed, covering several blocks of …
Not long ago, Kamala Harris nodded and smiled as a student claimed that “Apartheid” Israel is engaged in ethnic cleansing. Instead of taking the opportunity to correct the record and educate the student, Harris declared that she was glad that the student felt free to “speak her truth.” Naturally, this was a repugnant incident that …
The Pittsburgh suburb known as Mt. Lebanon has a miniscule Jewish population. Only 1.4 percent of the residents of this former farming community are Jewish. And yet somehow, students at Jefferson Middle School found themselves confronted with a swastika made out of masking tape on the dry erase board of an 8th grade classroom. As …
The NY Times published a guest essay by Refaat Alareer entitled, “My Child Asks, ‘Can Israel Destroy Our Building if the Power Is Out?’” The piece came out on May 13, while Israel was under bombardment with more than 4,000 rockets. Alareer’s article falsely suggested that the IDF hit random targets in Gaza with “no …