Category Archives: Anti-Semitism

Passover briefs

Nothing works quite like bullying and blackmail: The “Quartet,” which includes the U.S., says that if Netanyahu doesn’t come up with a peace plan, they may just recognize a Palestinian state without a deal. Say, that’s a great idea. Ask … Continue reading

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Monday Erev Passover briefs

The bloody, centuries-old history of the continent: This is why I think Europe is going to do the same thing today that it did over the centuries: Eventually, things are going to get nasty. Another nationalist party won another election … Continue reading

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A riot I can’t exactly condemn

A group called the Anti-Racist Action Network decided to live up to its name and go after the neo-Nazis holding a march in my native state. Four neo-Nazis wound up in the hospital, and two ARANs were arrested. While the … Continue reading

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Fogel family slaughterers arrested

The IDF arrested two Palestinians for the Fogel family massacre. Turns out that Netanyahu was right: It was the culture of hatred that turned these children into murderers. The first suspect is Hakim Mazen Awad, 18, a high school student … Continue reading

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Tuesday working briefs

Ew, Jew Cooties! Tel Aviv is sending a contingent to the Berlin Gay Pride festival, but they’re not going to identify Tel Aviv as part of Israel. They’re not the only Israeli city to do so. Eilat is being branded … Continue reading

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Monday, briefly

And the word “Muslim” does not appear in this news story: French immigrants of “North African” descent attacked and badly beat a Jew for being a Jew. I think they meant to attack him for being a Zionist, and the … Continue reading

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Banning kosher practices: Be honest, it’s all about the Jews

Sure, it’s not at all about Jews. The Dutch are going to outlaw kosher slaughter. New Zealand has already done so on the pretext of animal welfare. The AP article incorrectly states that NZ banned halal slaughter. Halal slaughter is … Continue reading

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My Reaction to Goldstone and Rosenberg

I have been more than a bit infuriated by the left’s reaction to Richard Goldstone’s statement that Israel did not intentionally target civilians during Operation Cast Lead. In fact, I wrote two articles about it for We Are For Israel. … Continue reading

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Thursday news briefs

Those wily Jews: Israel may be the third nation on the moon. Expect the Palestinians to claim they did it using stolen Palestinian technology. UC-Irvine facilitates secret meeting with Hamas: And a Jewish organization footed the bill. Utterly, utterly, UTTERLY … Continue reading

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A righteous woman

Something you don’t see every day: The story of a German woman who erases Nazi graffiti. “I scratched off the first sticker in 1986, at a bus stop in front of my house,” Mensah-Schramm said as she ambled through the … Continue reading

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The Helen Thomas Playboy interview

If there were ever any doubt in your mind that Helen Thomas is a Jew-hater, all you have to do is read the Playboy interview and the doubts will disappear. Since the latest SNN is not yet out, I think … Continue reading

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Saturday podcast open thread

I talked about Helen Thomas on this week’s Shire Network News, which should be out tomorrow. You can read the Playboy interview here. (And yes, it is one gigantic cognitive dissonance to read the words “Helen Thomas” and “Playboy interview” … Continue reading

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Briefly

Uninformed people, understandable. Uninformed journalists, no: So religious Jews wrapping themselves in tefillin and praying is an “elaborate ritual“? Really? Because I’ve seen people put on tefillin, and it’s not all that elaborate. The AP can’t even get something this … Continue reading

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My life, my blog

I just paid off the last of my credit card debt accrued from years of under- and unemployment (not profligate spending). I am now officially debt-free, except for my mortgage. I am solidly in the black for the first time … Continue reading

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Tuesday briefs

What do you mean, you don’t trust the Palestinians? Netanyahu says the IDF needs to stay in the Jordan Valley. Of course this will get spun as if the Israelis are enacting yet another “land grab” (the AP’s favorite phrase … Continue reading

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