
Rafael Medoff
Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies; his most recent book is his most recent book is "The Road to October 7: Hamas, the Holocaust, and the Eternal War Against the Jews"


Paul Simon Sides with a Killer—Again
Marwan Barghouti is not the first killer to enjoy Paul Simon’s friendly attention. That distinction belongs to Salvador Agron.

Do “Dirty Jews” Cause Antisemitism?
A century has passed, yet the notion that Jews are to blame for people hating them is still heard all too often. The difference is that today, the bigots focus on the Jewish state as the culprit.

The Pope’s Kayak—A Lesson for the Jews
It took 100 years, but the Vatican has finally agreed to surrender a kayak and other cultural artifacts that it stole from indigenous Canadian tribes for use in Pope Pius XI’s “Vatican Missionary Exposition” in 1925.

They’re Trying to Muzzle the Jews—Again
There’s nothing objectively controversial about the ADL’s plan to set up a website and a hotline to keep an eye on the Mamdani administration. There is good reason to monitor Mamdani.

J.D. Vance’s Israel Comment Puts Him in Strange Company
Vance seemed to leave open the possibility that he believes Israel or Jews may have “manipulated or controlled” previous presidents.

SNL’s Bowen Yang Has a Genocide Problem
Why is Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang falsely accusing Israel of genocide, while ignoring the confirmed genocide perpetrated against Muslim Uyghurs in China?

Up-Close Killers, Then and Now
What kind of human being is capable of walking up to another person — an innocent, defenseless, unarmed civilian — and, at close range, shooting him or her?


Accuser of Israel Confesses to Genocide
Today, what’s rotten in the state of Denmark is the integrity of the country’s leaders.