Advertisements In a new edition of the Cutting Through newsletter on Substack, I examine the latest attacks on former Pink Floyd singer/songwriter/bassist Roger Waters. Accusations of antisemitism have dogged Waters since he first came out in support of BDS more than a decade ago, but this time German authorities areContinue Reading
Advertisements The latest wave of work to define criticism of Israel as antisemitism is gathering momentum. This is a strategy with both a grassroots and a top-down strategy. This piece looks at a new and ongoing iteration of efforts by senior lawmakers in the United States and Europe to stigmatizeContinue Reading
Advertisements ReThinking Foreign Policy is one of 89 organizations that issued a joint statement in support of Rep. Ilhan Omar and condemning the party line House vote to remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC). For some background on what has been a relentless attack on Rep. OmarContinue Reading
Advertisements The ADL is at it again. Once again, the organization is sparing no effort and wasting no opportunity to pervert the fight against antisemitism into an all-out effort to hide, justify, and bury Israel’s deadly policies toward Palestinians. The latest episode is even more contemptible at this time, givenContinue Reading
Advertisements As a Jew and a lifelong fan of the Brooklyn (and New Jersey and New York) Nets, I’ve been following the drama of Kyrie Irving’s most recent crisis with intense interest. I’ve commented a fair deal about it on social media, but I also had many, more wordy thoughts.Continue Reading
