One of the most memorable scenes in the 2010 film “Four Lions,” a dark British comedy about a group of the most incompetent jihadis imaginable, takes place as the aspiring martyrs climb …
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By Ben Cohen
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11/25/15
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This week, I became an American citizen. As I intently studied my naturalization certificate after the oath-taking ceremony, it struck me how fortunate I am to be accepted into this nation on the eve …
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By Ben Cohen
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9/27/17
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In his important book, “Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition,” the scholar David Nirenberg makes the persuasive case that Islam has faced similar theological challenges to Christianity in …
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By Ben Cohen
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1/24/18
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A few hours after President Donald Trump announced on May 8 that the United States had exited the Iran nuclear deal, the doyenne of progressive political-action committees, MoveOn.org, sent out …
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By Ben Cohen
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5/16/18
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A brazen claim was posted to a Telegram channel linked with the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as an amazed world watched a mutiny unfold in Russia that was …
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By Ben Cohen
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7/19/23
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In his magnum opus “A Lethal Obsession,” the late Robert Wistrich, one of Israel’s finest scholars of the murderous pathways of Jew-hatred, elegantly summarized the character of …
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By Ben Cohen
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3/1/17
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They are not quite conjoined twins, but it’s often the case that where you find anti-Semitism, you will also find an associated anti-Americanism.
Scholars who have studied these two …
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By Ben Cohen
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5/22/19
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It’s been a long time since I saw a gesture this desperate. At the recent Arab Summit in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki …
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By Ben Cohen
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8/4/16
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Mention the name “Celine” to most people in the United States—or Europe, for that matter—and they will think you’re talking about the long-serving Canadian pop diva. But …
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By Ben Cohen
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3/14/18
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The first Saturday in September will see Israel’s national soccer team travel to Cardiff, the capital of Wales, for a crucial qualifying game for next year’s European Championship in …
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By Ben Cohen
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8/27/15
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