Pondering the state of American Jewry
Austria’s Jewish community is sounding the alarm: antisemitic incidents have surged to 1,147 this year alone. That’s nearly four hate crimes every single day. Jews are being assaulted in public, harassed on the streets, and subjected to anti-Israel slurs at rallies that claim to promote peace. We’ve seen this movie before—and we know how it …
Mahmoud Khalil, the senior Palestinian envoy in Washington, was given multiple chances to condemn the slogan “From the River to the Sea, Globalize the Intifada.” He refused. Let that sink in. A man who regularly meets with members of the U.S. Congress could not bring himself to reject calls for a global campaign of violence …
Liz Magill is gone, and now, so too is Claudine Gay. Now we wait only for Sally Kornbluth to follow through. These are the three Ivy League college presidents under fire for refusing to condemn antisemitism. Magill resigned from UPenn, and Claudine Gay resigned from Harvard. Will MIT’s Kornbluth follow suit? She should. Perhaps she …
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas has far-reaching implications beyond the immediate region. As the violence escalates, concerns are rising about the potential impact on the US economy. One major concern is the effect on oil prices. The Middle East is a major oil-producing region, and any disruption to the flow of oil could …
November 8th, one month after the October 7 Hamas massacre of innocent Israeli men, women, and children, five anti-Israel employees staged a walkout at a Jewish-owned cafe in Manhattan, Caffé Aronne. As in many places around the world, the hate isn’t directed solely at Israel, but specifically at Jews. If you ask the employees why …
Beitar Illit, located in Gush Etzion, was on lockdown overnight, after a bomb was discovered on a bus. Baruch Hashem, nissim niflaos, the bomb malfunctioned. It fizzled and smoke, but didn’t explode. Residents were finally released from their lockdown at 7am the next morning, making it quite a lot easier to shop and get ready …
Jonathan Tobin has a thoughtful piece about “The Great Reset” and the push for a more global world. Big wigs in the globalist movement, if you go by the guest list of a conference on globalism, includes such luminaries as the heads of both Microsoft and Mastercard, along with King Charles III of Britain. Tobin, …
In a recent interview with the Proud Boys, Kanye (Ye) West declared that if he wins his bid to become America’s next president, said he’ll force Jews to work for Christians, and place cameras in their living rooms. The rapper also said that the Jews should “forgive Hitler” yemach shmo v’zichro. “Jewish people, forgive Hitler …
The hotly contested Pennsylvania senate seat has gone to stroke victim John Fetterman, showing just how blue this state has gone. Fetterman shows obvious signs of cognitive deficits. It is difficult for him to speak. And then there was the whole question about fracking: was he for or against. (He was against it, now he’s …
Gas prices have been soaring in the United States even while President Biden’s approval ratings continue to plummet. But in Israel, the price of gas is going down. Interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid announced that gas prices will be lowered in August after several successive increases. Lapid says lower gas prices are part of an …