Anti Semitism

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Being Anti-Israel and Anti-Zionist Is the "New Anti-Semitism"

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 12.16.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, USS Liberty, Sweden, Gaza War, Aftonbladet, Stephen Walt, President Obama, Anti-Israel, Adl, Holocaust, Norway, World, Hannah Rosenthal, Palestinians, Human Rights, Gaza, Anti-Semitic, John Mearsheimer, Jimmy Carter, Israel, Finland, Racism, Zionism, Denmark, Jews, Richard Goldstone, Tzipi Livni, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, World News

I get pretty irritated hearing false cries of anti-Semitism against anyone who criticizes Israel, its human rights crimes, or its settler movement.

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Jewish Voices of Color Must be Heard

David A. Love | Posted 12.09.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, India, Jews, Social Justice, Hanukkah, West Bank, Gaza, Affirmative Action, Nigeria, China, Race, Rabbi Capers Funnye, Culture, South Africa, Africa, Chicago, Racism, Israel, San Francisco, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Michelle Obama, Judaism, Martin Luther King Jr., Mumbai, Barack Obama, Religion, Chanukah, Anti-Defamation League, Martin Luther King, Capers Funnye, Neocons, Religion and Politics, Neoconservatives, Diversity, World News

As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.

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Swiss Radicalization: A Sign of Things to Come?

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Islam, Swiss Vote, Switzerland, Terrorism, Tariq Ramadan, European Muslims, Democracy, Minaret Ban, Islamophobia, Minarets, Fascism, Muslims, Bnp, Swiss Minaret Ban, Geert Wilders, World News

To ban an architectural form that scares you is a thing of prehistoric naiveté.The shortsightedness of the anti-minaret campaign is fueled by more than fear. It is fueled by hate.

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FBI Reports Small Increase In Hate Crimes, But On Very Limited Data

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Fbi, Hate Crime, Gays, Prejudice, Civil Rights, Politics News

It is not known if the uptick is the result of an actual increase in cases, or instead the result of a rise in the number of agencies participating in the program.

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New Study: U.S. Hate Crimes Fall Slightly In '08; But Data Is Limited

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Religion, Hate Crimes, Crime, Racism, Gay, Race, Prejudice, Gay Hate Crime, Civil Rights, Politics News

A new study finds that hate crimes actually declined slightly in 2008, despite an economic recession, increasing demographic diversification, and an apparent rise in the number of active hate groups.

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Daniel Pearl's Family Disagrees WIth NYC Trial For Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Posted 11.15.2009 | World

The mother and father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl are disappointed with the federal government's decision to try Pearl's profes...

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Neocons' Jihad against Liberal Parties in Egypt

Wael Nawara | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Neoconservatives, Obama Cairo Speech, Liberals, Barack Obama, Armageddon, World News

What does it mean to be an Egyptian Neocon? In their words, it means that they believe that the USA, has the right and the obligation to spread "democracy" and "capitalism," by force if necessary.

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On Israel, Congress Tolerates Abuse

Fred Abrahams | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, Goldstone Gaza, Richard Goldstone, Hamas, War Crimes, Un Goldstone Report, Goldstone Report, Goldstone Resolution, Richard Goldstone Gaza, Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Resolution 867, Politics News

When Washington turns a blind eye on violations by Israel, it gives abusive governments and their supporters a way to deflect criticisms of their unlawful conduct.

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Elie Wiesel Appears With End Times Pastor John Hagee, Hagee Trashes Obama

Max Blumenthal | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Christian Zionism, Anti-Semitism, Elie Wiesel, Jews, Michael Goldfarb, J Street, John Hagee, Jeffrey Goldberg, Pastor John Hagee, Zionism, Israel, Barack Obama, Republicans, Media News

During an unofficial panel of bloggers and activists at J Street's conference, I criticized Wiesel and Oren for associating with Hagee. Why is Wiesel palling around with Hagee? Why did I "mock" Wiesel?

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Google Founder Sergey Brin Donates $1 Million To HISA, Jewish Charity That Helped Family Relocate

New York Times | STEPHANIE STROM | Posted 10.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: Russia, Anti-Semitism, Sergey Brin, Philanthropy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, HISA, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Google, Technology News

Were it not for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, there might be no Google. Thirty years ago today, Sergey Brin, a 6-year-old Soviet boy facing an ...

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US Senate Passes Byrd-Shepard Hate Crimes Act, Awaits Presidential Signature

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Matthew Shepard, Senate, Hate Crimes, Gays, Homophobia, Politics News

The United States Senate passed landmark legislation today that expands the coverage and protection of federal hate crime laws to now include sexual orientation, gender, identity and disability.

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Dovish Jews? They Love Israel? Excommunicate Them

Bradley Burston | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Zionism, Anti-Semitism, Jews, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, Bradley Burston, Goldstone, Michael Oren, World News

We don't need them. They'll never see things our way, no matter what. Let them go. It's a new Israeli approach which borrows from the very worst of our aging instincts.

