As he did every morning, Leopold Schwartz (62) walked to the Borough Park synagogue in Brooklyn. At 7:30am, as documented by security cameras at the neighborhood junction, one of the drivers got out of his car and brutally attacked Schwartz,…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Why Is There Anti-Semitism?
Overlooking the controversy of what is anti-Jewish discourse Anti-Semitism has been at the center of a recent semantic dilemma, with opposite perspectives in Europe and the US in terms of what is considered anti-Semitic and a legitimate criticism of Israel.…
UK Racism Posters Against Israel
Bus stops across London were defaced with posters in the colors of the PLO flag declaring “Israel is a racist endeavor.” Apparently, these unauthorized ads protest the British Labor Party’s decision to adopt the definition for anti-Semitism by the International…
A Review of Anti-Semitism in America
A review of anti-Semitism in America after the Unite the Right 2 rally. Let’s be realistic. The magnitude of racism and anti-Semitism in America cannot be measured by the low attendance at the recent Unite the Right 2 rally, the…
A Review of Anti-Semitism in America After the Unite the Right 2 Rally
Let’s be realistic. The magnitude of racism and anti-Semitism in America cannot be measured by the low attendance at the recent Unite the Right 2rally, the one-year commemoration of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, which had resulted in death and violence.…
The Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism convened today in Jerusalem for the sixth time
First Conference, Second Conference, Third Conference … The Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism convened today in Jerusalem for the sixth time. How many more conferences, conventions, forums and meetings will we need to deal with the relentless global phenomenon of…
Antisemitism in Europe
The Scandinavian countries are on their way to becoming the first countries in Europe to ban circumcision and kosher slaughter. And you can add rejecting five Israeli choreographies from the art festival in Norway to this newsflash. Do not let…
The Purim Story Actually Explains the Solution for Social Division and Anti-Semitism
“The city of Shushan was perplexed.” (Esther 3:15) The well-known verse from the Book of Esther in the Purim story couldn’t be more appropriate to describe today’s atmosphere of intensifying social division and polarization. Reaching solutions and finding harmony in…
Rise of Anti-Semitism Following Neo-Nazi Riots in Charlottesville
Heard of Beer Pong? It’s a drinking game played by young people in the U.S.. They aim a ping pong ball into a half-full beer glass on the other side of the table. When someone scores, the player on the…
When a Debate Turns into Hate, We Are Sealing Our Fate
No emperor on earth has ever defeated us, but when we forgot that all Jews are responsible for one another, we sometimes defeated ourselves. Now, another such defeat is within sight. Following the removal of the metal detectors from the…
UNESCO Reflects Not the Nations’ Antisemitism, But Our Own Self-Hatred
In April 2016, when UNESCO adopted a resolution denying Jewish history on Temple Mount, I wrote that this was only the beginning of a campaign to deny the history of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, a campaign whose final…
UNESCO Reflects Not the Nations’ Antisemitism, but Our Own Self-Hatred
It is quite symbolic that UNESCO, the organization in charge of world heritage, is denying our historic right to Israel. Without a present that justifies our claim, our history is meaningless. In April 2016, when UNESCO adopted a resolution denying…