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The Germans will never forgive the Jews for Auschwitz,” runs a bizarre quip ascribed to the Israeli psychiatrist Zvi Rex. To deconstruct it, consult Dr. Freud. “A convenient way to dispatch guilt,” he might expound, “is to project it onto your victim” — like a schoolyard bully who huffs that the fight started when the other guy […]

If I had only a glancing knowledge of American history, I would never guess that black Americans and Jewish Americans had ever clashed. After all, both groups understand what it’s like to be a despised minority, both groups have been reliable Democrat voters for the better part of the past century, and both groups share […]

I was recently told a story about a Jewish professor of Islamic studies who, some years ago, was seen standing bewildered outside the hotel gift shop at the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) in a North American city. When asked what he was doing there, the professor responded in a mystified […]

Released with fanfare at a high-wattage press conference every year, the World Report is Human Rights Watch’s flagship annual review of global human-rights abuses. For 13 years I was its editor, overseeing a six-month production cycle that involved hundreds of staff and resulted in some 100 country chapters. I was the only person in the […]

We’re seeing lots and lots of it these days. It’s worth recalling what a blood libel really is.

The suggestion that Israel is no better than Hamas is a pernicious lie spread by those who want Israel gone.

Alan Dershowitz responds to Melanie Phillips' Spectator blog post of 9 July 2009.

The Five Love Languages of Purim by Sara Lamm

The Five Love Languages of Purim I love giving people gifts. There’s something about picking out the perfect present that’s totally exhilarating. I enjoy it so much my family jokes that I’m the “official” gift-giver of the family (sadly, not a paid position). It’s not that I know the best stores to shop at or […]

U.S blacklisted seven Israelis pursuant to a Feb. 1 Executive Order • Does reveal how it determined they are “undermining peace, security and stability” in Judea and Samaria.

Insights, Jerusalem Inspiration PURIM at time of War against AMALEK – from Haman to Hamas! 03/10/2024 By Daniel Luria 1 Comment 220 Views It’s that beautiful time of the year, the month of Adar, with extra happiness-simcha, and the festival of Purim, with its Megilla reading, the Seuda-with ex...

View This Jblast as a web page BITACHON LESSON FROM THE PARSHA פרשת וַיִּקְרָא תשפ"ד 2 Operating Systems וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה And Hashem called to Moshe (Vayikra 1:1) Rashi tells us: וַיִּקְרָא לְש

Hamas’s October 7 slaughter of Jews in Israel and the Israeli response in Gaza have created a stunning backlash against Jews in the name of anti-Zionism. Episodes from the Holocaust such as Kristallnacht have been invoked, but this time it is primarily left-wing rather than right-wing action against Jews that we are seeing, whether in […]

Early in the pandemic, a friend of mine introduced me to another friend of his, an Emirati living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Knowing that my academic research is focused on the geopolitics of the Arabian Gulf, he figured it might be interesting for me to meet someone from the region — and why not make […]