Phil Weiss: Yesterday I wrote to the pseudonymous journalist FE Felson: I’m thankful for your contributions to this site. A true joy I’ve had in the last couple years is meeting people who are smart, Not Crazy (which a lot…
The other day a member of my extended family sent out the email at the bottom of this post to every other member of the family: “It’s our land, by Benjamin Netanyahu.” I was shocked. I sent a note back…
I had two dreams about antisemitism last night. I wish I could figure them out. They haven’t upset me today, but I’ve thought about them. The first one was in a southern setting, a picnic area in the woods, with…
Rabbi Martin Hier in the New York Daily News. Hundreds of thousands of students visit his center, and the “museum of tolerance.” Hier basically calls the Palestinians Nazis: There is little doubt that if Gaza is not rebuilt, many civilians…
The Canadian Jewish Congress has accused those protesting the Gaza slaughter of inciting hatred and violence at “pro-Hamas” rallies that featured “vicious anti-semitism.” The CJC says it’s collecting “evidence” thereof. Marion Boulby of the Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation…
This morning C-Span rebroadcast a panel on religion organized by the neoconservative Hudson Institute a month ago. Paul Marshall, a Hudson fellow, explained that Ahmed Chalabi had regained status in Iraq– notwithstanding his collaborationist past with Perle and Feith– not…
Mazin Qumsiyeh writes in an email: Associated Press Story: “The two men selected to serve as Hillary Clinton’s deputy secretaries of state, Jacob Lew and James Steinberg, also filed financial disclosure forms. Lew, a former Clinton administration official who recently…
Yakov offers this open letter to Abe Foxman: Abe, It’s time to go. I have been following your updates on the A.D.L. page very closely and I am frightened for you. I’m concerned that you have been too busy doing…
An open letter to Mark Green from Phil Weiss: Dear Mark, You were always an inspiration to me as a young leftie. I loved the fact that you got your start with Nader. I had good friends who worked for…