The Electoral Upheaval in Jerusalem Could Change Israel’s Political Map
A schism in the ḥaredi parties.
November 19, 2018
Ostracizing Jewish Trump Supporters Will Only Hurt the Jewish Community
And with this trend comes a revival of “Zionism is racism.”
On the day of the massacre in Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, the political commentator Franklin Foer wrote in the Atlantic that “any strategy for enhancing the security of American Jewry should involve shunning Trump’s Jewish enablers. Their money should be refused, their presence in synagogues not welcome. They have placed their community in danger.” Foer was not alone in this sentiment, which was echoed by at least one influential rabbi. Seth Mandel warns of the dangers of this passion for anathematizing political opponents, made even more dangerous by the tendency to blame Israel for the anti-Semitic violence:
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Ostracizing Jewish Trump Supporters Will Only Hurt the Jewish Community
And with this trend comes a revival of “Zionism is racism.”
Lessons for the West from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire
Redrawing the map would just repeat the mistakes of the past.
In Israel, Yemenite Wedding Customs Have Made a Comeback
Henna and elaborate headdresses.
Amazon’s Algorithmic Anti-Semitism
Simple search queries are good ways to find out about anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.