The alliance between African-Americans and Jews during the struggle for civil rights has often been invoked when tensions between the two have arisen in the years since the 1960s.
Yet the memory …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/31/19
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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is the poster child for the Republican Party’s problem with right-wing extremism. His fate also provides an object lesson in how American democracy …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/22/19
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It may be that supporters of President Donald Trump and those who back the Israeli government led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are now so …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/16/19
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There may be no membership organization with a more politically incorrect name than the Knights of Columbus. Calling its members “knights” is bad because it reminds us of Medieval …
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By Jonatah S. Tobin
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1/10/19
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In a moment that tugged at the heartstrings of listeners, a young Israeli couple whose baby was killed as the result of a terrorist attack sought to find consolation amid their sorrow. …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/3/19
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It sounds outrageous. A speech pathologist in a Texas school district was asked to sign a pro-Israel pledge. If she refused to go along …
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Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/3/19
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Modern ionism began in the courtyard of the École Militaire in Paris in 1895, where Viennese journalist Theodor Herzl witnessed the appalling spectacle of the degradation of Captain Alfred …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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12/19/18
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The most interesting thing about left-wing anti-Semitism is not so much the hate driving the trend as the impulse of Jews to tolerate or even justify it.
In the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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12/12/18
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It got lost in the middle of a wide-ranging interview in The Washington Post that made headlines for other reasons. But when President Donald Trump said that the United States might be staying …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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12/5/18
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The New York Times’s coverage of Jewish topics has long been fodder for those who study both media bias and the complicated relationship between the newspaper and the members …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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12/5/18
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