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Turkey Exposed: Cannot Pretend to be Both Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli

Harut Sassounian | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Syria, Turkey, Italy, Anti-Semitism, Npr, United States, Armenian Genocide, Turkish Embassy, Jerusalem Post, Erdogan, Tel Aviv, Silvan Shalom, Im Tirtzu, Haaretz, Avigdor Lieberman, Racism, Israel, Holland, Ottoman Empire, Palestininan, World News

Playing the skillful political games of their Ottoman predecessors, Turkey's current masters present their country under various guises -- as European...

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Who's On First?: Haters, Conspiracists and the Conspiracists Who Hate Them

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Birthers, Obama Birth Certificate, World Net Daily, Orly Taitz, Hate, Cair, Michael Savage, Alan Keyes, Politics News

With unemployment in the United States at a 26 year high of 9.8% and the UK not far behind, a sector of the economy in both nations is booming -- extremism.

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Xenophobia and Racism in the Honduran Crisis

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Honduras Crisis, Racism, Anti-Arab Defamation, Manuel Zelaya, Xenophobia, Roberto Micheletti Honduras, World News

The political crisis has brought out the worst in Honduras. Since the day of the coup, June 28, a frightening nationalist sentiment, xenophobia and racism have been on display.

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The Guardian: Ahmadinejad Not Jewish, Family Didn't Convert

The Huffington Post | T.J. Ortenzi | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Just a couple weeks ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took to the podium inside the U.N.'s grand hall and suggested that there was a worldwid...

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Anti-Jewish Statements Raise Concern After Honduras Coup

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Honduras Coup, Rumor, Israel, Honduras, Chavez, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Jewish, Consipracy Theory, Manuel Zelaya, Anti-Defamation League, Roberto Micheletti, Home News

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Jewish civil rights organization is expressing alarm over conspiracy theories claiming Jews and Israel aided the ouste...

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Daily Telegraph: Ahmadinejad Has Jewish Roots

The Daily Telegraph | By Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad, Ethnicity, Anti-Semitism, Holocaust Denial, Tehran, #Iranelection, Holocaust, Sabourjian, Family Name, Jewish, World News

A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots. ...

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Muammar Gaddafi: Whole World Is Plotting Against The Jews

TIME | Michael Elliott and Romesh Ratnesar Friday, Sep. 25, 2009 | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Gaddafi, Jews, Un Ga, Gadaffi, Unga, Muammar El-Qaddafi, UN General Assembly, Moamer Kadhafi, World News

Given your experience in dealing what the United States offered in return for giving up your [nuclear] program, what advice would you give to a countr...

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Obama at the UN: Will He Sound the Trumpet for Human Rights?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, World News, United Nations, Gorbachev, Obama, China, Myanmar, Palestinians, Japan, Iran, Ronald Reagan, Venezuela, Tehran, Jimmy Carter, Israel, Chavez, North Korea, Politics News

What an opportunity for Obama, after a tumultuous eight months in office, to announce at the UN an auspicious new beginning for his Administration by sounding America's trumpet as the champion of human rights.

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Pat Buchanan, William F. Buckley Jr., and Right-Wing Anti-Semitism

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Msnbc, Pat Buchanan, Rush Limbaugh, Rachel Maddow, William F. Buckley Jr., Racism, Conservative Movement, Hitler, Politics News

World conquest was a pipe dream for Hitler, but Buchanan's whitewashing is an unconscionable distortion of the truth. Why did Hitler invade Poland? Easy. Because it was there.

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Irving Kristol's Alliance With Anti-Semites

Max Blumenthal | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jerry Falwell, Jews, Conservatives, Evangelical Christians, Irving Kristol, Christian Right, Israel, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

The story of one of Kristol's most momentous maneuvers, the brokering of a tactical alliance between Jewish neoconservatives and openly anti-Semitic evangelicals, has been omitted from his obituaries.

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Farouk Hosni, UNESCO Candidate, Causes Deep Concern Among Jewish Activists

AP | ANGELA DOLAND | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Farouk Hosni Unesco, Farouk Hosni, Farouk Hosni Unesco Head, World News

PARIS — He's an Egyptian culture minister who once threatened to burn Israeli books – and he might soon become the face of the United Nati...

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Let's Not Put UNESCO in the Hands of a Culture Cop

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Farouk Hosni Unesco, Farouk Hosni, Unesco, World News

Will UNESCO designate as its head a man who is now famous for having promised to burn with his own hands books written in Hebrew?

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Why is Pat Buchanan Defending Hitler?

Aaron Keyak | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Pat Buchanan, Ethan Porter, Msnbc, Anti-Defamation League, Hitler, Worst Person in the World, National Jewish Democratic Council, Keith Olbermann, World War II, Media News

You might think that Buchanan would have stopped using this sort of unrepentant rhetoric as his career moved from a Republican firebrand to a to cable news commentator -- but you'd be wrong.

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