November 10, 2014 Max Blumenthal And The Nation’s Standards Over the weekend, I was alerted to a tweet posted by Max Blumenthal, who announced that “.@thenation decided @eric_alterman’s promotion of far-rightist painting me as anti-Semite ‘did not meet…standards’.” The tweet was accompanied by a screenshot showing an “Editor’s Note” that can be found under one of Eric Alterman’s recent posts at his regular Nation […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
November 7, 2014 The Hamas Book Club Writing shortly after the publication of Max Blumenthal’s anti-Israel screed “Goliath” a year ago, Eric Alterman noted that it would be “no exaggeration to say that this book could have been published by the Hamas Book-of-the-Month Club (if it existed).” As demonstrated at yesterday’s rather lavish “Palestine Book Awards ceremony 2014” in London – honoring, […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
November 6, 2014 And You Think I’m Unkind to the Obama Administration? Lee Smith in the “Tablet”: The reason that the White House wants Iran to have a bomb is that it’s the quickest route to what it really wants—which is a larger regional accommodation with Tehran. . . . Another way to understand the upcoming new era in U.S.-Iran relations is as the age of Renfield. […] Blog
November 5, 2014 The 2014 Elections: Elephants, Donkeys, and Reptilian Mullahs The only “human rights concern” at stake in the 2014 Congressional elections was whether or not the Obama Administration would continue to enjoy U.S. Senate cover for its betrayal of Israel’s right-to-exist to soon-to-be-nuclear Iran. Fortunately, this fig leaf has been unceremoniously stripped away by a disgruntled American electorate. Now, the Obama Administration stands naked, […] Blog
November 1, 2014 Caution to Jews: Never Say the Obama Administration Has Accomplished Nothing “Jew” both as a noun and a verb (i.e., “to Jew”) has been an epithet at least since Chaucer introduced anti-Semitism into English literature. Believe it or not, there are roughly 100 like-minded slurs—probably even more than those aimed at Africans and African Americans. Here is just a partial list of nouns—some well-known, some not: […] Blog
October 31, 2014 A NEW HIGH: 3 CHAPTERS TO BE LAUNCHED IN ONE WEEK! A NEW HIGH: 3 CHAPTERS TO BE LAUNCHED IN ONE WEEK! By: Aviva Vogelstein The LDB law student chapter initiative continues to grow! The Brandeis Center is about to have its most successful law student chapter week yet — 3 chapters are scheduled to launch! On Monday, November 3, LDB attorney Aviva Vogelstein will launch […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
October 30, 2014 News Flash: Mr. Ed Eohippus Protests Treatment of his African Cousins In Maine, far from the ham-handed clutches of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, nurse Kaci Hickox is flaunting a government-ordered 21-day quarantine for exposure to Ebola. Bangor is also where, Mr. Ed—the star of that well-beloved sitcom from the 1960s, oldest living horse, and an equine whose pedigree can be traced back to the talking […] Blog
October 23, 2014 Foggy Bottom Improves on Pontius Pilate A three-month-old baby run down and murdered in Jerusalem by a Hamasnik who also injured eight others at a light rail station. In the evening, Palestinian rioters showed solidarity—with the baby killer. The U.S. State Department response: both sides should “remain calm.” Our State Department makes Pontius Pilate seem, morally, like a stand-up guy. Hollywood […] Blog
October 21, 2014 It Must Be “Better Than It Sounds” In an arguable judgment, Mark Twain said of Wagnerian opera that it must “be better than it sounds.” Michael Walsh’s scabrous, repulsive defense of “The Death of Klinghoffer,” being staged by the Met, elevates moral relativism into the Sermon on the Mount while at the same time denouncing critics of caricaturish anti-Semitism for the “dehumanization” […] Blog
October 18, 2014 Welcome to the New Generation of Educated Fools According to a new YouGov poll, among Americans, 18-29, 31 percent believe Islam is more more likely to encourage violence than other religions, 9 percent consider Islam less likely. The comparable percentages for Americans, 65 or over, are 65 percent and 1 percent. Apparently the Millennials have fully digested PC pablum served up by politicians, […] Blog