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January 9, 2019

Rashida Tlaib’s Anti-Semitic Defense of Boycotts of Israel

Will her fellow Democrats condemn it?

The first bill before the newly sworn-in Congress deals with sundry Middle East-related issues, including language to authorize state and local measures against the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Taking to Twitter to attack the bill, the freshman congresswoman Rashida Tlaib wrote that its supporters “forgot what country they represent.” The editors of the New York Post comment:

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January 9, 2019

  1. It’s Israel’s Critics, Not Its Supporters, Who Harbor Racist Attitudes toward Palestinians

    A tale of two sentences.

  2. Rashida Tlaib’s Anti-Semitic Defense of Boycotts of Israel

    Will her fellow Democrats condemn it?

  3. The Giant Corporations That Nurtured Israel’s Success as a “Start-Up Nation” May Now Be Undermining It

    The number of start-ups founded each year is falling, while the number that close is rising.

  4. Reading the Hebrew Bible as the Founding Document of Nationalism

    With an exegesis of the Tanakh’s final verses.

  5. A Yiddish Poem about a Werewolf Provides a Haunting Meditation on Jewish Suffering

    H. Leyvik's masterpiece.