Distortions of memory Many thought, somewhat naively, that in the new century Holocaust memory would finally remain unchallenged. The opposite has happened, however: The manipulation of Holocaust history by the Jews’ enemies is expanding, and so is the number of … [Read More]
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Boycott battle won – the war goes on A few days ago the University and College Union (UCU) in the UK announced the termination of its involvement with plans for an academic boycott of Israel, because such an action would … [Read More]
Time to scrutinize ‘Cordaid’ In 2001 the Dutch Roman Catholic NGO Cordaid was indirectly involved in financing the largest anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish hate campaign of the twenty-first century, the UN World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa. This supposedly … [Read More]
Guess who Europe’s subsidizing? The European Union and its member countries have been subsidizing various opponents of Israel for many years. A study, just published by the Dutch Center for Documentation and Information on Israel contains perhaps the most detailed … [Read More]
What Angela Merkel couldn’t say out loud German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s successful visit to Israel came in conjunction with worrisome developments back in her own country. Few in Israel realize that a majority of Germans probably disagree with several key … [Read More]
Dutch anti-Semitism revisited A poll taken earlier this month found that only 53 percent of the Dutch would consider voting for a Jewish prime minister. In the rankings, Jews figured far behind women (93%), homosexuals (78%) and blacks (75%), but … [Read More]
American Jewry’s challenge What are the prospects for American Jewry? The United Jewish Communities General Assembly in Jerusalem is an opportune time to address challenges facing the larger concentration of Jews in the world. Since the shock of the early … [Read More]
Dresden victims and German manipulation At the beginning of October, a commission of experts concluded that in the Allied bombing of the German city of Dresden in February 1945 at most 25,000 people were killed. This figure is much lower … [Read More]
Norway – a paradigm for anti-Semitism ‘I would like to take the opportunity to remember all the billions of fleas and lice that lost their lives in German gas chambers, without having done anything wrong other than settling on persons … [Read More]
Are we whitewashing events in Norway? Last year at this time, the comedian Otto Jespersen said in his weekly program on the major Norwegian commercial television station TV2: “I would like to take the opportunity to remember all the billions … [Read More]