The War in Ukraine Offers the Islamic Republic Opportunities in Syria
The ayatollahs are rubbing their hands in glee as their Russian allies make life difficult for their American enemies.
March 15, 2022
While providing cover for leftist anti-Semites.
Last month, the comedian and talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg found herself at the center of the controversy-of-the-week when she described the Holocaust as disconnected from racism, since, she said, it involved “two white groups of people.” Jason Greenblatt, head of Anti-Defamation League (ADL), came on her television program the next day and patiently clarified her misunderstandings. But the incident, Seth Mandel notes, highlights the direction in which Greenblatt has taken this venerable, and once avidly nonpartisan, organization:
The ayatollahs are rubbing their hands in glee as their Russian allies make life difficult for their American enemies.
While providing cover for leftist anti-Semites.
Opponents of Moscow’s interests are labeled “Nazis”—even if they’re Jews.
And the long history of a local tradition.
Reading John Milton with an Orthodox rabbi.
Last month, the comedian and talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg found herself at the center of the controversy-of-the-week when she described the Holocaust as disconnected from racism, since, she said, it involved “two white groups of people.” Jason Greenblatt, head of Anti-Defamation League (ADL), came on her television program the next day and patiently clarified her misunderstandings. But the incident, Seth Mandel notes, highlights the direction in which Greenblatt has taken this venerable, and once avidly nonpartisan, organization:
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