Fresh from the inbox: A Danish paper publishes a cartoon that mocks Muslims. An Iranian paper responds with a Holocaust cartoons contest. Now a group
The Jewish Left tends to frame the Arab-Israeli conflict in terms of competing nationalisms and victimologies. The Right often frames the conflict as motivated by
Don’t take the bait! I know, I know, it’s the Holocaust, but please, just this once, don’t take the bait! A prominent Iranian newspaper says
How absurd would it be if WWIII was triggered by a cartoon? Much more absurd than, say, a World War triggered by the killing of
I’ve got a one track mind. So when I discover a new “community content” website, my first move is to dig for Jews. Some of
Ari Shavit has an insightful article, “The Samurai of Zionism,” in this week’s New Yorker, drawn from numerous private interviews with Ariel Sharon beginning in
In our race to assimilate into American culture, it could be argued that we have fallen for a fundamental conceit: That we are ‘White’. Long
Oy. Is there any other word for the juxtaposition of James Frey, whose memoir/novel/load of bunk has been revealed to be a gross exaggeration (at
Inside Higher Ed reports, The strange story of Jacques Pluss just got stranger. In March, Pluss was fired from his position as an adjunct professor
Marc Perelman reports in The Forward: The Venezuelan Jewish community leadership and several major American Jewish groups are accusing the Simon Wiesenthal Center of rushing