Not since 1945 has there been such a level of concern, anxiety, or depression among Europe’s Jews as one witnesses today. The newly emerging Europe is turning out to be the worst of all possible worlds for its Jews. Anti-Semitism … [Read More]
Category Archives: 2004
The Jews’ situation in France is indicative of the condition of French society. Substantial anti-Semitic violence in recent years underscores several of the country’s major problems. Under the Jospin socialist-led government (in power until 2002), the Jews became the country’s … [Read More]
Four factors play a role in the increasingly anti-Israeli sentiment in Europe: the attempt to assuage guilt over Europe’s murderous past, rivalry with the United States, anti-Semitism, and the rejection of European concepts of society by the majority of Israelis. … [Read More]
The main goal of modern Jihadism – a cataclysmic apocalyptic movement – is Islam’s dominance over the world. It makes millennial claims, promising that once Islam rules everywhere, there will be world peace. Jihad, as the millennial war, operates in … [Read More]
Watershed events such as the Palestinian uprising in 2000 created major new challenges to the American Jewish leadership. Other mega-events such as September 11, 2001, and the war in Iraq also heavily influenced their environment. A key element of American … [Read More]