We may be able to tolerate an irrational mob that goes after anything associated with Israel, but academics whose lives revolve around the search for truth and knowledge?
Anti-Zionism is wrong whether or not it is anti-Semitic. But how do we make that case when the word Zionism has become so toxic?
Why do you think the song has triggered such an uproar among the “Israel rhymes with genocide” crowd? Because it demolishes their case.
The master of this subterfuge is the savvy Mamdani, who makes socialism look as sweet and innocent as a community library.
From Trump’s standpoint, the nuclear issue has been overtaken by the bedeviling problem of the Strait of Hormuz. What Trump sees now in Iran is a mess, not a victory.
The world’s fanatical fixation with a group that is less that 0.2 percent of the world’s population has crossed the boundaries of moral vocabulary and into creepiness.
It’d be one thing if Mamdani were a lowly Israelophobe with a few hundred followers. But he’s not. He’s mayor of the city with the world’s largest Jewish population.
At the very least, the case would provide a global stage to debunk the genocide lie that is devastating world Jewry.
The film reminded me that an ancient poet could write about massacres but also about moral courage, while terrorists who dream of killing Jews can only think of going right to the massacre.
Criticizing their political party would mean betraying the identity that has defined most American Jews since the days of FDR.
