Deterred in Gaza, Hamas Tries New Avenues of Terror
Jihadist leaders have decided that it’s safer to kill Jews in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
May 2, 2022
The Case of Alice Walker Shows That Anti-Semitism Is One Prejudice That Doesn’t Lead to Cancellation
The New Yorker’s fawning avoids the denunciations and hand-wringing that we’ve come to expect when other bigots are profiled.
Last week, the New Yorker published a long and fawning profile of Alice Walker, who established her literary reputation in 1982 with her novel The Color Purple. Although focused on Walker’s most recent activities, it makes only oblique mention of her anti-Semitism, which has manifested itself not only in routine denunciations of Israel but in numerous statements, blog posts, and other writings, including a poem about the Talmud that could have appeared in Der Stürmer. Caitlin Flanagan contrasts this ginger treatment to the sort of hand-wringing and denunciations with which publications like the New Yorker treat artists and writers with records of racism, bigotry against homosexuals, or other prejudices:
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Reflections on Divine Providence for the Tenth Anniversary of Israel’s Founding
“If everything went smoothly, we’d know it wasn’t God’s will.”
Understanding Amnesty International’s Campaign against Israel
Attention-grabbing and libelous reports are apt to do Palestinians more harm than good.
The Case of Alice Walker Shows That Anti-Semitism Is One Prejudice That Doesn’t Lead to Cancellation
The New Yorker’s fawning avoids the denunciations and hand-wringing that we’ve come to expect when other bigots are profiled.
Traces of Jewish Life in Sicily, 530 Years after the Expulsion
Twelve-century-old mikvahs and a drowned cemetery.