To Compare U.S. Immigration Policy with the Holocaust Is to Appropriate the Latter’s Gravity for Political Effect
El Paso is not Auschwitz.
November 11, 2019
Germany’s Inept and Distorted Responses to Anti-Semitic Violence
Using an attempted synagogue massacre to score political points.
A right-wing terrorist attempting a massacre in the German city of Halle on Yom Kippur found the targeted synagogue undefended by the police—although another attempted synagogue attack had taken place elsewhere in Germany just a few days beforehand. The police were also slow to respond once the attack began. Afterward, members of the two political parties that form the governing coalition responded by blaming not anti-Semites or ineffective security measures but their political rival—the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD). Manfred Gerstenfeld writes:
November 11, 2019
Further Cooperation with Israel Can Help America Address Its Strategic Challenges in the Middle East
Fighting terrorism and developing military technology.
The New Israel Fund Declares War on Jewish Communities
From liberal Zionism to drawing donors away from federations.
Germany’s Inept and Distorted Responses to Anti-Semitic Violence
Using an attempted synagogue massacre to score political points.
The Race to Preserve the History of Welsh Jewry
In South Wales, a once-strong Jewish community has all but disappeared.