Category Archives: Anti-Semitism

New Year’s Eve eve brief briefs

(I had fun making up that title.) It isn’t racism if it’s anti-Semitism: I must have missed this a couple of weeks ago, but once again, proof that Europe isn’t interested in protecting Jews (so why should we believe the … Continue reading

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More from the Jew-hating Greek Orthodox cleric

I’m sorry that you’re upset with what I said, but you’re all Satanists anyway The Metropolothing that said that Jews were responsible for the Greek financial crisis (instead of, as we know, the unaffordable socialist welfare state that Greece has … Continue reading

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The “Is it Friday Yet?” briefs

Wikileaks to al-Jazeera: Hey, we hate the Jews, too! Okay, perhaps that’s a little strong, but read between the lines of this article (or even just read the actual text), and it’s clear that Julian Assange is assuring the Arab … Continue reading

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When your country is in trouble, blame the Jews

Blaming the Jews never, ever, gets old. You know who’s responsible for the Greek financial crisis? If you said the idiots who decided that a worker’s paradise wouldn’t bankrupt the state, you’re wrong! Everyone knows it’s the Jews! Listen to … Continue reading

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Wednesday, briefly

High school students are uneducated: Who knew that all these years of teaching to the basic skills test, and we’re still graduating idiots? Thanks, NEA! You’re doing just swell! The report by The Education Trust found that 23 percent of … Continue reading

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Clare Solomon and her puny 100 years of persecution

In fact, this headline is confusing, I can see it now. Clare Solomon, president of the University of London Union, is only 37 years old. You may want to say that 37 is a bit too old for a student. … Continue reading

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Sunday news roundup

Suckiest. Flash mob. Ever. Seriously, cover up the subtitles and see if you can even understand the lyrics they’re singing. Yeah, interfering with shoppers is the best idea the BDS movement has ever had. Piss off people while they’re shopping … Continue reading

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Wednesday, briefly

The subtle delegitimization of Israel, one article at a time: What’s missing from this AP article on the Western Wall? Any indication that the Wall is, as they now boilerplate it, “the holiest place where Jews can pray.” Now, compare … Continue reading

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A pop quiz on anti-Semitic tropes

Name the author: I suspect that what really ticks [redacted for the quiz] off is this: My co-author and I (and a few others) have had the temerity to write critically about the political role of “pro-Israel” forces (both Jewish … Continue reading

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Jew hatred: It’s the Grand Unified Theory in action

Lest the idiots in the comments over at Think Progress think that only Republicans are anti-Semites, I remind them of Congressman Jim Moron [sic], who famously blamed the Jews for the Iraq war. At a March 3 antiwar forum in … Continue reading

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Your Tuesday morning briefs

Some good old-fashioned right-wing anti-Semitism: Just a blast from the past for those of us who remember the anti-Semitism of the right. The Texas legislature has the kind I remember from my childhood: “Religious” Christians who want to make sure … Continue reading

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Another Master of Juvenile Scorn

I think I already bestowed this title on Jeffrey Goldberg, but I’m going to point out again how he is, indeed, a Master of Juvenile Scorn on the same level as yours truly (and that is a rare, rare, rare … Continue reading

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Mediterranean conference cancelled on account of cooties

When I read something like this Mediterranean summit canceled again due to Arab threat to boycott over Israel (via Daily Alert Blog) An international summit of Mediterranean leaders has been canceled for the third time because Arab states threatened to … Continue reading

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Friday, briefly

So it’s only bad when Israel does it: Remember all the brouhaha over Israel’s refusing to go along with the UN’s one-sided Gaza war investigation? Well, there doesn’t seem to be an eye being batted over Hezbollah declaring that no … Continue reading

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Thursday morning briefs

The more you learn, the worse it gets: Really, first we learn (shock!) that German diplomats were complicit in murdering Jews. Now we learn that at least a third of the German war effort was supported by stolen Jewish wealth … Continue reading

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