Anti-Semitism Envy and the Myth of Islamophobia
“The transubstantiation of religion into race.”
September 13, 2017
A Qualified Victory over Anti-Semites at Britain’s Most Prestigious Medical Journal
Naming, shaming, and a visit to Israel.
Between 2001 and 2014, the Lancet, one of the world’s oldest scientific journals, published 264 articles on Palestinians or the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Instead of reporting on any medical research, most libelously blamed the Jewish state for medical problems among Palestinians. This stopped abruptly in 2014 when, after extended pressure, the editor, Richard Horton, visited Israel, spending time at a Haifa hospital and meeting with physicians. At the end of his visit, he gave a speech expressing “regret” over one particularly grotesque open letter during that year’s Gaza war and acknowledging that he had greatly misunderstood Israel—although he has yet to apologize explicitly or retract any of the malicious articles that previously appeared. Gerald Steinberg examines this story and what lesson can be drawn from it:
September 13, 2017
As the Syrian Civil War Comes to a Close, the Refugee Crisis Is Apt to Get Worse, Not Better
Ethnic cleansing insures that many won’t have a home to return to.
A Qualified Victory over Anti-Semites at Britain’s Most Prestigious Medical Journal
Naming, shaming, and a visit to Israel.
Judaism, the Visual Arts, and the Religious Aesthetics of Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Jews never shunned artistic depictions of reality.
Remnants of an Ancient Refugee Camp at Masada Tell a New Story
Not just zealots.