Anti-Semitism and the Yellow-Vest Demonstrations Illustrate the Depth of Europe’s Problem
Holocaust education isn’t the answer.
February 20, 2019
Don’t Believe the Lies about Anti-Boycott Laws
They rest on rock-solid legal grounds.
Last week, the Senate passed a bill protecting state laws that prevent governments from contracting with corporations that boycott Israel. The bill has yet to pass in the House, but its opponents—including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)—have described both it and the laws it upholds as an assault on freedom of speech, among other things. These attacks, writes David Bernstein, are based on sometimes deliberate misunderstandings of both constitutional law and what such bills do. Noting that he has “perhaps never seen as much misinformation and bad legal analysis regarding a given issue,” he refutes some common myths about these “anti-BDS” laws,:
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Once Again, Poland’s Attempt to Whitewash History Clashes with Its Alliance with Israel
Benefiting neither Warsaw nor Jerusalem.
Don’t Believe the Lies about Anti-Boycott Laws
They rest on rock-solid legal grounds.
Making Iron the Way Ancient Israelites Did
Scientists attempt to solve an archaeological mystery.
How a War and a Love Affair Changed the History of Yiddish Theater
The story of the Vilna Troupe.