Watching the International Media: HonestReporting “Israel should aim to ensure that it is fairly and accurately represented in the international media. To do so, the media watch organization HonestReporting monitors media, exposes cases of bias and effects change through action and education. … [Read More]
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Fighting Anti-Semitism on the Internet “The International Network against Cyber Hate (INACH) fights discrimination and other forms of cyber hate on an international level by educating, acting for the removal of discriminatory postings, as well as initiating legal action. The … [Read More]
Fighting Distorted Media Coverage of Israel Pro-Israel media watching in the United States has grown rapidly over the past twenty years. The explosive expansion of the Internet enables media-monitoring organizations to transmit their findings quickly to many readers by email, … [Read More]
The European Crisis Accelerates The results of recent elections in France and Greece have sharpened two crisis situations in Europe. The new French President François Hollande has announced that France will not adhere to the austerity agreement which his right-wing predecessor … [Read More]
Leading Russia’s Jews Today Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, only a few capable Jewish lay leaders have emerged in Russia. The first authentic national organization was the Va’ad, founded in 1989. It aimed to represent all … [Read More]
Changes in German Holocaust Education Germany erected many memorials and museums at former concentration camps, as well as for murdered Jews. The extent of the attention given to Holocaust education in schools and other educational institutions is outstanding. At the same time, one also … [Read More]
The European Crisis: All Eyes on Germany “We shouldn’t have any illusions. Europe stands at the abyss and will fall into it in the coming months if Germany and France together do not change policy and are courageous enough to … [Read More]
Take Iran and Hamas Heads Before an International Court “International courts and tribunals could provide a number of opportunities for Israel to act against those seeking its destruction. To prevent future genocide, which is the greatestcrime in the world, the Convention on the … [Read More]
Vignettes on Amsterdam’s Anti-Semitism Manfred Gerstenfeld interviews Charles Dahan “One Yom Kippur, I walked out of the beautiful Amsterdam Portuguese synagogue together with a law professor. In front of the nearby Jewish Historical Museum, some Moroccan boys were singing in Arabic … [Read More]
Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israelism in the Czech Republic “The most dangerous expressions of classic anti-Semitism in the Czech Republic are found on the internet – on neo-Nazi websites such as Národní vzdělávací institut (National Institute of Education). Extreme leftist websites which … [Read More]