Strengthening Iran’s Moderates Is a Fool’s Errand
A system built on anti-Americanism.
January 28, 2021
Why a “Working Definition” of Anti-Semitism Has Prompted Such Fury from Those Who Claim Not to Be Anti-Semites
And how the Biden administration can confront the hatred of Jews.
In 1998, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)—a European-based organization that has the formal backing of a few dozen countries, including the U.S. and Israel—composed a “working definition of anti-Semitism,” so that Jews would have some formal standard to appeal to when faced with the various deflections and dodges employed by those who hate them. Recently, as the definition has gained the endorsements of government agencies, universities, and other institutions, it has become the subject of controversy. Gerald Steinberg looks at the forces behind the opposition to the IHRA definition:
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The Pentagon Welcomes Israel to the Middle East
A decision long overdue.
Why a “Working Definition” of Anti-Semitism Has Prompted Such Fury from Those Who Claim Not to Be Anti-Semites
And how the Biden administration can confront the hatred of Jews.
How the Jews of the Caucasus Used a Fake Pandemic to Save Their Religious Treasures from the Nazis
Playing on the Third Reich’s racial obsessions.
In His Latest Novel, A.B. Yehoshua Toys with His Favorite Themes: Unrequited Lust and Palestinians
Is there a light at the end of his tunnel?