Misguided Attempts to Turn Israel into Russia, and the Palestinians into Ukrainians
A lazy and flawed analogy.
March 30, 2022
Misguided Attempts to Turn Israel into Russia, and the Palestinians into Ukrainians
A lazy and flawed analogy.
A new talking point has emerged in recent weeks among anti-Israel activists: Russia is subjecting Ukraine to the same sort of cruel and aggressive behavior to which the Jewish state has, for years, subjected the Palestinians. Thus, the argument goes, Palestinians deserve the same global outpouring of sympathy as Ukrainians and, moreover, the broad coalition of countries imposing tough sanctions on Russia should be doing the same to Israel. But that will never happen, writes Haviv Rettig Gur, and it’s not only because of the clear moral and factual differences between the two conflicts:
March 30, 2022
Understanding New York City’s Growing Anti-Semitism Problem
A five-fold increase in hate crimes against the city’s Jews.
A New Poll Shows Americans Welcome Public Displays of Religion
A sensibility that stands in marked contrast to trends in other countries.
Why Rabbis Said No to “Impossible Pork”
The unique history of Jews and pigs.
The Jewish Backstory to Disney’s “Bambi”
“A parable of anti-Semitism.”