antisemitism

This past semester, I attended an event hosted by the campus organization Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine (HOOP). There is no doubt that it would be impossible to unravel all the untruths uttered during this event in one short article, yet there is no question about what the overall message...

A recent webinar hosted by Bard University Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Ohio State University SJP featured George Mason and Rutgers professor Noura Erakat, who spoke on Zionism and the State of Israel. Throughout the webinar, Erakat made outlandish and blatantly false remarks, such as labeling Zionism a...

The anti-Jewish bigotry that characterizes the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has become even more apparent as BDS leaders and members seize upon the Covid-19 pandemic to fuel anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism with libels against Jews and the Jewish state. Statements by BDS leaders have ranged from accusing Israel of...

Photo source: IfNotNow on Facebook The trope that Jews (or in this convenient case, the Jewish state) are the cause of another people’s suffering is not a new one. In fact, New York Times author Bari Weiss has traced it back to the time of Jesus’ crucifixion in Roman-occupied Jerusalem, and explains:...

A Palestinian student who was elected this month as vice president of the student government at the Newark campus of Rutgers University has a history of posting anti-Israel and antisemitic content on social media. Carolyn Assaf, a pre-med student, once posted a since-deleted 15-second cartoon video on Instagram of what...

The depth of the coronavirus pandemic took the world by surprise. The international economy has completely crashed, unemployment is rampant, and as of Friday, the disease has claimed more than 150,000 lives worldwide, with a reported 2.2 million cases of infection. While scientists around the world continue to decipher the many surprises...

Picture source: jns.org Hillel at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst was spray-painted in red with the word “Palestine” in Arabic, announced Hillel on Tuesday. Officials at the Jewish organization on college campuses said it is in communication with the Amherst Police Department. “This cowardly act of hatred towards the...

After a virulent and antisemitic riot organised by the YFS (York University Federation of Students) to intimidate and silence Jewish speakers on November 20, most Canadian politicians (and even university administrators) initially condemned the antisemitic riots. This includes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who called the riots violent and racist. Most...