Not only can Jews be anti-Semites, they can be the biggest and most severe kind of anti-Semites. Why? It is because we Jews have a point that connects us to humanity’s corrected and unified state—“love your neighbor as yourself”—which we…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Why does Germany’s Angela Merkel visit Auschwitz for the first time amid rising anti-Semitism?
It is a political move on her part. Politicians make such moves not according to emotion, but according to what’s more worthwhile for them and their party. So I am sure that Angela Merkel and other people involved accordingly made…
Why don’t Israelis living in Israel feel antisemitism?
We Jews are people with an augmented ego, which lessens our feeling of others, and increases our feeling of ourselves. Where does this augmented ego come from? It comes from us Jews having once experienced heightened states of unity, starting…
With or Without Corbyn, the True Solution to UK’s Anti-Semitism
Anxiety has spread among UK’s Jews over Labour’s potential victory in two weeks. For the first time in history, a prominent voice within the British Jewish community urges to refrain from voting for the party’s leader, Jeremy Corbyn, a politician with a…
Nuremberg Trials Fast Forward: Israel’s Role Against Anti-Semitism
A trip to a past with a striking resemblance to today’s reality toward Jews. That is how I would describe my recent visit to Berlin and Nuremberg, where I could experience a dense atmosphere against Jews, so common these days…
What reasons do people give for hating Jews?
There are all kinds of stated reasons for hating Jews, whether it be holding too much power in countries we’ve assimilated into, ruling the whole world, being greedy, envy of our disproportionate success in the world compared to other nations,…
Have you ever experienced anti-Semitism?
When I lived in Russia, it was a time when anti-Semitism was completely forbidden. Whoever would say a single word against Jews would be put into prison. Then, gradually, it started coming out little by little. I experienced a situation…
The Rise of Anti-Semitism in Germany and the World, and Its Solution
“We have a Nazi problem in Dresden and have to do something about it,” said a city council member who succeeded with local lawmakers in passing an initiative to declare a “Nazi emergency.” This story is not a throwback to the 1930s…
What We Can Learn from the Deadly Attack Outside the Halle Synagogue
The shooting attack near a synagogue in Halle, Germany was yet another dreadful act of anti-Semitism on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. However, it could have been much worse if the 27-year-old attacker, who identified with the far-right,…
Anti-Semitism in Australia: The Deeper Cause and Solution
Two anti-Semitic events involving children that hit Australia in the past week are just the tip of the iceberg showing a worldwide boost in anti-Semitic sentiment, crimes and threats. The first was a 5-year-old who was revealed to be subject to anti-Semitic…
What causes anti-Semitism on the left?
Anti-Semitism emerged together with the emergence of the Jewish people in ancient Babylon about 4,000 years ago. Likewise, there are no causes of anti-Semitism specifically coming from the political left or right, as they both stem from the very causes…
The New War Against the Jews
The parallels between the rise of Nazism in the 1930s and today’s political climate are clear. Political extremism on both the left and the right have started to take hold. Civilized discourse between the various groups has devolved into name-calling,…