Category Archives: Anti-Semitism

Naomi Klein on BDS

I’ve taken a long time to write about this because I wanted to make sure I had my thoughts on it sorted out. This article by Naomi Klein finally brought me around to the BDS (boycott, divest, sanction) campaign against … Continue reading

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Political Anti-Semitism in New Zealand

I had vaguely heard of Uncensored; I knew they were not my sort of people. But I didn’t realise just how much not my people until Scott Hamilton wrote about them. Here’s his summary: The January-March issue of Uncensored offers … Continue reading

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Hitting that Dusty Trail

February’s up, and that seems as good a time as any to bring this guesting stint to a close. I want to thank everyone very much for reading, listening, reacting and commenting. I hope you found what I said interesting, … Continue reading

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Talk about a goyishe kop!

I saw this on Feministe: CRESAPTOWN, Md. (AP) – You’ve heard of kosher salt? Now there’s a Christian variety. Retired barber Joe Godlewski says that when television chefs recommended kosher salt in recipes, he wondered, “What the heck’s the matter … Continue reading

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What We Talk About (And Don’t Talk About) When We Talk About (And Don’t Talk About) antisemitism and Israel – 5

Finally, here ’tis. The last post in my antisemitism series. Getting it done, once my semester started and I had to go back to work, turned out to be more difficult than I had anticipated. Anyway, I am glad to … Continue reading

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Conveying a Message to the Jews of South Africa

A few weeks after South African minister Fatima Hajaig set off a firestorm by saying much of the world is under the heel of “Jewish money”, it is becoming more and more apparent that this is not a one-off. COSATU, … Continue reading

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Supersessionism and Status Production

Paul Berman gets at something important in this interview: We like to think of hatred of the Jews as a low, base sentiment that is entertained by nasty, ignorant people, wallowing in their own hatefulness. But normally it’s not like … Continue reading

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"Merry Christmas" and crosses are "Judeo-Christian"

Dennis Prager, in an essay about how evil the left is, writes: The same holds true for the greatest character-building institution in American life: Judeo-Christian religions. Once again, the left knows how to destroy. Everywhere possible the left works to inhibit … Continue reading

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The Superseded Jew

This was originally to be Part IV of my anti-Semitism series. I’ve mostly been side-tracked from it — I don’t think the rest of it flows organically from discussions we’ve been having. This post, though, I think remains important on … Continue reading

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I Think You're Insulting Me Wrong

With the ADL charting a disturbing persistence in anti-Semitic attitudes in Europe, and a flurry of anti-Semitic activities racing through the continent over the past month, the head of the European Jewish Congress, Moshe Kantor, says that he believes that … Continue reading

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